Friday, 01/20/2012

WHAT:  No. 19 Texas (1-0) resumes the 2012 dual-match season Friday when it heads to Houston to take on No. 39 Rice (2-0).  
 
WHEN:  Friday, Jan. 20 – 6 p.m. Central

WHERE:  The Downtown Club at The Met (indoors) – Houston, Texas

LAST TIME OUT:  Texas opened the 2012 dual-match season with a 5-2 win at SMU on Jan. 15.

LAST MEETING AGAINST RICE:  Texas defeated Rice by a 6-1 count on April 2, 2011 in Austin.

ITA RANKINGS UPDATE: Texas held the 19th slot in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) preseason team rankings released Tuesday, Jan. 3.  Junior Daniel Whitehead ranks 112th in the preseason singles rankings, while junior Chris Camillone and sophomore David Holiner rank 48th in the preseason doubles rankings.      

THE 2011-12 LONGHORNS:  Texas returns six letterwinners from the 2010-11 squad that reached the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships and the semifinals of the Big 12 Championships.
Junior Daniel Whitehead totaled a 12-2 fall singles record and capped the fall by winning the Southwest Shootout, where he defeated teammate Soren Hess-Olesen in the finals.  Junior Ben Chen returns after posting a 6-5 fall singles record, and sophomore David Holiner tallied an 8-3 fall singles record. 

Sophomore Sudanwa Sitaram registered a 9-6 fall singles record, and junior Chris Camillone notched a 6-5 fall singles record.  Texas also welcomes the return of junior Alex Hilliard, who won a pair of matches earlier this month at the Key Biscayne Invitational. 

Freshmen Soren Hess-Olesen posted a 10-4 fall singles record while reaching the singles finals at a pair of fall events, the Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational and the Southwest Shootout.  Freshman Jacoby Lewis won four fall singles matches and won the consolation draw at the Southwest Shootout. 

Newcomer Lloyd Glasspool posted a pair of singles victories in his collegiate debut earlier this month at the Key Biscayne Invitational.  Texas also welcomes Australian freshman Joey Swaysland.