Huskers Drop Match To No. 14 Texas

Austin, Texas - The Nebraska men’s tennis team fell to No. 14 Texas, 6-1, on Sunday, April 19, at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas. The Huskers finish the regular season with a 16-9 overall record and a 0-6 mark in the Big 12.  Texas improves to 17-5 on the season, 4-2 in the Big 12.  <?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

 

Against a doubles lineup that featured two nationally ranked pairs, NU was unable to capture the doubles point and couldn’t make up for lost ground in singles, only winning one match.

 

In doubles, the closest match of the day came at the No. 3 spot where Hendrik Stahmer and Francois Van Impe (NU) were defeated by Olivier Sajous and Miguel Reyes Varela (UT) 8-6.  The 27th-ranked duo of Ed Corrie and Kellen Damico (UT) took down David Bendheim and Calin Paar (NU) at the No. 1 spot, while Christopher Aumueller and Benedikt Lindheim (NU) fell to No. 36 Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala 8-5 at the No. 2 spot.

 

Stahmer (NU) collected the only singles victory for NU by defeating Sajous (UT) at the No. 4 spot. After splitting the first two sets, Stahmer took the third set tiebreaker 1-0 (11-9).  The senior finished the season with a 4-2 record in Big 12 play and an 18-5 overall record.  Playing at the No. 1 spot for the first time this season, Aumueller (NU) fell in straight sets to No. 23 Kutrovsky (UT) 6-3, 7-6, to finish with a 4-2 record in Big 12 play.  At the No. 6 spot, Van Impe (NU) dropped a heartbreaker to Jonah Kane-West (UT) 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (5), while Bendheim (NU) was upended by No. 60 Corrie (UT) at the No. 2 spot 7-5, 6-4.   

 

“You have to give Texas credit,” said Head Coach Kerry McDermott after Sunday’s match.  “They are a little bit better than we are, but I thought we were super competitive. We were much more competitive than we were in our last match against Texas Tech.”

 

The Huskers return to action this week when they travel to Norman, Okla., for the Big 12 Tennis Championships.  NU will enter the tournament as the No. 7 seed and will play on Friday, April 24, at 9 a.m. against the tournaments’ No. 2 seed.

 

Complete Results

NU 1, Texas 6

Singles

No. 1 Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) defeated Christopher Aumueller (NU) 6-3, 7-6

No. 2 Ed Corrie (UT) defeated David Bendheim (NU) 7-5, 6-4

No. 3 Kellen Damico (UT) defeated Calin Paar (NU) 7-6, 6-4

No. 4 Hendrik Stahmer (NU) defeated Olivier Sajous (UT) 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (11-9)

No. 5 Josh Zvala (UT) defeated Benedikt Lindheim (NU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

No. 6 Jonah Kane-West (UT) defeated Francois Van Impe (NU) 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (5)

Doubles

No. 1 No. 27 Corrie/Damico (UT) defeated No. 89 Paar/Bendheim (NU) 8-4

No. 2 No. 36 Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) defeated Aumueller/Lindheim (NU) 8-5

No. 3 Sajous/Reyes Varela (UT) defeated Stahmer/Van Impe (NU) 8-6

Order of Finish

Doubles 1, 3, 2

Singles 2, 1, 3, 5, 6, 4