Huskers Fall to Texas In Big 12 Tournament

WACO, Texas – Nebraska’s No. 76 Christopher Aumueller upset Texas’ No. 45 Kellen Damico at the No. 1 spot, 6-1, 6-4, to win Nebraska’s lone point Friday afternoon in the first round of the Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas. Aumueller’s victory would be the lone Huskers’ point of the afternoon. No. 14 Texas (18-7, 4-3 Big 12) downed No. 39 Nebraska, 4-1. The Huskers end the season with a record of 15-12 while going 1-6 in Big 12 play.

 

Texas got the first point of the match when they won two doubles matches. On court No. 1, Texas’ duo of Ed Corrie and Vasko Mladenov were victorious over Nebraska’s No. 52nd ranked tandem of Christopher Aumueller and Andre Stenger, 9-7. The Longhorns second victory in doubles play came on court No. 2 when their team of Ben Chen and Kellen Damico downed the Huskers No. 89th ranked pair in CalinPaar and Benedikt Lindheim, 8-3.

 

“We’ve been playing great in doubles. We actually won the double points to close out the conference season in the past four matches we played so we felt pretty comfortable with our doubles,” Nebraska head coach Kerry McDermott said. “They just got a couple of breaks in the matches that they won so we knew it was going to be close doubles points.”

 

In singles play, on the No. 2 court, Texas’ No. 33 Ed Corrie was victorious over NU’s Calin Paar, 6-3, 6-1.  On court No. 5, The Longhorns Daniel Whitehead downed the Huskers’ Sebastian Florczyk, 7-5, 6-0. Texas’ Sudanwa Sitaram clinched the match for the Longhorns at the No. 6 spot when he was victorious over NU’s Eric Sock, 6-2, 6-3.

 

“In the singles, they got the first sets behind them and you could just see them gaining momentum. They did a good job and they brought their game today,” McDermott said.

 

The Huskers will now wait and see if they receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA selection show will be held on Tuesday, May 3, and will begin at 4:30. You can watch the selection show live on NCAA.com The NCAA tournament will begin on May 19 and run through May 30.

 

Texas 4 Nebraska 1

 

Doubles

1. Corrie/Mladenov (UT) def. No. 52 Aumueller/Stenger (NU), 9-7

2. Chen/Damico UT) def. No. 89 Paar/Lindheim (NU), 8-3.

3. Chris Camillone/Whitehead (UT) vs Boney/Schulze(NU), DNF

Order of finish: 2, 1

 

Singles

1. No. 76 Christopher Aumueller (NU) def. No. 45 Kellen Damico (UT), 6-1, 6-4,

2. No. 33 Ed Corrie (UT) def. Calin Paar (NU), 6-3, 6-1.

3. Ben Chen (UT) vs. Benedikt Lindheim (NU), DNF

4. Vasko Mladenov (UT) vs. Andre Stenger, DNF

5. Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Sebastian Florczyk (NU), 7-5, 6-0

6. Sudanwa Sitaram (UT) def. Eric Sock (NU), 6-2, 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 1, 5, 6