Hi UT Tennis Fan,
Our team followed up its big victory over #1 Ohio State, and gutted out a road win over Georgia in Athens on Thursday night to take our record for the season to 11-3. The match was clinched at 4-1, but the final score was 4-3, and it took everything we had to hold on. For the full story, including all the scores, please click on this press release. Yesterday we made the long trip from Athens to L.A., and are now preparing for tomorrow's (Sunday's) 1 pm match with another "blue blood" program, USC. For a full preview of our upcoming contest with the Trojans, including links to live scoring and video, please click here.
Looking ahead, next week will be another big one for us, as it will be the start of our last year in the Big 12. We will play UCF on Friday at 7 pm. Our women's team will be playing #1 Oklahoma State at 3:30 before that. And in between those matches the Budweiser Clydesdales will pass by the tennis center on their parade route. They will be available for photos between 5:30 and 7 pm in front of the East Campus Garage (by the baseball stadium). Then on Sunday, March 24 it will be yet another huge match for us, as we will take on #2 ranked TCU in our conference match. You may recall that we came up just short in the non-conference match a few weeks ago in Ft. Worth, and our guys are now itching for another chance! Last year in this match, we set the TTC attendance record of over 1,300 fans, and it gave our team a massive boost in route to our Big 12 Conference title. We expect an even bigger turnout this year, so I encourage you to come early in order to get a good seat. Our operations and facilities teams are doing everything they can to boost our seating capacity for this match with some temporary seating. I'll keep you posted on those efforts as we get closer to match day, but for now the best I can tell you is to plan on being there early! If you can't make it there in person, your only opportunity to watch will be on the Longhorn Network, so if you don't have it, I'd encourage you to try to get it! There will also be lots of promotional activities that day in conjunction with the match. There will be a UT Athletics Block Party all day, and it will be set up right in front of the tennis center. There will be food trucks, draft beer, a donor appreciation tent, a UT Tennis Alumni tent, and putt-putt golf and inflatables for kids (bounce house, etc.). I especially encourage all of our tennis alumni to come out to this match, as we will be paying special tribute to Coach Dave Snyder, and the remarkable impact that he had on the UT Men's Tennis program, and the many athletes who were fortunate enough to have him in their lives.
Thanks for your continued support of Texas Men's Tennis. Have a great weekend, and Hook'em!
Sincerely,
Bruce Berque