Texas Tech University Athletics
Red Raiders Set To Battle Cowboys, Sooners
April 10, 2015 | Men's Tennis
April 9, 2015
LUBBOCK, Texas -- For 11 consecutive seasons Texas Tech has been ranked in the Top 30.
Now the No. 23 Red Raiders will get a test like no other to close out the season, as Texas Tech hosts No. 25 Oklahoma State on Friday at 6 p.m., No. 1 Oklahoma on Sunday at 2 p.m. and No. 2 Baylor on Apr. 18 at 6 p.m. at the McLeod Tennis Center to close out the regular season.
Texas Tech is 5-0 at home this season, including topping No. 18 San Diego, 5-2, on March 13.
The Big 12 is the toughest conference in the nation in men's tennis as all six school that compete in men's tennis are ranked in the Top 25 -- No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Baylor, No. 9 Texas, No. 10 TCU, No. 23 Texas Tech and No. 25 Oklahoma State. All six members of the league are projected to earn bids in the NCAA Championships.
A pair of juniors from Brazil have led the top of the lineup this season -- Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas.
Soares is ranked No. 35 in singles and is 19-11 on the season. It marks the second straight season he has won 19 matches. Overall, he is 56-31 in three seasons.
Dojas, who is unranked, has solidified the No. 2 spot for Texas Tech. Dojas is 15-7 this season and 47-27 over the last three seasons.
Together Soares and Dojas have teamed to for the No. 33 doubles tandem in college tennis. The duo are 12-6 this season and 4-4 against ranked opponents.
Other key contributors are freshmen Alex Sendegeya and Connor Curry, along with senior Francisco Zambon and sophomore Jolan Cailleau.
Sendegeya has anchored the No. 3 position and is 17-7 on the season, while Curry has solidified the No. 6 spot and is 10-13 for the year.
Zambon, the Red Raiders' lone senior, is 12-12 this year and filling the No. 5 spot, while Cailleau leads the team with a 23-8 record and has won 11 straight at No. 4.
When the Red Raiders take on No. 1 Oklahoma on Sunday, it will mark the first time in school history that Texas Tech has face the nation's top team.
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