Feb. 26, 2012

AUSTIN - UT Arlington fell to the No. 11 Texas Longhorns in a hard-fought 7-0 loss at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

The Mavericks' No. 1 doubles team of Mindaugas Celedinas and Soren Goritzka held a 5-4 lead before UT's Camillone and Holiner came back by winning four straight games and the match 8-5.

In singles play, Celedinas faced No. 69 Nation Daniel Whitehead. Celedinas split the first two sets with Whitehead, but lost in the super-tiebreaker 10-6.

David Subirats, playing at the No. 4 singles spot, also pushed his match to three sets after splitting the first two with UT's Lloyd Glasspool, but fell in the super-tiebreaker as well.

The Mavericks have a few days off before hosting Nicholls State Tuesday at 11 a.m. for their first conference match of the season at the UTA Tennis Center.

No. 11 Texas 7, UT Arlington 0

Doubles - Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
1. Camillone/Holiner (UT) def. Celedinas/Goritzka (UTA) 8-5
2. Subirats/Yakauleu (UTA) def. Sitaram/Whitehead (UT) 8-5
3. Chen/Lewis (UT) def. Moreno/Williams (UTA) 8-4

Singles - Order of Finish: 5, 3, 6, 2, 4, 1
1. #69 Daniel Whitehead (UT) def. Mindaugas Celedinas (UTA) 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (6)
2. Sudanwa Sitaram (UT) def.Yauheni Yakauleu (UTA) 6-4, 6-2
3. David Holiner (UT) def. Soren Goritzka (UTA) 6-3, 6-0
4. Lloyd Glasspool (UT) def. David Subirats (UTA) 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (6)
5. Ben Chen (UT) def. Stefan Williams (UTA) 6-2, 6-1
6. Joey Swaysland (UT) def. Jason Lateko (UTA) 6-3, 6-2