Oklahoma State University Athletics
No. 15 Cowboys Set to Open Spring Season on the Road
January 10, 2020 | Cowboy Tennis
Logistics
No. 15 Oklahoma State (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)
vs.
San Diego State (0-0, 0-0 Mountain West)
Date/Time: Jan. 12, 2020/12:30 p.m. CST
Location: San Diego, Calif. | Aztec Tennis Center
The Basics
-Â The Cowboys are entering the spring season ranked No. 15 in the country.
- OSU will open its spring season up in San Diego, Calif. The last time the Cowboys opened up their season on the road was in 2017 when they defeated North Carolina State in Raleigh, 4-3.Â
- The Cowboys had a successful fall season starting with a win at the Silverado Invitational in Napa, Calif. in September. Mathieu Scaglia, Emile Hudd, Luke Hammond and Brady Draheim represented OSU in the tournament.Â
- The dynamic duo of No. 1 Matej Vocel and Dominik Kellovsky collected its first win of the fall at the Arkansas Futures event in September. The most impressive win of the fall came when Vocel and Kellovsky defeated John McNally and Robert Cash of Ohio State in the finals of the 2019 ITA National Fall Championships, which earned them their No. 1 spot in the ITA rankings.
A Look at San Diego State
- OSU is 6-4 all time in its meetings with San Diego State, which includes back-to-back wins the last two meetings in 2014 and 2017. Oklahoma State won its first four meetings against the Aztecs in 1979, twice in 1980 and again in 1985.
- San Diego State finished the 2018-19 season with a 15-10 record, including a 4-3 finish in conference play. SDSU put up an impressive 11-6 record in its home matches and 3-0 at neutral sites. The team did struggle on the road last season with just one win in four matches.
- San Diego State does not not have an individual or doubles team in the 2019-20 ITA Division I rankings.
Cowboy Quick Hits
- OSU has won at least 15 matches in six consecutive seasons under head coach Jay Udwadia, which includes 16 wins in the 2018-19 season. Four times during that stretch, OSU has hit the 20-win mark, winning 21 in 2014, 20 in 2016, 22 in 2017 and 20 in 2018.
- The Cowboys are set to face off against 12 of the top-25 teams in the country during its regular season: No. 2 Texas, No. 5 Baylor, No. 7 Wake Forest, No. 8 TCU, No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 14 California, No. 17 Michigan, No. 18 Tennessee, No. 19T Columbia, No. 22 Oklahoma, No. 24 San Diego and No. 25 Arizona State.
- The Cowboys logged their sixth-straight NCAA Championship appearance last season but fell in the second round to No. 11 UCLA.
- Oklahoma State will play its first home match on Jan. 17 in a doubleheader against Lamar and Bryant.
- Head coach Jay Udwadia is second in OSU history in wins with 128. He trails just James Wadley, who has an unprecedented 662 total wins as head coach of the Cowboys. Udwadia also boasts a .653 winning percentage, which is good for fourth-best in OSU history.
- Head coach Jay Udwadia welcomes three new faces to the team this year in Dominik Kellovsky, Oscar Moraing and Etienne Donnet. The latter two were both added to the roster at the beginning of the spring semester.Â
Cowboys in the Rankings
- OSU is slated No. 15 in the 2020 ITA Division I preseason men's rankings.
- Dominik Kellovsky and Matej Vocel are the No. 1 ranked doubles team in the country after winning the ITA Fall National Championships.
- Matej Vocel is the highest-ranked individual Cowboy at No. 41. His highest ranking last season was No. 34.Â
- Emile Hudd and Dominik Kellovsky are also ranked in singles at No. 87 and No. 91 respectively.Â
Match Updates
- For updates during matches, follow @CowboyTennis on Twitter and check okstate.com for post-match results and a recap from the days' action.
