Texas Athletics | May 16, 2014 Texas advances by California 5-1 Texas' Soren Hess-Olesen won his 10 singles match in a row on Friday. Share ATHENS, Ga. -- Texas defeated California 4-1 in the NCAA championship on Friday afternoon at Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The ninth-seeded Longhorns (23-5) advance to the NCAA championship quarterfinals to face top-seeded Southern California at 12 p.m. ET Sunday in Athens, Georgia. "We feel like we're playing our best tennis," head coach Michael Center said. "We worked hard all year to prepare ourselves to play our best tennis right now, so we will be ready to go and we are excited about the opportunity." DI MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Singles, doubles finals recap Singles: UCLA's Giron wins singles title All Cal match-up for singles title, doubles final set Singles: FIrst semifinalist for Texas in 21 years Singles: USF's Cid continues run through Day 2 Singles: Athens becomes upset city on first day Championship recap Gallery Final: USC wins program's 21st, school's 100th title Semis: Oklahoma extends run to first title match Semis: Southern Cal wins clash with Virginia Quarters: UCLA ousts Ohio St. for third time in four years Quarters: Oklahoma reaches program's first semifinal Quarters: Southern Cal. bounces back to beat Texas Quarters: Virginia advances to semifinals with 4-0 win Round of 16: Ohio St. survives Fla. | UCLA gets by Tenn. Round of 16: Okla. heads to quarters | UNC outlasts UGa. Round of 16: Baylor sweeps Illini | Cavs beat Irish again Round of 16: USC halts Columbia | Texas gets by Cal Brackets: Interactive Printable Individual Draws: Singles | Doubles Live Scoring It marked the second time Texas defeated Cal this season, including a 4-2 Longhorn victory in the consolation round of the ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship in Houston on Feb. 16. On Friday, Texas picked up the doubles point with wins at position Nos. 1 and 2. At No. 2 doubles, Adrien Berkowicz and George Goldhoff cruised to an 8-1 victory against Cal's Andre Goransson and Ben McLachlan. Texas' Lloyd Glasspoll and Søren Hess-Olesen clinched the doubles point by defeating Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton 8-3. Junior All-American Hess-Olesen won his 10th consecutive singles match by defeating Cal's Ben McLachlan 6-4, 6-3, at No. 1 singles. The Big 12 Player of the Year improves to 19-2 during dual match play. Junior Clement Homs gave the Longhorns a 3-0 team advantage with a win at No. 6 singles. Homs defeated Cal's Nikhil Jayashankar 6-1, 6-2, for his first win since a 13-match winning streak from Jan. 7 to May 5. With the Bears nipping at the Longhorns' tail -- picking up a point at No. 3 singles and winning first sets on court Nos. 2 and 5 -- freshman George Goldhoff provided UT's match-clinching point for the second time in the NCAA tournament action (also in the first round against Marist). Goldhoff weathered a two-break deficit at 3-1 to win the first set 7-5 against Cal's Andre Goransson. The ITA Texas Region Rookie Player of the Year followed with 6-3 second-set victory to clinch the match. "It was a really tough match because I was down in both sets," Goldhoff said. "I was always playing from behind, but felt like I was in control of the points. So if I played smart I could come back and that's what happened." Texas advances to the NCAA Round of Eight for the 11th time overall and the first time since 2009. It marks the fourth squad that Center has guided to the NCAA championship quaterfinals or beyond at Texas. Here are some top caliber college volleyball setters in 2021 These are some of the top college volleyball setters in 2021. READ MORE 3 big matchups ahead in week 10 of college volleyball No. 9 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Purdue and No. 2 Texas vs. No. 6 Baylor highlight the top volleyball series to watch in week 10 of college volleyball. READ MORE No. 2 Texas vs. No. 6 Baylor highlights the must-watch college volleyball matchups this week Here is a full breakdown of the three top college volleyball matchups to watch this week, including No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 11 Purdue. READ MORE