Box Score
AUSTIN, Texas (SMU) – SMU Men's Tennis fell to No. 2 overall seed Texas 4-0 in the second round of the NCAA Championship at Texas Tennis Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.
The Mustangs dropped the doubles point in a close contest before the Longhorns won three consecutive singles matches to claim the win.
SMU made its 16
th NCAA Championship second-round appearance and first under Head Coach
Grant Chen. The first-round win was also the Mustangs first NCAA Championship match win since 2016.
The Mustangs wrapped their season with a 20-12 overall record. It marks their 14th season with 20 or more wins, second under Head Coach
Grant Chen.
How it Went
The hosts took the first point of the day by winning courts one and two of doubles play. The Mustangs trailed closely on all three courts, leading the tiebreaker on court three, but the Longhorns edged the win.
Texas' Lucas Marionneau defeated
Noah McDonald on court six (6-4, 6-1), No. 102 Abel Forger won against
Krish Arora on court four (6-2, 6-2) and No. 41 Kalin Ivanovski defeated
Georgi Georgiev on court three (6-3, 6-2) to close the match.
The hosts won 4-0.
Doubles Scores
1. Kalin Ivanovski / Abel Forger def. No. 54
Trevor Svajda /
Jerry Barton (6-4)
2. No. 21 Sebastian Gorzny / Lucas Marionneau def.
Alex Finkelstein /
Krish Arora (7-5)
3.
Vikas Deo /
Georgi Georgiev vs. Oliver Ojakaar / Evan Burnett (6-6 UF)
Order of Finish: 1, 2
Singles Scores
1. No. 2
Trevor Svajda vs. No. 3 Sebastian Gorzny (6-4, 2-3 UF)
2. No. 41 Kalin Ivanovski def.
Georgi Georgiev (6-3, 6-2)
3.
Alex Finkelstein vs. No. 89 Oliver Ojakaar (2-6, 3-4 UF)
4. No. 102 Abel Forger def.
Krish Arora (6-2, 6-2)
5.
Jerry Barton vs. Jonah Braswell (7-5, 1-0 UF)
6. Lucas Marionneau def.
Noah McDonald (6-4, 6-1)
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 2
