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No. 3 Men’s Tennis downs No. 27 Kentucky, 4-2
03.22.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns swept their weekend road trip with a pair of top-30 victories after defeating the Wildcats on Sunday.
Lexington, Ky. – No. 3 Texas Men's Tennis downed No. 27 Kentucky, 4-2, on Sunday at the Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington. The win gave the Longhorns a sweep of their weekend road trip with a pair of top-30 victories after also defeating No. 13 Vanderbilt on Friday.
Texas came up just short in doubles in a tiebreaker of the deciding match at No. 2 after having won at No. 3 but fallen at No. 1. The Longhorns then rallied for four singles victories, including sophomore Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5 and freshman Lucas Marionneau at No. 6 to give them a 2-1 lead. Then after Kentucky tied it with a win at No. 2, Texas closed with victories by senior No. 4 Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1 and sophomore No. 43 Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3 for the clinch. Freshman No. 90 Abel Forger also had a break lead in his third set at No. 4 when play stopped.
After doubles, Ojakaar made quick work of his singles match with a decisive 6-0, 6-1 ranked win over No. 89 Charlelie Cosnet at No. 5. Marionneau then followed with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Mikael Arseneault at No. 6 for the lead.
In between the pairs of Longhorn wins, freshman No. 19 Kalin Ivanovski fell to No. 99 Nicolas Arseneault, 6-2, 7-6 (1), at No. 2 to even the overall match, but Texas responded with a top-25 win by Gorzny over No. 22 Eli Stephenson, 7-5, 7-5, at No. 1, and Eriksson in three sets over Jaden Weekes, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 3 for the clinch.
In the lone unfinished match, Forger had a 7-5, 4-6, 2-0 lead over No. 55 Jack Loutit at No. 4 when play halted.
Earlier in doubles, the No. 19 duo of Eriksson and Ojakaar were first off the court with a top-50 win over No. 48 Nicolas Arseneault and Matt Rankin, 6-3, at No. 3. Texas had also had late break leads on the other two courts, but Ivanovski and Forger came up just short to No. 24 Loutit and Stephenson, 6-4, at No. 1, and the No. 23 pair of Gorzny and Marionneau went to a tiebreaker at No. 2, but fell to Cosnet and Martin Breysach, 7-6 (5).
The Longhorns (16-6, 7-2 SEC) will next return home to face No. 48 Tennessee on Friday, March 27, at 6 p.m. CT at the Texas Tennis Center.
#3 Texas 4, #27 Kentucky 2
Singles – Order of Finish (5,6,2,1,3)
1. #4 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #22 Eli Stephenson (UK) 7-5, 7-5
2. #99 Nicolas Arseneault (UK) def. #19 Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) 6-2, 7-6 (1)
3. #43 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. Jaden Weekes (UK) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
4. #55 Jack Loutit (UK) vs. #90 Abel Forger (TEX) 5-7, 6-4, 0-2, unf.
5. Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. #89 Charlelie Cosnet (UK) 6-0, 6-1
6. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Mikael Arseneault (UK) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles – Order of Finish (3,1,2)
1. #24 Jack Loutit/Eli Stephenson (UK) def. Kalin Ivanovski/Abel Forger (TEX) 6-4
2. Martin Breysach/Charlelie Cosnet (UK) def. #23 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) 7-6 (5)
3. #19 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. #48 Nicolas Arseneault/Matt Rankin (UK) 6-3
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 3: Eriksson/Ojakaar (TEX) def. Arseneault/Rankin (UK) 6-3
Match: Texas secured the only break for 4-2.
Doubles No. 1: Loutit/Stephenson (UK) def. Ivanovski/Forger (TEX) 6-4
Match: Texas broke first for 4-3, however Kentucky broke back on a deuce point to stat a 3-0 run.
Doubles No. 2: Breysach/Cosnet (UK) def. Gorzny/Marionneau (TEX) 7-6 (5)
Match: Texas broke first for 2-1 and consolidated for 3-1. Kentucky held on a deuce point for 4-3 and the Longhorns held for 5-3. The Wildcats went on a 3-0 run with the last two at deuce and Texas held for a tiebreaker.
Tiebreaker: Kentucky picked up the first mini-break for a 6-4 lead before winning 7-5.
Singles No. 5: Ojakaar (TEX) def. Cosnet (UK) 6-0, 6-1
Set One: Ojakaar swept the first set with just won deuce point for 3-0 as part of a 9-0 run to start the match.
Set Two: Ojakaar won the first three and last three games for the win.
Singles No. 6: Marionneau (TEX) def. M Arseneault (UK) 7-5, 6-3
Set One: Marionneau broke first for 4-3, but Arseneault broke back and held to lead 5-4. However, Marionneau closed on a 3-0 run.
Set Two: Marionneau broke and held at deuce for 2-0 and later broke again for 6-3 and the match on a deuce point.
Singles No. 2: N Arseneault (UK) def. Ivanovski (TEX) 6-2, 7-6 (1)
Set One: Arseneault opened 5-0 with one deuce-point break for 3-0. Ivanovski broke and held for 5-2, but Arseneault held for the set.
Set Two: Ivanovski broke first for 5-3 and had a set point at deuce, but Arseneault broke back on the way to a tiebreaker.
Set Two Tiebreaker: Ivanovski won the first point but Arseneault went on a 7-0 run.
Singles No. 1: Gorzny (TEX) def. Stephenson (UK) 7-5, 7-5
Set One: Gorzny broke first for a 3-2 lead but Stephenson broke back. Stephenson later held at deuce for a 5-4 lead, but Gorzny won the next six points and broke for a 6-5 lead before holding at deuce.
Set Two: Gorzny won consecutive deuce points for 2-0 and Stephenson got the break back for 2-2. Gorzny later won consecutive deuce points again to break and hold for the win.
Singles No. 3: Eriksson (TEX) def. Weekes (UK) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Set One: Weekes broke first for 2-1 and consolidated at deuce for 3-1. Eriksson got the break back at deuce for 3-3. Weekes broke for a 5-4 lead, and Eriksson broke back at deuce for 5-5, but Weekes broke again at deuce for 6-5 and served out the set.
Set Two: Eriksson held and broke on a deuce point to start a stretch of three-straight deuce-point breaks leaving Eriksson with a 3-1 lead. Eriksson later broke again at deuce for 6-2 and the set.
Set Three: Eriksson won consecutive deuce points and then won 15 of the next 16 points for a 5-0 (0-40) lead. Weekes rallied to win that game, but Eriksson served out the match at deuce.
Singles No. 4: Loutit (UK) vs. Forger (TEX) 5-7, 6-4, 0-2, unf.
Set One: Forger broke first for a 5-4 lead, which was the first of three-straight breaks until Forger held on a deuce point for 7-5 and the set.
Set Two: Loutit secured the only break for 6-4 and the set.
Set Three: Forger broke and held for 2-0 when play stopped.
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