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No. 3 Men’s Tennis sweeps No. 51 Tennessee, 4-0
03.27.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns began a pair of weekend home matches with a 4-0 sweep of the Volunteers on Friday.
Austin – No. 3 Texas Men's Tennis swept No. 51 Tennessee, 4-0, on Friday at the Texas Tennis Center. The match was the Longhorns' third-straight win and was the first of two weekend home matches.
Texas took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 3 and 1 and was also a game away from a win at No. 2 when play stopped. The Longhorns then followed with singles victories by freshman Lucas Marionneau at No. 6, sophomore Oliver Ojakaar at No. 3 and senior No. 4 Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1. Freshman No. 90 Abel Forger was also close to breaking for a chance to serve out his match at No. 4 when play halted.
Forger was not in the doubles lineup with usual partner freshman Kalin Ivanovski, so Ivanovski paired with sophomore Evan Burnett at No. 3, and they were first off the court with a 6-3 win over Woodson McMillin and Piotr Siekanowicz. The No. 23 duo of Gorzny and Marionneau then clinched the point with a 6-2 win over Jose Garcia and Ethan Muza at No. 1. The No. 19 pair of Ojakaar and sophomore Sebastian Eriksson were then leading Shion Itsusaki and Alejandro Moreno, 5-3, at No. 2 when play stopped.
Marionneau was then first off the singles court with an efficient 6-1, 6-2 win over Siekanowicz at No. 6 for a 2-0 lead. Then a short time later, Ojakaar and Gorzny finished within moments of each other with Ojakaar downing Jan Kobierski, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 3, and Gorzny closing the door with a ranked win over No. 106 Garcia, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1 for the clinch.
That left three matches unfinished, including Forger, who had swept his first set against Boruch Skierkier and led, 6-0, 5-5 (0-40 against Skierkier's serve) when play halted. Meanwhile No. 43 Eriksson and senior Jonah Braswell had both won their first sets to give Texas a sweep of those on all six courts, as Eriksson led No. 114 Moreno, 7-6 (5), 0-3, at No. 2, and Braswell was up, 6-4, 2-2, against Itsusaki at No. 5.
The Longhorns (17-6, 8-2 SEC) will host Arkansas on Sunday, March 29, at 1 p.m. CT at the Texas Tennis Center.
#3 Texas 4, #51 Tennessee 0
Singles – Order of Finish (6,3,1)
1. #4 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #106 Jose Garcia (TENN) 6-4, 6-2
2. #43 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) vs. #114 Alejandro Moreno (TENN) 7-6 (5), 0-3, unf.
3. Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. Jan Kobierski (TENN) 6-2, 6-2
4. #90 Abel Forger (TEX) vs. Boruch Skierkier (TENN) 6-0, 5-5, unf.
5. Jonah Braswell (TEX) vs. Shion Itsusaki (TENN) 6-4, 2-2, unf.
6. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Piotr Siekanowicz (TENN) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles – Order of Finish (3,1)
1. #23 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Jose Garcia/Ethan Muza (TENN) 6-2
2. #19 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) vs. Shion Itsusaki/Alejandro Moreno (TENN) 5-3, unf.
3. Kalin Ivanovski/Evan Burnett (TEX) def. Woodson McMillin/Piotr Siekanowicz (TENN) 6-3
Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)
Doubles No. 3: Ivanovski/Burnett (TEX) def. McMillin/Siekanowicz (TENN) 6-3
Match: Texas earned the only break for 5-3.
Doubles No. 1: Gorzny/Marionneau (TEX) def. Garcia/Muza (TENN) 6-2
Match: Texas secured the only breaks for leads of 2-1 and 5-2.
Doubles No. 2: Eriksson/Ojakaar (TEX) vs. Itsusaki/Moreno (TENN) 5-3, unf.
Match: After Tennessee's first two service games went to deuce and were held, Texas claimed the only break of the match for 4-2.
Singles No. 6: Marionneau (TEX) def. Siekanowicz (TENN) 6-1, 6-2
Set One: Siekanowicz broke in the opening game, but Marionneau swept the rest of the set with no deuce points.
Set Two: Siekanowicz held in the first game, but Marionneau went on a 5-0 run capped by two deuce points. Siekanowicz held at deuce for 5-2, and Marionneau served out the match.
Singles No. 3: Ojakaar (TEX) def. Kobierski (TENN) 6-2, 6-2
Set One: Ojakaar closed on a 4-0 run, including a deuce-point hold for 5-2.
Set Two: Kobierski broke first for a 2-1 lead, but Ojakaar took it from there, breaking back at deuce for 2-2 and breaking again at deuce for the set.
Singles No. 1: Gorzny (TEX) def. Garcia (TENN) 6-4, 6-2
Set One: Garcia's first two service games went to deuce, but the set stayed on serve until Gorzny secured the only break for 6-4 and the set.
Set Two: Gorzny finished on a 4-0 run, including a deuce-point hold for a 3-2 lead.
Singles No. 2: Eriksson (TEX) vs. Moreno (TENN) 7-6 (5), 0-3, unf.
Set One: Eriksson broke for 3-1, but Moreno broke back to start a 3-0 run. Eriksson got the second break back to get back on serve to a tiebreaker.
Set One Tiebreaker: Eriksson took a 4-1 lead, and although Moreno climbed back within one at 6-5, Eriksson won the next point for the set.
Set Two: Moreno won the first three games before play stopped.
Singles No. 4: Forger (TEX) vs. Skierkier (TENN) 6-0, 5-5, unf.
Set One: Forger swept the first set, including deuce-point breaks for 1-0 and 3-0.
Set Two: Forger broke first for 4-3 on a deuce point, but Skierkier broke back and then held at deuce for a 5-4 lead. Forger evened it and led, 0-40, in the last game before play halted.
Singles No. 5: Braswell (TEX) vs. Itsusaki (TENN) 6-4, 2-2, unf.
Set One: Although the players swapped deuce-point holds for 3-2 for Itsusaki and 3-3, Braswell later grabbed the only break, doing so at deuce for 5-4.
Set Two: The first four games were on serve.
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