No. 2 Men’s Tennis downed by No. 6 LSU, 4-3

Friday, March 6

Austin, Texas

6 p.m. CT

University of Texas

LSU

03.06.2026 | Men's Tennis

The match came down to late in the third set of the deciding singles match, but the Longhorns came up just short.

Austin – No. 2 Texas Men's Tennis came up just short to No. 6 LSU, 4-3, at the Texas Tennis Center on Friday. The match came down to late in the third set of the deciding singles match despite the Longhorns being forced into a number of lineup changes due to injuries.

Two of those changes came in doubles where freshman Kalin Ivanovski and sophomore Oliver Ojakaar were both out, resulting in two of the three doubles pairs being combinations that had not played together before.

LSU went on to take both of those as senior Jonah Braswell and sophomore Sebastian Eriksson fell to Enzo Kohlman and Olaf Pieczkowski, 6-4, at No. 3, and the freshman pair of Abel Forger and Mariano Dedura-Palomero were downed in a tiebreaker to No. 59 Matias Ponce De Leon and Erik Arutiunian, 7-6 (4), at No. 2. Texas was then leading, 6-5, at No. 1 with the No. 13 duo of senior Sebastian Gorzny and freshman Lucas Marionneau ahead against No. 66 Sasa Markovic and Andrej Loncarevic when play stopped.

The teams alternated points throughout singles as Marionneau was first off the court with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Matias Ponce De Leon to even it at 1-1. LSU then won at No. 2 as No. 20 Ivanovski played his singles match but was not able to overcome No. 54 Erik Arutiunian, 6-2, 6-4.

Braswell knotted it again, 2-2, with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Markovic at No. 5, but a short time later No. 65 Forger, who also had medical issues during his second set, fell to Alessio Vasquez, 7-5, 6-4, at No. 4.

No. 37 Eriksson answered one more time with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over No. 117 Loncarevic at No. 3 for 3-3 overall, and although No. 4 Gorzny had taken leads of 4-1 and 5-2 in his third set against Pieczkowski, Pieczkowski closed on a 5-0 run to clinch for LSU.

The Longhorns (13-4, 4-1 SEC) will turn around and be back on the court against another top-seven opponent in No. 7 TCU on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT at the Texas Tennis Center.

#6 LSU 4, #2 Texas 3

Singles – Order of Finish (6,2,5,4,3,1)
1. Olaf Pieczkowski (LSU) def. #4 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
2. #54 Erik Arutiunian (LSU) def. #20 Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) 6-2, 6-4
3. #37 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def. #117 Andrej Loncarevic (LSU) 7-6 (5), 6-3
4. Alessio Vasquez (LSU) def. #65 Abel Forger (TEX) 7-5, 6-4
5. Jonah Braswell (TEX) def. Sasa Markovic (LSU) 7-5, 6-3
6. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Matias Ponce De Leon (LSU) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles – Order of Finish (3,2)
1. #13 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) vs. #66 Sasa Markovic/Andrej Loncarevic (LSU) 6-5, unf.
2. #59 Matias Ponce De Leon/Erik Arutiunian (LSU) def. Abel Forger/Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) 7-6 (4)
3. Enzo Kohlmann/Olaf Pieczkowski (LSU) def. Sebastian Eriksson/Jonah Braswell (TEX) 6-4

Individual Match Key Moments
(by order of finish)

Doubles No. 3: Kohlmann/Pieczkowski (LSU) def. Eriksson/Braswell (TEX) 6-4
Match: LSU earned the only break for a 4-3 lead in a match with no deuce points.

Doubles No. 2: Ponce De Leon/Arutiunian (LSU) def. Forger/Dedura-Palomero (TEX) 7-6 (4)
Match: Texas broke and held for 2-0, but LSU got the break back for 4-4. The Longhorns deflected a match point at deuce to hold for 5-5 before it went to a tiebreaker.
Tiebreaker: LSU picked up the only mini-breaks for 2-1 and on match point.

Doubles No. 1: Gorzny/Marionneau (TEX) vs. Markovic/Loncarevic (LSU) 6-5, unf.
Match: LSU broke and rallied from 0-40 to hold for 2-0. Texas got the break back for 3-3 and the match was on serve, including a deuce-point hold for the Longhorns for a 6-5 lead when play stopped.

Singles No. 6: Marionneau (TEX) def. Ponce De Leon (LSU) 6-3, 6-1
Set One: Marionneau broke for 2-1 and at deuce for the set.
Set Two: Marionneau again broke twice for 2-0 and 5-1, both at deuce.

Singles No. 2: Arutiunian (LSU) def. Ivanovski (TEX) 6-2, 6-4
Set One: Arutiunian broke in the opening game and for 4-1.
Set Two: Arutiunian again started with a break and held at deuce for 2-0. He broke again for 5-2, but Ivanovski broke back at deuce on a set point. The last two games were then held.

Singles No. 5: Braswell (TEX) def. Markovic (LSU) 7-5, 6-3
Set One: Braswell broke first for 3-2, but Markovic got it for 4-4. Braswell broke again for 6-5 and then served out the set.
Set Two: Braswell again broke first for 3-2, and Markovic broke back at deuce, but Braswell closed on a 3-0 run.

Singles No. 4: Vasquez (LSU) def. Forger (TEX) 7-5, 6-4
Set One: Vasquez broke first for 2-1 at deuce, but Forger responded with a 3-0 run. Vasquez then won consecutive deuce points to start his own 3-0 run. Then next two games were also broken until Vasquez held at deuce for 7-5 and the set.
Set Two: Vasquez held at deuce for 2-2 to start a 3-0 run for 4-2. Despite three deuce points in the last four games, including on match point, they were all held to Vasquez's win.

Singles No. 3: Eriksson (TEX) def. Loncarevic (LSU) 7-6 (5), 6-3
Set One: Three of the first four games went to deuce, but the set was on serve until Loncarevic broke at deuce for a 6-5 lead, however Eriksson broke back for a tiebreaker.
Set One Tiebreaker: Eriksson took leads of 3-1 and 4-2, and although Loncarevic tied it, 4-4 and 5-5, Eriksson claimed the last two points to win.
Sets Two: Eriksson broke in the first game and again at deuce for a 5-2 lead. Loncarevic broke back at deuce for 5-3, but Eriksson broke again at love for the match.

Singles No. 1: Pieczkowski (LSU) def. Gorzny (TEX) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Set One: Gorzny broke in the second game for a 3-0 start. Although he had a deuce point to break for the set leading 5-2, the rest of the set was on serve to his win.
Set Two: Pieczkowski won three deuce points to hold for 1-0 and 3-2 and break for 4-2, which was the only break.
Set Three: Gorzny held and broke at deuce for 2-0, and although Pieczkowski broke back for 2-1, Gorzny broke again and held for 4-1, which he extended to 5-2. However, Pieczkowski closed on a 5-0 run that included a deuce-point break for a 6-5 lead before serving out.