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No. 1 Men’s Tennis preview: NCAA First and Second Rounds
04.30.2026 | Men's Tennis
The Longhorns host the NCAA First and Second Rounds for the ninth straight year, welcoming Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, SMU and Princeton.
No. 1 Men's Tennis preview: NCAA First and Second Rounds
2 seed No. 1 Texas vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
When: Friday, May 1, 2026, 1 p.m. CT
Where: Texas Tennis Center, Austin, Texas
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Team Records: Texas (24-6, 12-2 SEC), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (17-4, 3-2 Southland), No. 32 SMU (19-11, 8-5 ACC), No. 37 Princeton (16-10, 2-5 Ivy)
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Tournament Central
2026 NCAA Men's Tennis First and Second-Round Schedule
All times Central
Friday, May 1 – First Round
10 a.m.: SMU vs. Princeton
1 p.m.: TEXAS vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Saturday, May 2 – Second Round
4 p.m.: TEXAS/Texas A&M-Corpus Christi winner vs. SMU/Princeton winner
Notes
-Texas earns No. 2 overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Championships
UT earned the No. 2 overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Championship field. It marks the fourth-straight year Texas has been a top-three seed, after having been the No. 3 seed last year, No. 2 seed in 2024, and No. 1 seed in 2023. It is also the sixth time in the last seven years the Longhorns have been in the top four after being No. 4 in 2021 and No. 2 in 2019. The tournament was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic. The Longhorns earned their 34th consecutive bid to the NCAA Championships and their 43rd overall selection since the NCAA bracketed tournament was introduced in 1977. They have compiled an 82-41 (.667) all-time record in the tournament. Texas hosts the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships for a ninth-straight year and for the 11th time in the last 12 years in which the tournament has been held. Along with winning the 2019 National Championship, the Longhorns were the national runners-up in 2008 and 2024, and additionally made it to the semifinals in 1993, 2006, 2009, 2021, 2023 and 2025. They have reached at least the round of 16 in each of the last 11 years with six quarterfinals appearances in 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 in that span.
-Texas A&M-Corpus Christi series: Texas leads, 19-0
This will be the 20th meeting between the Longhorns and the Islanders with Texas winning all of the previous 19, including a 7-0 sweep earlier this year in Austin. They also met in first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at the Texas Tennis Center, which was a 4-0 sweep for the Longhorns. Prior to that, they faced each other in 2021 at the Texas Tennis Center, which was a 5-0 decision for Texas. They also played in 2019, a 4-0 win for the Longhorns in Austin.
Last Two Box Scores
#7 Texas 7, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Austin, Texas • Texas Tennis Center
Singles – Order of Finish (2,1,5,6,4,3)
1. #10 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. Niox Chateau (AMCC) 6-2, 6-2
2. Abel Forger (TEX) def. Omar Suarez (AMCC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Jonah Braswell (TEX) def. Etienne Marty (AMCC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Ethan Dasset (AMCC) 6-3, 6-2
5. Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Mikel Garmendia (AMCC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Evan Burnett (TEX) def. Filip Vacula (AMCC) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles – Order of Finish (2,3)
1. Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) vs. Mikel Garmendia/Matthieu Coignet (AMCC) 2-4, unf.
2. Oliver Ojakaar/Mariano Dedura-Palomero (TEX) def. Etienne Marty/Omar Suarez (AMCC) 6-0
3. Jonah Braswell/Evan Burnett (TEX) def. Ethan Dasset/Josef Zapletal (AMCC) 6-3
#1 Texas 4, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Texas Tennis Center • Austin, Texas (NCAA First Round)
Singles – Order of Finish (6,1,2)
1. #1 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. Avery Zavala (AMCC-M) 6-3, 6-0
2. #61 Micah Braswell (UT) def. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) 6-2, 6-2
3. #54 Siem Woldeab (UT) vs. Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) 6-2, 3-4, unf.
4. Cleeve Harper (UT) vs. Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) 6-2, 4-2, unf.
5. Nevin Arimilli (UT) vs. Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) 6-1, 5-1, unf.
6. Evin McDonald (UT) def. Lucas Schurdevin (AMCC-M) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles – Order of Finish (2,1)
1. #3 Eliot Spizzirri/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Avery Zavala/Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) 6-3
2. #75 Siem Woldeab/Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) def. Ulysse Bertrand/Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) 6-0
3. Chih Chi Huang/Evin McDonald (UT) vs. Nathan Schwartz/Tomas Quesada Perez (AMCC-M) 5-5, unf.
-SMU Series: Texas leads, 82-22-2
Texas leads the all-time series with SMU 82-22-2 and is on a 20-match winning streak dating back to 2001. In the last meeting in 2021, the Longhorns swept the Mustangs, 7-0, in Austin.
Last Box Score
#6 Texas 7, SMU 0
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Austin, Texas • Texas Tennis Center
Singles – Order of Finish (6,5,3,2,1,4)
1. #57 Siem Woldeab (UT) def. Caleb Chakravarthi (SMU) 6-1, 6-4
2. #78 Micah Braswell (UT) def. Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) 6-4, 6-2
3. #120 Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. Liam Krall (SMU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Julian Steinhausen (SMU) 7-5, 6-3
5. Chih Chi Huang (UT) def. Jordi Redelijk (SMU) 6-0, 6-4
6. Evin McDonald (UT) def. Juan Jose Bianchi (SMU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – Order of Finish (3,1)
1. Siem Woldeab/Eliot Spizzirri (UT) def. Tomas Vaise/Juan Jose Bianchi (SMU) 6-2
2. Chih Chi Huang/Payton Holden (UT) vs. Liam Krall/Julian Steinhausen (SMU) 3-3, unf.
3. Micah Braswell/Cleeve Harper (UT) def. Caleb Chakravarthi/Huntley Allen (SMU) 6-1
-Princeton Series: Texas leads, 3-1
Texas leads the series with Princeton, 3-1, in records dating back to 1975, however the teams have never met in Austin. The last two contests came in Princeton in 2001 and 1999, which were both 6-1 wins by the Longhorns. They also played twice in Madison, Wisc., in the ITCA Team Championships with Texas winning, 6-3, in 1979, and Princeton taking the first meeting, 5-4, in 1976.
-ITA Team Rankings
Texas was tabbed No. 2 in the preseason poll released January 7 by the ITA and ended up cycling back to that position on March 3, moved to No. 3 on March 10 and back to No. 2 on March 31 before moving up to No. 1 on April 7 where it remains through the rankings just released on April 30. In between, the Longhorns were No. 4 on January 21, No. 5 on January 28, No. 7 on February 4, No. 3 on February 19, and back to No. 4 on February 24. It's the 122nd-straight rankings week in the top 15 dating back to April 2018.
-ITA Individual National Rankings
Texas had seven listings in the most recent ITA individual rankings that were released April 30 with five in singles and two doubles pairs.
Texas
Singles
No. 3 Sebastian Gorzny
No. 35 Sebastian Eriksson
No. 41 Kalin Ivanovski
No. 89 Oliver Ojakaar
No. 102 Abel Forger
Doubles
No. 21 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau
No. 46 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Singles
N/A
Doubles
N/A
SMU
Singles
No. 2 Trevor Svajda
Doubles
No. 54 Trevor Svajda/Jerry Barton
Princeton
Singles
No. 6 Paul Inchauspe
Doubles
No. 27 Paul Inchauspe/Landon Ardila
-SEC Coach of the Year and more in SEC annual awards
Bruce Berque was named SEC Coach of the Year for the second-straight season. Senior Sebastian Gorzny was selected First Team All-SEC, Kalin Ivanovski and Sebastian Eriksson were tabbed to the Second Team, and Lucas Marionneau was chosen to the All-Freshman Team. For Berque, it is the third-straight and fifth overall coach of the year award in his time at Texas after taking home the honor last season in the SEC, and in 2019, 2021 and 2024 in the Big 12.
-SEC Champs x 2 … again
Texas captured its second-straight SEC Championship title with a 4-2 win over 2 seed No. 6 Mississippi State on April 19 at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station. That completed a trio of 4-2 victories, including over host No. 10 Texas A&M in the semifinals, and No. 19 Florida in the quarterfinals. Texas has now swept both the regular season and tournament championships in both of its seasons in the league. It also marks the 10th conference tournament championship in program history (1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2024, 2025, 2026). After the match against the Bulldogs, Sebastian Gorzny was named MVP and Abel Forger was also chosen to the All-Tournament Team.
Against Mississippi State, after the Longhorns won the doubles point in decisive fashion at Nos. 2 and 3, they found themselves down a set in five of the six singles matches. The Bulldogs completed wins at Nos. 4 and 1 to take a 2-1 overall lead, but Texas responded with a straight-sets win by Sebastian Erkisson at No. 3 and followed with three-set comebacks by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2, and Lucas Marionneau for the clinch. Marionneau also clinched the regular the regular season match against the Bulldogs, which was a 4-3 win in Starkville in February.
The Longhorns also produced a strong doubles point against the Aggies with solid wins at Nos. 3 and 2. After Texas A&M posted singles wins at Nos. 3 and 2, Texas ran off three-straight victories by Jonah Braswell at No. 6, Forger at No. 5, and Gorzny at No. 1 for the clinch.
Although Texas was first off the doubles court against Florida with a win at No. 2, the Gators claimed the point with wins at Nos. 3 and 1. However, the Longhorns responded with singles victories by Forger at No. 5, and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 4 to take a 2-1 lead. The Gators evened it again with a win at No. 6, but Texas answered with wins by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2, and Gorzny at No. 1 for the clinch.
-Berque at the Helm
An accomplished coaching veteran with three decades of experience with some of the nation's top tennis programs, Bruce Berque was named the fifth head coach of The University of Texas Men's Tennis program on May 23, 2019. Berque is in his eighth season as head coach in Austin and has led the Longhorns to a 175-41 overall record (.810) that includes 24-6 this season, 28-5 last season (missed the NCAA first round match vs. Montana due to illness), 27-4 in 2024, 26-4 in 2023, 18-11 in 2022, 24-6 in 2021, 13-3 in a 2020 season that was shortened by the pandemic, and 15-2 in 2019 en route to the guiding Texas to its first team National Championship. The 2026 team under Berque already made history by becoming the first in program history to be crowned ITA Indoors National Champions. They have now followed that by securing their second-straight outright SEC regular season and tournament championships in as many seasons in the league. In reaching the NCAA Final Four last year, Texas is the only program nationally to reach it five times in the last six full seasons. During Berque's previous seven seasons at the helm, Texas is the only program in the nation to finish in the top four in six of those. It is also one of just four programs to reach the NCAA championship match twice (2019, 2024), along with Virginia, TCU and Wake Forest in that span. The Longhorns are one of two teams to have been ranked No. 1 at some point during the season in five of the last eight years along with Ohio State.
During his career, Berque has helped produce four national team champions, seven national individual champions and 15 conference team titles. He has coached 30 All-Americans who collectively have amassed 62 All-America honors. Additionally, he has guided eight singles players and three doubles teams to a No. 1 national ranking, including Timo Legout last season. Legout went on to be the ITA National Player of the Year, giving Texas three-straight years earning that honor, along with Eliot Spizzirri in 2023 and 2024. Now the 2025 and 2026 SEC Coach of the Year, Berque guided the Horns to both the regular season and tournament championships in their first two years in the SEC. In 2024, Texas came within a point of its second national title before coming up just short by a 4-3 score to TCU to finish as NCAA runners-up and with a No. 2 final ranking. It had been the fourth time the teams had met during the season, resulting in a 2-2 split that also saw the Longhorns claim the Big 12 tournament championship. Meanwhile, UT also secured an outright Big 12 regular season title with a perfect 7-0 record. In seven years under Berque where a conference slate was played, Texas has taken home at least a share of the regular season championship six times (2019, '21, '23, '24, '25, 26), including five outright (2019, '23, '24, '25, '26). The 2020 season was halted due to the pandemic prior to conference play. The 29 wins last season were tied with the 2019 team for the most in program history in the era since 1975 when teams began playing shorter schedules. Berque has additionally guided Texas to the semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships in three of the last four years (2023, 2025), including the program's first two finals appearances in 2023 and 2026 on the way to this year's title.
-Senior Day
The match against Florida on April 10 was Senior Day for two members of the program, including Jonah Braswell and Sebastian Gorzny. Both players transferred to Texas with Braswell arriving from Florida in the fall of 2023 and Gorzny coming from TCU in the summer of 2024, but both fully bought in and were accepted to the program culture and have now established themselves as team leaders. Braswell has helped the Longhorns to back-to-back NCAA Final Fours, including the final 2024, while Gorzny was part of last year's Final Four team, and both helped Texas to the program's first-ever ITA Indoors National Championship earlier this season. Gorzny has been an Academic All-American and First-Team All-SEC honoree at Texas, while Braswell was the 2023 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. The team also honored Timo Legout, who was last year's National Player of the Year in his freshman season but with an NCAA ruling that he qualified for only one year of eligibility due to play in professional tournaments, he has served as a student assistant to the staff this season as he continued working on his degree.
-Back-to-back outright SEC champs
Texas claimed its second-straight outright SEC regular season championship, doing so in just its second year in the conference, with a 4-1 win over No. 18 Florida on April 10. It was the program's 32nd overall regular season conference title. The match began outdoors at the Texas Tennis Center but moved to the Weller Indoor Tennis Center after doubles due to inclement weather. The Longhorns secured the doubles point outdoors with a pair of 6-4 wins at Nos. 2 and 3. The rain then came just after singles started with most courts not having completed a game, however after moving indoors, Texas claimed victories from Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 for a 3-0 lead. Florida picked up its lone point with a win at No. 5, but Abel Forger completed his three-set comeback to clinch. The two unfinished matches at Nos. 3 and 6 were both even in their third sets when play stopped.
-Make that four sweeps
Texas swept No. 18 Auburn, 4-0, on April 4 at the Yarbrough Tennis Center for their fourth-straight sweep and sixth-straight victory overall. The match began with a close doubles point in which the Tigers were first off the court with a win at No. 1, but the Longhorns followed quickly with a win at No. 2 and the clinch in a tight match at No. 3. Texas then followed with singles victories by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2, Jonah Braswell at No. 5, and Abel Forger at No. 4.
-Three-straight sweeps
Texas swept No. 24 Ole Miss, 4-0, on April 2 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center in Oxford. It was the Longhorns' third-straight sweep and fifth-straight victory overall. Texas claimed the doubles point with wins at Nos. 3 and 2 and followed with singles victories by Oliver Ojakaar at No. 3, Sebastian Erkisson at No. 2, and Marionneau at No. 6 for the clinch. Abel Forger was also potentially one game away from a win at No. 4 when play stopped.
-Sweeping the weekend
Texas swept No. 36 Arkansas, 4-0, on March 29 at the Texas Tennis Center. The match was the Longhorns' fourth-straight win and completed a pair of sweeps in their weekend homestand, including defeating Tennessee on Friday. Texas put together a solid doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2 to capture the point, while also leading at No. 3 when play stopped. The Longhorns then followed with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 4, Oliver Ojakaar at No. 3, and Lucas Marionneau at No. 6 for the clinch.
-Sweeping the Vols
Texas swept No. 51 Tennessee, 4-0, on March 27 at the Texas Tennis Center. 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 Lucas Marionneau at No. 6, Oliver Ojakaar at No. 3 and Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1. Abel Forger was also close to breaking for a chance to serve out his match at No. 4 when play halted.
-Turning the Cats blue
Texas downed No. 27 Kentucky, 4-2, on March 22 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. 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 Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5 and 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 Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1 and 43 Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3 for the clinch. Abel Forger also had a break lead in his third set at No. 4 when play stopped.
-Bounce back sweep in Nashville
The Longhorns swept to No. 13 Vanderbilt, 4-0, on March 20 at the Lummis Family Tennis Center in Nashville. Texas snapped a string of having lost four-straight doubles points and six of the last seven by securing wins at Nos. 3 and 2 with Vanderbilt winning at No. 1 in between. The Longhorns then followed with singles victories by Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3, and Lucas Marionneau at No. 6. Jonah Braswell was also two points from a possible win at No. 4 when play stopped.
-Slip against the Sooners
The Longhorns fell to No. 28 Oklahoma, 4-1, on March 15 at the Texas Tennis Center. The loss snapped a 12-match winning streak in the rivalry for the Longhorns, who had late chances in both doubles and singles and led in the remaining two singles contests when play stopped. During doubles, Oklahoma won six of the seven deuce points and had two of the three breaks combined across the three matches with all three breaks coming in the match at No. 2, a match the Sooners won. The other two doubles contests both stayed on serve throughout with the deciding match at No. 1 going to a tiebreaker, while No. 3 was left unfinished. Lucas Marionneau later cut that deficit to one at No. 6 singles, but from there, the matches at both Nos. 2 and 3 needed late breaks that didn't come in order to get back on serve in their second sets.
-Lone Star Showdown victory
Texas took the Cotton Holdings Lone Star Showdown, 4-2, over No. 11 Texas A&M on March 13 at the Texas Tennis Center. The Longhorns produced four singles victories to register their ninth-straight win over the Aggies. Although Texas came up just short in a tiebreaker in the deciding doubles match, the Longhorns responded with singles victories by Lucas Marionneau at No. 5, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and Sebastian Eriksson at No. 2 for a 3-1 lead. Texas A&M got back within one with a win at No. 4, but the clinch then came from Evan Burnett at No. 6. Abel Forger was also potentially one game away from winning his match at No. 3 when play stopped.
-Coming up short in a pair of shorthanded back-to-back top-10 matches
Texas came up just short to No. 6 LSU, 4-3, at the Texas Tennis Center on March 6 and to No. 7 TCU, 4-1, at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center on March 7. The Longhorns were forced into a number of lineup changes for both matches due to injuries to Kalin Ivanovski and Oliver Ojakaar. Despite that, the LSU match came down to late in the third set of the deciding singles match. With changes to Nos. 2 and 3 doubles, LSU went on to take both of those. The teams then alternated points from there with Texas receiving wins from Lucas Marionneau at No. 6, Jonah Braswell at No. 5 and Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3. The overall match came down to No. 1 where Sebastian Gorzny fell 7-5 in the third set. Against TCU, the Horned Frogs took doubles at Nos. 1 and 2, and Braswell evened the overall match at No. 4 singles. TCU won at Nos. 6, 5 and 2 to clinch, but Texas had previously had match points at No. 2 and held leads in unfinished matches at Nos. 1 and 3 when play stopped.
-Back at the TTC with a top-15 sweep
Texas swept No. 13 Georgia, 4-0, at the Texas Tennis Center on March 1. It was the ninth-straight win for the Longhorns, seven of which against top-25 opponents. Texas secured the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 1 with Georgia taking No. 3 in between. The Longhorns then followed with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 3, Lucas Marionneau at No. 6, and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5 for the clinch.
-Finishing 3-0 on SEC opening road trip
Texas secured a 4-2 victory at No. 22 South Carolina on February 26 to complete their opening SEC road trip with a 3-0 record. It was the Longhorns' second-straight match to go indoors, although this time the move happened after most singles first sets were complete. Texas started out coming up just short in the doubles point after a 7-5 loss in the deciding match at No. 2. Texas had claimed an efficient 6-1 win at No. 3 to start, but South Carolina answered with a 6-4 win at No. 1. The Longhorns followed with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 4, Oliver Ojakaar at No. 6, and No. 40 Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3 to extend to a 3-1 lead. The Gamecocks picked up another point at No. 1, but Jonah Braswell clinched the match at No. 5.
-Top-10 road victory in Starkville
Texas rallied for a 4-3 top-10 road victory at No. 10 Mississippi State in a match that was moved indoors to the Rula Tennis Pavilion on February 23 in Starkville. The Longhorns trailed, 1-0 after the doubles point and 3-2 late before completing the comeback. In its first match in Starkville since 1996, Texas started out coming up just short in the doubles point after a tiebreaker loss in the deciding match at No. 1. Mississippi State had earlier taken the match at No. 3 before the Longhorns evened it with a win at No. 2. After doubles, every singles match ended up going the distance to three sets. Texas claimed the first two of those with wins by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2, and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 5. However, the Mississippi State tied the match a split second later at No. 3 and reclaimed the lead moments after that at No. 4. That left two courts in play with the Longhorns needing both, which they secured with victories first by Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and then Lucas Marionneau at No. 6 for the clinch.
-SEC opening win in first trip to Tuscaloosa
Texas opened SEC play with a 6-1 win at Alabama on February 21 in the first-ever trip to Tuscaloosa. The Longhorns started the match with 6-3 wins on all three doubles courts, first at No. 3 and then an almost simultaneous finish at Nos. 2 and 1 with match point at No. 2 ending a split-second before No. 1 leading to all three matches counting. Jonah Braswell was first off the singles court for a 2-0 lead, and after the Crimson Tide picked up its lone match at No. 6, the Longhorns registered victories by Abel Forger at No. 3, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, another virtually simultaneous finish by Lucas Marionneau at No. 5 just after Gorzny, and finally a superbreaker win by Sebastian Eriksson at No. 2.
-ITA Indoors All-Tournament Team filled with Horns
Longhorns claimed four of the six singles spots on the ITA All-Tournament Team released by the ITA on February 20, including the Most Outstanding Player in senior Sebastian Gorzny, who was also All-Tournament at No. 1 Singles. Additionally, Texas had freshman Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 Singles, sophomore Sebastian Eriksson at No. 4 Singles, and freshman Lucas Marionneau at No. 6 Singles. All four players collected three singles wins over the course of the four matches at the national sites in Waco and Dallas that began in the round of 16 through the final.
-Gorzny, Ivanovski earn SEC Men's Tennis Athlete, Freshman of the Week
Texas swept the SEC weekly awards as senior Sebastian Gorzny was named Athlete of the Week, and Kalin Ivanovski was chosen Freshman of the Week, the conference announced on February 18. It marked the second weekly SEC honor for Gorzny this season and in his career, and the first for Ivanovski. The duo helped Texas to the program's first ITA Indoors National Championship with four wins over No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 5 TCU, No. 19 Baylor and No. 2 Ohio State on the way to the title. Gorzny went 3-0 in singles with two top-15 victories and another top-50 win, all at No. 1. He also went 2-2 in doubles, including a tiebreaker win over the nation's No. 1 doubles team. Ivanovski posted a 3-0 record in singles play, all against ranked opponents at No. 2. He also went 1-1 in doubles, along with an unfinished tiebreaker match against the nation's No. 7 pair, all at No. 1.
-Texas wins program's first ITA Indoors National Championship
Texas won the program's first ITA Indoors National Championship with a 4-2 win over No. 2 Ohio State on January 17 at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas. It was the Longhorns' second appearance in the tournament final with the last being in 2023 in Chicago. The win avenged an earlier season loss on the road at Ohio State on January 29 and completed an impressive run that included a sweep of a trio of in-state foes including a 4-0 sweep of No. 19 Baylor in the semifinals in Dallas, and No. 5 TCU in the quarterfinals and No. 8 Texas A&M in the round of 16 in Waco. The Longhorns had previously beaten UNC Wilmington and South Florida in the first and second rounds in Austin on January 23 and 24, respectively. The match against the Buckeyes opened in remarkable fashion with all three doubles courts extending to a tiebreaker. Ohio State, which had all three of its teams in the top-eight of the doubles rankings held match points on all three courts at various times, but the Longhorns fought back and emerged with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 to take the point. The teams then went back and forth in singles with the Buckeyes winning at No. 3 singles to tie it, but Sebastian Gorzny regained the lead with a win at No. 1. Ohio State then took the match at No. 4, but Lucas Marionneau produced a three-set victory at No. 6 for a 3-2 advantage. That left two courts in action at Nos. 2 and 5, and Kalin Ivanovski crossed the finish line first at No. 2 to deliver the championship.
-Two top-10 wins to reach ITA Indoors semifinals
Texas defeated two top-10 opponents to reach the semifinals of ITA National Indoor Championships on February 13 and 14. The Longhorns were placed in Waco and topped No. 8 Texas A&M, 4-2, on Friday, and then No. 5 TCU, 4-3, on Saturday. It marks the second-straight year and third time in the last for Texas has advanced to the semifinals. Although Texas A&M moved out to a 2-0 lead with the doubles point that came via wins at Nos. 3 and 1, along with the first singles contest at No. 6, Texas responded with four-straight singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 2, Sebastian Eriksson at No. 3, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and Lucas Marionneau at No. 5 for the clinch. Then for the second-straight match, the Longhorns found themselves in a 2-0 deficit after dropping the doubles point via matches at Nos. 1 and 2, along with the first singles contest at No. 5. However, they again responded with four singles wins, starting with a top-five victory for Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, and a win by Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 to even it, 2-2. The Horned Frogs briefly retook the lead with a win at No. 3, but Texas completed the comeback with wins by Sebastian Eriksson at No. 4 and Oliver Ojakaar at No. 6 to clinch it. The match for Ojakaar was just his second singles match in the 2025-26 year with the other coming in fall play, making it first in a dual match since March 2 of last year.
-Sweeping Corpus Christi
Texas swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7-0, at the Texas Tennis Center on February 7. The Longhorns did not drop a set throughout the overall match in winning doubles contests at Nos. 2 and 3, and following with singles victories by Abel Forger at No. 2, Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, Mariano Dedura-Palomero at No. 5 for the clinch, Evan Burnett at No. 6, Lucas Marionneau at No. 4, and Jonah Braswell at No. 3.
-Facing the best
Although the Longhorns have three losses this season, the week after the third one against Ohio State on January 30, the three opponents they were defeated by were then ranked Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the nation – Virginia, Ohio State and Wake Forest, respectively.
-Downed at Ohio State
Texas fell on the road at No. 6 Ohio State, 4-1, on January 30 at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in Columbus. The Longhorns secured two individual top-five wins during the match but came up short in their first road match of the season. Ohio State came into the match with three top-10 doubles teams and took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 1 surrounding Texas' victory at No. 3, which was one of the Longhorns' top-five victories. The Buckeyes went up 2-0 after freshman Kalin Ivanovski was forced to retire in singles, and although Texas pulled within one when senior No. 39 Sebastian Gorzny earned the other top-five win at No. 1, the Buckeyes closed by taking Nos. 6 and 5.
-Gorzny earns first SEC Athlete of the Week honor
Sebastian Gorzny was named the SEC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week for the week of January 21-27, the conference announced January 28. It marked the first weekly SEC honor of his career. Gorzny went a combined 6-0 in leading Texas to wins over UNC Wilmington and South Florida to earn the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional Championship, along with a close loss to top-ranked Wake Forest. Gorzny did not drop a set during his six wins and collected two top-30 singles victories over No. 12 DK Suresh of Wake Forest and No. 28 Hugo Car of South Florida, in addition to defeating Jordi Domenech of UNCW, all of which came at No. 1 singles. He was also first off the respective doubles or singles court in five of his six matches. In doubles, he paired with Lucas Marionneau in all three wins, all of which came in decisive fashion.
-Back to the ITA Indoors
Texas won the championship of the ITA Kickoff Weekend Austin Regional with a pair of 4-0 sweeps over UNC-Wilmington on January 23 and South Florida on January 24 at the Weller Indoor Tennis Center. With the wins, the Longhorns advanced to the ITA National Indoor Championships for the eighth-straight year with this year's tournament taking place from February 13-17 in Dallas and Waco, Texas. Against UNCW, Texas claimed the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 3, and followed with singles wins from Sebastian Gorzny at No. 1, Lucas Brown at No. 3, and Mariano Dedura-Palomero at No. 5 for the clinch. Versus USF, the Longhorns earned the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2, followed by singles wins from Abel Forger at No. 3, Gorzny at No. 1, and Kalin Ivanovski at No. 2 for the clinch.
-Back-to-Back Top-Five Contests
Texas hosted a pair of top-five contests in Austin and had paths to victory in both, but came up short against No. 5 Virginia on January 18, 4-1, and No. 1 Wake Forest on January 21, 4-2. Against the Demon Deacons, the Longhorns claimed doubles with wins at Nos. 3 and 1, while Sebastian Gorzny provided a 2-0 lead by topping No. 12 DK Suresh at No. 1. However, Wake Forest rallied with singles wins at Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 4. Against Virginia, the Cavaliers won doubles at Nos. 2 and 1 and took a 2-0 lead with a singles win at No. 3. Although Abel Forger made it 2-1 with a win at No. 2, Virginia closed with wins at Nos. 1 and 4.
-Starting the season 2-0
The Longhorns opened the season with a pair of home wins over ACU on January 10, 7-0, and UIW on January 14, 6-1. Texas did not drop a set against ACU in sweeping played out doubles and singles, while they did the same against UIW except for a 7-5, 7-5 loss at No. 1 singles.
-Back from 2025
In the eighth season under head coach Bruce Berque, Texas will have a different look from 2025, but at the same time return a number of familiar faces. The roster will feature six returners, all of whom had match experience, including seniors Sebastian Gorzny and Jonah Braswell, junior Lucas Brown, and sophomores Sebastian Eriksson, Oliver Ojakaar, and Evan Burnett.
-Five newcomers arrive for their first dual match season on the 40
The Longhorns add five new faces for 2026, all who are expected to be impact players, starting with Mariano Dedura-Palomero from Germany and Lucas Marionneau from France who arrived in the summer and competed in fall tournament play. Three other players just arrived on the 40 Acres this month, including Jeremiah Braswell, who is the brother of current Longhorn Jonah Braswell and former All-American Micah Braswell, along with Abel Forger from The Netherlands and Kalin Ivanovski from North Macedonia.
-Summer/Fall Wrap-up
A number of players on the roster spent the summer and fall nursing injuries, leading to some of them not qualifying for fall ITA rankings. However, around those injuries, Lucas Brown started the summer off with the singles title at the ITA Summer Nationals. At the ITA All-Americans, Sebastian Gorzny reached the singles round of 16, while Gorzny and Brown combined to advance to the doubles quarterfinals. Sebastian Eriksson later made it to the ITA Texas Regionals final, however the title match was not played. Gorzny and Eriksson both closed fall play in the NCAA Singles Championship round of 32.
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