Texas men's tennis beats SMU 4-0, moves on to NCAA Round of 16

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The Texas Longhorns men's tennis team defeated SMU 4-0, advancing to the NCAA Round of 16 for the 12th consecutive year. They will face 15 seed San Diego next week.

Key points

Texas Longhorns men's tennis team wins 4-0 against SMU
Longhorns advance to NCAA Round of 16 for 12th straight year
Next match is against 15 seed San Diego

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The Texas Longhorns men’s tennis team continued marching in the NCAA Tournament today, getting a 4-0 win over the SMU Mustangs. The Longhorns cruised past Texas A&M-Corpus Cristi in Round 1, winning 4-0 with no hiccups and putting them into the second round for the 13th straight season. Today, it was a gritty doubles point and dominating single performances that led the Longhorns to the straightforward win.

And there it is!! The Horns are on to the Sweet 16 for the 1️⃣2️⃣th-straight year with a 4️⃣-0️⃣ sweep of #32 SMU!

We'll be back at the TTC next Friday 🆚 15 seed #17 San Diego! See you there
#HookEm
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— Texas Men's Tennis (@TexasMTN) May 2, 2026 Doubles started the day and Texas with three matches to decide one point. The No. 1 doubles team of Kalin Ivanovski and Abel Forger set the tone, winning 6-4. After a hard fought match, the No. 2 pairing of Sebastian Gorzny and Lucas Marionneau got the win 7-5, locking up the opening point for the Longhorns. Sebastian and Lucas break for the win! #HookEm 🤘🎾 | #NCAATennis pic.twitter.com/HrbKTdSzyE

— Texas Men's Tennis (@TexasMTN) May 2, 2026 The Longhorns moved to the singles portion needing to win just three out of six matches to move forward. They quickly gained control, breaking SMU service games in four of the six matches. No. 3 singles Oliver Ojakaar and No. 4 singles Abel Forger set the pace early, each winning their opening set 6-2 in dominating fashion. No. 2 singles Kalin Ivanovski and No. 6 singles Lucas Marionneau quickly followed, closing out their opening sets 6-3 and 6-4 respectively. No. 1 singles Gorzny, dropped his opening set 4-6 to Trevor Svajda. No. 5 singles Jonah Braswell was the final Longhorn to finish his opening set, falling 5-7. Texas took leads in four matches into the second sets, putting them in prime position to move to the Round of 16. Marionneau, Forger and Ojakaar didn’t slow down, quickly getting breaks in the second set. Lucas Marionneau was the first to get over the line, winning his match 6-4, 6-1 over Noah McDonald and extending the lead to 2-0 Texas. Lucas breaks for the win! 🤘🎾 |

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