OU Tennis Drops Road Battle to Vanderbilt

Saturday, April 12

Nashville, TN

12 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

Vanderbilt

Photo by: Jacob Wood/University of Oklahoma

OU Tennis Drops Road Battle to Vanderbilt

April 12, 2025 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The No. 22 Oklahoma men's tennis team (14-9, 7-7 SEC) came up short in its final match of the season against Vanderbilt (12-13, 4-10 SEC).

The Sooners swiftly claimed their 20th doubles win to kick off the final competition of the season. Sophomore Kholo Montsi and junior Luis Alvarez swept their opponents, 6-0, to improve their season record to 17-2 with 10 SEC victories. The No. 26 pair of Bruno Nhavene and Oscar Lacides sealed the doubles point for OU when they won, 6-4, at the primary spot. The Sooners debuted a new pairing at the three line, seeing freshman Orel Kimhi team up with senior Jordan Hasson. The duo were ahead, 5-4, when play was stalled.

First off the court was Alvarez, dropping his match, 4-6, 2-6. Soon after, Montsi reclaimed the lead with a 6-4, 6-3 win. The match tied once again when Lacides fell, 3-6, 4-6, on court one. Kimhi put the Sooners up 3-2 when he took his tenth win of the season, 6-4, 6-4, at the four position.

Due to construction, the match was played on four courts. Once the first four matches concluded, Hasson and freshman Alejandro Melero took the court to begin their matches.

Both Sooners went into first-set tiebreaks to start, falling short with Hasson falling behind, 6-7(7), and Melero trailing 6-7(5). Hasson lost his match, 6-7(7), 3-6, and Vanderbilt tied the match at 3-all. The match concluded when Melero fell, 6-7(5), 3-6, and the Commodores claimed the final point of the match.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma heads to Columbia, S.C. to compete in the SEC Championships from Wednesday, April 16, to Sunday, April 20.

RESULTS

#50 Vanderbilt 4, #22 Oklahoma 3

Singles competition

1. Danil Panarin (VANDY-M) def. #78 Oscar Lacides (OU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Kholo Montsi (OU) def. Pablo Martinez Gomez (VANDY-M) 6-4, 6-3
3. Nathan Cox (VANDY-M) def. #91 Luis Alvarez (OU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Orel Kimhi (OU) def. Michael Ross (VANDY-M) 6-4, 6-4
5. Henry Ruger (VANDY-M) def. Jordan Hasson (OU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-3
6. Hugo Coquelin (VANDY-M) def. Alejandro Melero (OU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

Doubles competition

1. #26 Oscar Lacides/Bruno Nhavene (OU) def. #40 Nathan Cox/Michael Ross (VANDY-M) 6-4
2. Luis Alvarez/Kholo Montsi (OU) def. Pablo Martinez Gomez/Danil Panarin (VANDY-M) 6-0
3. Dylan Charlap/Henry Ruger (VANDY-M) vs. Jordan Hasson/Orel Kimhi (OU) 4-5, unfinished

Match Notes:
Oklahoma 14-9, 7-7 SEC; National ranking #22
Vanderbilt 12-13, 4-10 SEC; National ranking #50
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,1,2,4,5,6)