No. 22 Sooners Fall to No. 5 Longhorns Thursday Night

Thursday, April 3

Norman, Okla.

6 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

Texas

Photo by: Asia Purnell/University of Oklahoma

No. 22 Sooners Fall to No. 5 Longhorns Thursday Night

April 03, 2025 | Men's Tennis

Box Score OU 1, UT 4 Photo Gallery

NORMAN -- The No. 22 Oklahoma men's tennis team came up short against the top-5 Longhorns in front of a home crowd Thursday evening.

The lone point for the Sooners came in doubles competiton, where No. 25 duo Oscar Lacides and Bruno Nhavene upset the No. 6 pair from Texas, 6-3 on court one. Sophomore Kholo Montsi and junior Luis Alvarez won their 15th match of the season, 6-4, at the two line to clinch the doubles point. The doubles win tallied Oklahoma's 16th of the season. After going ahead 5-3 on their opponents, freshman Alejandro Melero and sophomore Asahi Harazaki trailed 5-6 when play was stalled.

In singles, Oklahoma had three promising starts. Alvarez won his first set, 6-4, freshman Orel Kimhi went ahead 6-2 and Nhavene battled at the six line to send his first set into a 5-7 result.

Lacides was first off the court after dropping his match to No. 2 Timo Legout, 3-6, 3-6 at the primary spot. With the score tied at 1-all, Montsi fell short on court two, 1-6, 4-6, after putting up a fight in the second set. Texas had its first lead of the match when senior Jordan Hasson came up short, 2-6, 2-6. Nhavene ultimately lost his match, 5-7, 4-6, to give Texas the clinching point.

When matches were abandoned, Alvarez trailed in the second set, 6-4, 3-4 and Kimhi had begun a third set, 6-2, 2-6, 0-1.

UP NEXT

The Sooners take on LSU in their final home match of the season on Saturday, April 5, at noon CT.

RESULTS

#5 University of Texas 4, #22 Oklahoma 1

Singles competition

1. #2 Timo Legout (UT) def. #72 Oscar Lacides (OU) 6-3, 6-3
2. #48 Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) def. Kholo Montsi (OU) 6-1, 6-4
3. #87 Luis Alvarez (OU) vs. #58 Jonah Braswell (UT) 6-4, 3-4, unfinished
4. Orel Kimhi (OU) vs. Sebastian Eriksson (UT) 6-2, 2-6, 0-1, unfinished
5. Lucas Brown (UT) def. Jordan Hasson (OU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Evan Burnett (UT) def. Bruno Nhavene (OU) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. #25 Oscar Lacides/Bruno Nhavene (OU) def. #6 Timo Legout/Lucas Brown (UT) 6-3
2. Luis Alvarez/Kholo Montsi (OU) def. Sebastian Gorzny/Jonah Braswell (UT) 6-4
3. Asahi Harazaki/Alejandro Melero (OU) vs. Sebastian Eriksson/Pierre-Yves Bailly (UT) 5-6, unfinished

Match Notes:
University of Texas 20-3; National ranking #5 Oklahoma 13-7; National ranking #22
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,2,5,6)