AUSTIN, Texas – No. 15 San Diego Men's Tennis' unprecedented season came to an end in its first ever Sweet 16 on Friday night, being bested at national No. 1 and NCAA Championships two seed Texas, 4-1.
USD finishes with a 22-6 record, winning its fifth straight WCC Regular Season title and third straight WCC Tournament crown.
The hosts claimed the first point of the day with doubles wins on courts one and three, dropping the Toreros to 23-5 on the season in doubles action.
In singles play, San Diego battled to claim at least three games in all six first sets, six games in four, however, USD was on the wrong side of each of three pivotal first set tiebreaks.
Battling illness on court six, program veteran
Lambert Ruland fell first as the Longhorns doubled their lead. Then, the freshman
Vincent Marysko was bested on court four to make it 3-0.
As they have all season, the Toreros wouldn't go down without a fight. It was national No. 19
Oliver Tarvet who put USD on the board, claiming a powerful 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 3 Sebastian Gorzny on main court to strengthen his All-American case with a 21-2 record on the year.
The Toreros would need the remaining courts and battled on each. WCC Freshman of the Year
Manvydas Balciunas quickly won his second set on court two. Sophomore
Adrien Berrut fought to a tiebreak in the second set. On court five, however, redshirt-senior
Stian Klaassen dropped the second set narrowly at 6-4 despite a valiant effort to see the match clinched at 4-1 Texas.
It marks the final match of legendary, storied career for Tarvet, Klaassen and
Neo Niedner. For 2025 Wimbledon breakout Tarvet, he graduates a three-time WCC Player of the Year with three-plus All-American honors and a fall National Championship in doubles with Klaassen. Klaassen himself is an All-American four-time first team all-WCC in five seasons at USD. Niedner collected four all-WCC honors throughout his career.
Results
#2 Texas 4, #15 San Diego 1
Doubles
1. Kalin Ivanovski/Abel Forger (TEX) def. #34
Adrien Berrut/
Lambert Ruland (USD) 6-0
2. #21 Sebastian Gorzny/Lucas Marionneau (TEX) vs.
Stian Klaassen/
Oliver Tarvet (USD) 4-2, unfinished
3. #46 Oliver Ojakaar/Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def.
Manvydas Balciunas/
Vincent Marysko (USD) 6-2
Singles
1. #19
Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. #3 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) 6-4, 6-3
2. #41 Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) vs. #94
Manvydas Balciunas (USD) 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 1-2, unfinished
3. #35 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) def.
Stian Klaassen (USD) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
4. #89 Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def.
Vincent Marysko (USD) 6-3, 6-3
5. #102 Abel Forger (TEX) vs.
Adrien Berrut (USD) 7-6 (7-1), 6-6, unfinished
6. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def.
Lambert Ruland (USD) 6-4, 6-2
Match Notes:
San Diego 22-6, 6-1 WCC; National ranking #17
Texas 27-6, 12-2 SEC; National ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,6,1,3)
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