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STILLWATER, Okla. — In the NCAA quarterfinal round on Thursday night, the seventh-seeded Tennessee men’s tennis team faced up against third-seeded Texas, the No. 2 seed, to the very end, ultimately losing 4-2.
against start things off, Tennessee (25-7) lost a close doubles point against the Longhorns. Texas (26-3) prevailed on courts one and three to win each doubles match in a 6-3 manner. On court two, the No. 77-ranked duo of Filip Pieczonka and Shunsuke Mitsui defeated Micah Braswell and Eshan Talluri.
In the second game of the match, Braswell and Talluri were broken by Mitsui and Pieczonka, who never looked back.
In what turned out to be his final collegiate singles match, graduate student Angel Diaz achieved career singles victory No. 100. He overcame
Texas’ Siem Woldeab won decisively, 6-1, 6-4. Diaz won a deuce point to take a 4-1 lead in the second set and go up a double break.
Texas had a 3-1 lead after the Longhorns’ single victories on courts two and three, but the Vols persisted in exerting pressure.
On court five, rookie Filip Apltauer displayed tenacity as he convincingly defeated No. 56 Braswell in two sets, 7-6(5), 6-1, to trim Tennessee’s lead to 3-2.
Tennessee’s top-ranked Johannus Monday faced off against Texas’ Eliot Spizzirri, the country’s second-ranked singles player, at the top of the singles lineup. Spizzirri rallied to win the second set and ultimately the match, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, despite leading 6-4, 5-2.
In a thrilling court-six encounter, Younes Lalami of the Vols lost to Texas’ Cleeve Harper 7-5, 1-6, 6-6(3-3) in the end.
Under head coach Chris Woodruff, Tennessee produced its fourth straight season of 23 or more wins in 2023–24, making the NCAA quarterfinals for the third time in four years.
RESULTS QUADRATES 1. #26 #6 Angel Diaz and Johannus were defeated by Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab (TEX) on Monday, 6-3.
2. #77 Micah Braswell and Eshan Talluri (TEX) lost to Shunsuke Mitsui and Filip Pieczonka (TENN), 6-3.
3. Younes Lalami and Filip Apltauer (TENN) are defeated by Lucas Brown and Cleeve Harper (TEX), 6-3.
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