#10 Men’s Tennis Narrowly Falls to #3 Texas On Monday

Monday, February 23

Starkville

11 a.m.

Mississippi State

Texas

#10 Men’s Tennis Narrowly Falls to #3 Texas On Monday

February 23, 2026 | Men's Tennis

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By: Kelly Shipp, Associate Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – The 10th-ranked Mississippi State men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to No. 3 Texas on Monday inside the Rula Tennis Pavilion.

The Bulldogs jumped on the reigning ITA Indoor National Championships, winning the doubles point with wins on courts one and three, taking an early 1-0 lead in the match.

The marathon match saw all six singles courts go to a third set on Monday, with Mississippi State earning wins on courts three and four from Mario Martinez Serrano and Raphael Vaksmann.

The match ultimately came down to court six, where Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes was making his fifth appearance of the season. After Ferrer Guimaraes took a 5-4 advantage in the final set, Texas' Lucas Marionneau was able to win the final three games of the set to take the match 7-5 and give the Longhorns the victory.

Records
#10 Mississippi State (9-2, 1-1 SEC)
#3 Texas (11-3, 2-0 SEC)

Match Notes
• The series between Mississippi State and Texas is now tied at 5 matches apiece.
• Mississippi State is now 4-2 against nationally ranked opponents this season.
• This was State's fifth consecutive match against an ITA-ranked opponent.
• Mississippi State improved to 5-6 on the year in winning the doubles point.
• Martinez Serrano improved to 9-1 on the year in singles, the best record on the team. He has now won three straight singles matches, two against ranked opponents.
• Raphael Vaksmann earned his first career-ranked win, defeating #67 Abel Forger in three sets.

Up Next
Mississippi State will host South Alabama on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.

Match Results
Doubles
1. #4 Petar Jovanovic/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) def. #25 Lucas Marionneau/Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) – 7-6 (7-4)
2. Abel Forger/Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) def. #47 Mario Martinez Serrano and Michal Novansky (MSU) – 6-4
3. Bryan Hernandez Cortes and Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) def. #12 Sebastian Eriksson/Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) – 6-1
Mississippi State won the Doubles Point
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. #3 Sebastian Gorzny (TEX) def. #45 Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) – 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-2
2. #25 Kalin Ivanovski (TEX) def. #6 Petar Jovanovic def. – 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
3. #33 Mario Martinez Serrano def. #40 Sebastian Eriksson (TEX) – 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-0
4. Raphael Vaksmann (MSU) def. #67 Abel Forger (TEX) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Oliver Ojakaar (TEX) def. #68 Bryan Hernandez Cortez (MSU) – 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
6. Lucas Marionneau (TEX) def. Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes (MSU) – 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 *
Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 6*
* Match Clincher

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