Texas males’s tennis participant Micah Braswell superior to the spherical of 16 throughout Tuesday’s NCAA Singles Championships on the Greenwood Tennis Middle in Stillwater, Okla.
Seeded fifth, Braswell cruised previous Kentucky’s Taha Baadi 6-1, 6-3. He’ll face Filip Planinsek of Alabama on Wednesday for a spot within the quarterfinals.
In doubles play, Eliot Spizzirri and Cleeve Harper additionally superior to the quarterfinals with an exhilarating 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8) win over the Boston School tandem of JJ Bianchi and Jake Vassel. They’ll face Wake Forest’s Holden Koons and Dhakshineswar Suresh within the quarterfinals in a rematch of a contest Spizzirri and Harper throughout in the course of the group tennis event.
Extra: Texas senior Malaika Rapolu saving greatest for final as Longhorns open NCAA tennis postseason
Texas girls’s tennis group finish season
The Texas girls’s tennis season ended Tuesday when Malaika Rapolu fell within the spherical of 32 in singles play in addition to in doubles play with companion Tanya Sasnouskaya.
Seeded No. 20, Rapolu put up a combat earlier than falling to second-seeded Amelia Rajecki of North Carolina State 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Within the doubles match, Rapolu and Sasnouskaya had been defeated by Victoria Allen and Amelia Bissett of Florida State 6-3, 6-4.
The doubles match ended spectacular Texas careers for Rapolu and Sasnouskaya. A primary-team All-Huge 12 choice in each singles and doubles this 12 months, Rapolu has been a big piece to a exceptional run of success during the last 4 years at Texas that included back-to-back nationwide championships in 2021 and 2022. For her profession, Rapolu registered 139 whole wins with 100 in singles and 39 in doubles, together with a 36-7 total singles report and 18-3 in twin matches this 12 months. She additionally had a 25-12 mark in doubles and paired with Sasnouskaya to win 12 of their final 14 matches.
A graduate switch from Outdated Dominion, Sasnouskaya completed her one season at Texas with first-team All-Huge 12 honors in doubles and second-team accolades in singles. She posted total information of 22-14 in singles and 22-13 in doubles, whereas going 14-7 in singles twin matches.
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