SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 10, 2025) – The No. 45 UT Permian Basin men's tennis team fell 4-2 at Our Lady of the Lake University, which is ranked No. 9 in the NAIA, in its first match of its Spring Break trip this week.

UTPB took a 2-1 lead after winning the first two singles matches, 6-0, 6-1 by Jonas Krahofer over Matis Nuziere at No. 4 singles and 6-1, 7-5 by Sergio Alejandro Gonzalez Ibanez over Aymeric Bruno at No. 3 singles.

However, the Falcons dropped the final three singles matches. Lucas Nitzschke fell 6-3, 6-2 against Luis Hernandez at No. 5 singles, Grzegorz Rudnicki lost 6-3, 7-5 against Kyllian Savary at No. 2 singles, and in the final match, Jonathan Vega came up short by the same score of 6-3, 7-5 to David Ekpenyong at No. 1 singles.

Vega is ranked No. 65 in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) NCAA Division II men's singles rankings while for OLLU, Ekpenyong is ranked No. 2 nationally in the NAIA while Savary is No. 17 and Bruno checks in at No. 31.
 
Results:
Doubles

• #1 – Jonathan Vega/Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) vs. Kyllian Savary/Matis Nuziere (OLLU) 4-3, unfinished
• #2 – David Ekpenyong/Joao Santos (OLLU) def. Grzegorz Rudnicki/Florian Kralik (UTPB) 6-3
• #3 – Luis Hernandez/Aymeric Bruno (OLLU) def. Sergio Alejandro Gonzalez Ibanez/Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) 6-3

Singles

• #1 – No. 2 David Ekpenyong (OLLU) def. No. 65 Jonathan Vega (UTPB) 6-3, 7-5
• #2 – No. 17 Kyllian Savary (OLLU) def. Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) 6-3, 7-5
• #3 – Sergio Alejandro Gonzalez Ibanez (UTPB) def. No. 31 Aymeric Bruno (OLLU) 6-1, 7-5
• #4 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Matis Nuziere (OLLU) 6-0, 6-1
• #5 – Luis Hernandez (OLLU) def. Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) 6-3, 6-2
• #6 – Florian Kralik (UTPB) vs. Joao Santos (OLLU) 6-3, 1-3, unfinished

Next Up: UTPB continues its Spring Break trip with an exhibition at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (NCAA Division I) at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 13.