MIDLAND, Texas (April 18, 2025) – No. 50 UT Permian Basin men's tennis defeated Sul Ross State University 7-0 at home on Friday to get back into the win column in the Lone Star Conference. The Falcons improve to 9-5 overall and 3-2 in the LSC, and have three matches remaining in the regular season.

UTPB lost just four games between both doubles and singles action.

Four of the seven matches that were played were shutouts for the Falcons as Florian Kralik and Grzegorz Rudnicki won 6-0 at No. 2 doubles, Jonathan Vega (No. 38 nationally-ranked in singles) won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, Lucas Nakasato won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles, and Jonas Krahofer won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.

The No. 23 nationally-ranked doubles pair of Vega and Krahofer won 6-2 at No. 1 doubles. The remaining singles matches saw Kralik win 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles while Sebastian Garcia picked up his first win of the season with a 6-1, 6-0 defeat of Joseph Rangel at No. 5 singles.
 
Results:
Doubles

• #1 – No. 23 Jonathan Vega/Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Sebastian Rodriguez/Diego Rodriguez (SRSU) 6-2
• #2 – Florian Kralik/Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Joseph Rangel/Gavin Leon (SRSU) 6-0
• #3 – Sergio Alejandro Gonzalez Ibanez/Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Forfeit (No Team) (SRSU)

Singles

• #1 – No. 38 Jonathan Vega (UTPB) def. Diego Rodriguez (SRSU) 6-0, 6-0
• #2 – Lucas Nakasato (UTPB) def. Gavin Leon (SRSU) 6-0, 6-0
• #3 – Florian Kralik (UTPB) def. Sebastian Rodriguez (SRSU) 6-0, 6-1
• #4 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Devin Winter (SRSU) 6-0, 6-0
• #5 – Sebastian Garcia (UTPB) def. Joseph Rangel (SRSU) 6-1, 6-0
• #6 – Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Forfeit (No Player) (SRSU)

 
Next Up: Easter Weekend at the Bush Tennis Center will conclude as the Falcons host their Senior Day match against Western New Mexico University starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 19.