In front of a raucous home crowd, No. 5 Texas mustered a 4-1 win against host No. 36 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 tournament semifinal on Saturday to increase its win streak to 12 and advance to the Big 12 tournament finals. Texas claimed an early advantage with a 6-3 win by junior Pierre-Yves.
No. 5 Texas prevailed 6-1 over No. 33 Oklahoma State Friday, thanks to excellent singles play at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. At the beginning of play, however, doubles proved to be a challenge once again for the Longhorns. Graduate student Alex Garcia and junior Francisco Pini beat Texas senior Eshan Talluri and.
No. 4 Texas continued its momentum with two victories in three days on a whirlwind road trip. Although the team had limited rest from playing BYU on Thursday and Texas Tech on Saturday, the Longhorns increased their win streak to seven with 4–0 and 4–1 wins, respectively. In Provo, Texas struggled early as BYU juniors.
The Bears came back from Austin, Texas, with solid results in doubles competition but still much to accomplish to achieve regularity in singles matches.