No. 12 Men’s Tennis preview: NCAA Second Round

12 seed (No. 12) Texas vs. No. 34 LSU
When: Saturday, May 7, 2022, 12 p.m. CT
Where: Texas Tennis Center, Austin, Texas
Team Records: Texas (17-10, 3-2 Big 12), LSU (16-11, 4-8 SEC)

Updated Team Stats

Tournament Schedule
All times Central

Friday, May 6 – First Round

10 a.m.: No. 12 Texas def. Idaho, 4-0

10 a.m.: No. 34 LSU def. No. 22 SMU, 4-3

Saturday, May 7 – Second Round

12 p.m.: No. 12 Texas vs. No. 34 LSU

Notes

-Ninth-Straight Time in the Second Round

Texas swept Idaho, 4-0, in the first round to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the ninth-straight time dating back to 2013 and discounting 2020 when the tournament wasn’t held due to the pandemic. The Longhorns won the doubles point at Nos. 3 and 1 and followed with singles wins by Siem Woldeab at No. 4, Chih Chi Huang at No. 6, and Cleeve Harper at No. 5.

-Texas earns No. 12 overall seed for 2022 NCAA Tournament

The Longhorns earned their 30th consecutive bid to the NCAA Championships and their 39th overall selection since the NCAA bracketed tournament was introduced in 1977. They have compiled a 68-37 (.648) all-time record in the tournament. Texas hosts the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships for a fifth-straight year and for the seventh time in the last eight years in which the tournament has been held. It was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic. Along with winning the 2019 National Championship, the Longhorns were the national runners-up in 2008, and additionally made it to the semifinals in 1993, 2006, 2009 and 2021. They have reached at least the round of 16 in each of the last seven years with four quarterfinals appearances in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2021 in that span.

-LSU Series: LSU leads, 9-5

LSU leads the all-time series with Texas, 9-5, with the teams last meeting in 2004 in Austin, a match LSU won,…