Bulldogs Bow Out Of 2025 SEC Tournament Falling 4-3

Thursday, April 17

Columbia, S.C.

6:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Oklahoma

Senior Miguel Perez Peña during a match against No. 29 Oklahoma in the 2025 SEC Tournament at the Carolina Tennis Center on April. 17, 2025.

Photo by: South Carolina Athletic Communications

Bulldogs Bow Out Of 2025 SEC Tournament Falling 4-3

April 17, 2025 | Men's Tennis

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The University of Georgia men's tennis team bowed out of the 2025 SEC Tournament falling 4-3 to the No. 10-seed Oklahoma Sooners on Thursday night at the Carolina Tennis Center. Georgia slips to 15-11 (8-6 SEC) while the Sooners climb to 16-9 (7-7 SEC).

*PDF of Full Results Available Here

FAST FACTS:

Oklahoma took the doubles point with successive wins on courts one and three. Court two featuring No. 25 Thomas Paulsell/Ryan Colby went unfinished.
Sophomore Niels Ratiu was first off the courts with his 14^th win of the spring.
Colby gave the Bulldogs the lead with his 13^th win of the spring. In the second set of his match, after trailing 0-4, the senior won six straight games to take the court.
Senior Miguel Perez Peña recorded his seventh win of the season on court one after taking down No. 91 Oscar Lacides in straight sets.
Georgia and Oklahoma are now an even 4-4 all-time.

RESULTS:
Singles

No. 58 Miguel Perez Peña def. No. 91 Oscar Lacides, 6-2, 6-4
No. 34 Ryan Colby def. No. 97 Luis Alvarez, 6-4, 6-4
Orel Kimhi def. No. 41 Thomas Paulsell, 6-4, 6-4
Jordan Hasson def. Oscar Pinto Sansano, 6-4, 6-2
Niels Ratiu def. Alejandro Melero, 6-2, 6-4
Asahi Harazaki def. Cyrus Mahjoob, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Order of Finish (5,2,4,1,3,6*)

Doubles

No. 10 O. Lacides/B. Nhavene def. O. Pinto Sansano/N. Ratiu, 6-3
A. Melero/L. Alvarez vs. No. 25 T. Paulsell/R. Colby, 5-3, unfinished
A. Harazaki/J. Hasson def. M. Perez Peña/G. Vulpitta, 6-2

Order of Finish (1,3*)

KEY QUOTE: "You've got to give credit to Oklahoma," said head coach Jamie Hunt. "I thought they were a little bit more comfortable than we were at the start having played a match yesterday, and they played way more aggressive in doubles than we did. So, moving forward, we have to make some adjustments there and start playing more downhill, aggressive coming forward. Super proud of our fight. We hung around. Miguel was tremendous. Ryan was tremendous. Niels was awesome on five. So, we always fight, and we always compete like 'Dawgs,' but against two equal teams, it the slimmest of margins. It was just a couple points shy against tonight. What we've always done is we've gone in and taken these next two weeks to train really hard and prepare for NCAAs. That's what we are going to do. We're going to get even more committed and even more determined. We're going to work really hard and go make a run at NCAAs."

UP NEXT: The Bulldogs will now await NCAA tournament seeding and scheduling. Stay tuned to Georgia Men's Tennis socials and Georgiadogs.com for more details as they arrive.

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