Men's Tennis . March 27, 2025

Gamecocks Set for Texas Road Trip

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 26 South Carolina men’s tennis team continues its road stretch this week with a pair of top 15 matchups in Texas. The Gamecocks take on No. 12 Texas A&M on Fri., March 28 for a 7:00 p.m. (ET) match and then travel to Austin to play No. 4 Texas in a 2:00 p.m. (ET) match on Sun., March 30.

Gamecock Notables

Records: 13-5 (overall), 7-2 (SEC), 9-1 (home), 3-3 (away)
The Gamecocks rank third in the SEC, only trailing this weekend’s opponents.
South Carolina split its matches last week, defeating LSU 4-2 but losing in a heartbreaker against then-No. 20 Mississippi State 3-4. The Gamecocks took the 1-0 advantage against the Tigers with doubles wins from Connor Thomson & Lucas Da Silva (6-3) and Casey Hoole & Sean Daryabeigi (6-3). Atakan Karahan (6-3, 6-4) and Hoole (6-3, 6-4) each won their matches to put the Gamecocks within one point of clinching. Daryabeigi completed a three-set comeback to defeat his opponent 6 (5)-7, 6-0, 6-0 and secure the South Carolina win.
In the Mississippi match, the Bulldogs claimed the doubles point with wins from the No. 1 and 2 positions to earn an early lead. Karahan (7-6, 6-2), Thomson (6-4, 7-6) and Daryabeigi (7-6, 6-7, 1-0) each won their singles matches, but the comeback fell just short for the Garnet and Black as the Bulldogs picked up victories on the remaining courts.
Daryabeigi had a perfect weekend, winning his doubles and singles matches against both opponents.
Thomson (No. 54), Daryabeigi (No. 82) and Jelani Sarr (No. 106) represent the Gamecocks in the ITA rankings. Da Silva & Thomson are ranked a season-high No. 15 and boast an 8-2 record so far this season. The two are the fifth highest ranked duo in the SEC. Karahan & Sarr (No. 87) are 6-3 in dual matches.
Daryabeigi leads the team with a 13-3 singles record, riding on a five-match win streak. Hoole has 10 singles wins while Thomson has seven, entering this weekend on a five-match win streak as well.

Scouting the Aggies

Records: 14-5 (overall), 7-1 (SEC), 6-1 (home), 4-3 (away)
The Aggies rank second in the SEC standings.
Texas A&M’s lone SEC loss came from then-No. 3 Texas 1-4. The Aggies are on a seven-match winning streak and are coming off of a 4-0 sweep over No. 50 Ole Miss.
The top ranked Aggie Theo Papamalamis (No. 32) is 10-4 this season followed by JC Roddick (No. 43) who is 8-6 in dual matches. Togan Tokac & Papamalamis are No. 30 in duos with a 5-2 record. Tokac & Giulio Perego (No. 50) and Tokac & Luke Casper (No. 51) round out the doubles rankings for the Aggies.

Scouting the Longhorns

Records: 17-3 (overall), 8-0 (SEC), 12-0 (home), 3-2 (away)
The Longhorns are on a three-match winning streak, coming off of a 4-3 win at LSU. The team hosts No. 35 Kentucky ahead of their match against the Gamecocks.
Texas has four players in the ITA rankings for singles – Timo Legout (No. 3), Sebastian Gorzny (No. 19), Pierre-Yves Bailly (No. 46) and Jonah Braswell (No. 53). In dual matches, Legout is 13-2, Bailly is 13-1, Gorzny is 10-7 and Braswell is 10-4.
Legout & Lucas Brown come in at No. 8 in doubles with an 8-6 record in dual matches this season.

Series History

The Aggies lead the all-time series 6-16. The Gamecocks last defeated Texas A&M in 2023.
The Longhorns lead the all-time series 1-9. The Gamecocks last defeated Texas in 1978 in the two teams’ first meeting. This will be the first match between the two programs since Texas joined the SEC.

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