Cowboy Tennis Back Home for Top 10 Matchup

Tuesday, March 3

Stillwater, Okla.

11 a.m.

Oklahoma State University

No. 9 San Diego

March 02, 2026 | Cowboy Tennis

Match Notes

No. 24 Oklahoma State Cowboys
(10-3, 0-0 Big 12) | Head Coach: Dustin Taylor (Fifth Season)
vs.
No. 9 San Diego | 11 a.m. CT
(8-3, 0-0 WCC) | Head Coach: Ryan Keckley (11th Season)

Match 14 | San Diego | March 3rd, 2026
Venue: Greenwood Tennis Center
Stream: https://okla.st/WatchvsSanDiego
Stats: https://okla.st/StatsvsSanDiego

Social Media: @CowboyTennis

The Basics
The 24^th-ranked Oklahoma State men's tennis team returns to Stillwater for a matchup with No. 9 San Diego at 11 a.m. CT on Tuesday. The Cowboys are 8-0 at the Greenwood Tennis Center this season. The Toreros enter Stillwater with an 8-3 record and have wins against No. 17 Arizona, No. 16 Baylor and at No. 19 USC. Oklahoma State is looking for its first top 10 win since Feb. 10, 2024, where they defeated No. 5 USC, 6-1, at the GTC. OSU is coming off a split weekend trip at Nebraska, taking down Omaha, 7-0, before falling in a tight match with No. 52 Nebraska, 2-4. Through 13 matches, the Cowboys have 69 combined team points, the most in a season since 1981.

Newcomers Making Their Names Known
The Cowboys have been fueled by the newcomers of the program. Starting with Georgia Southern transfer Aaron Williams, he has started his Cowboy career with near-perfection, going 8-1, including a key comeback win over Yale's Jim Ji, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5), to keep the Pokes in the match with the Bulldogs. The All-Sun Belt player has shined just as bright in doubles, winning seven of his eight, including a signature victory with partner Nicolas Kobelt over Princeton's No. 2 doubles team, 7-6(6), to take the doubles point against the Tigers. Freshmen Haydar Gokpinar and Charlie Valentine have shined to start their Cowboy careers. Gokpinar is 10-1 and sealed the match against Arkansas with a comeback win over Eric Padgham, 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 6-1. The Turkish native started his career with 10 straight wins, the most by a Cowboy to start his career since Lucas Gerch in 2014. Valentine picked up a key win against Memphis' Keoni Puig McCallan, 6-1, 6-2, and sits at 6-1 for his freshman campaign, having only dropped two total sets.

In The Rankings
The Oklahoma State men's tennis team ranked 24^th in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I rankings. That's its highest ranking since February 27^th, 2024, where OSU ranked 24^th as well. The Pokes sit as the fifth-highest ranked team in the stacked Big 12, behind TCU (6), Baylor (8), UCF (10) and Arizona State (11). No Cowboys or Cowboy pairings are featured in the rankings as of Feb. 24. New rankings will come out an hour before Tuesday's match.

Series History
Oklahoma State and San Diego will matchup for the 13^th time in their histories, with San Diego holding the slight edge at 7-5 and winning five of the last six. OSU's last win in the series came in 2020, where it took a decisive 4-1 victory over the Toreros in Stillwater. The two have a long history of tight matches, with only one match resulting in a shutout in the 40-plus year history of the matchup.

Streaks & Trends
·      OSU is 8-0 at the Greenwood Tennis Center this season
·      OSU has won 10 of 13 doubles points this season
·      Nicolas Kobelt and Haydar Gokpinar are both 10-1 in singles
·      Nicolas Kobelt and Alessio Basile each have 10 wins in doubles with multiple different partners
·      OSU is a combined 23-2 on courts five and six
·      Ian Bracks has wins on every court except six
·      OSU currently has 69 total team points through 13 matches
·      The 69 team points are the most through 13 matches since 1981
·      Most team points through 13 matches in the Taylor era
·      OSU currently has 50 total team points through eight home matches
·      Most team points at home through eight matches in the Taylor era

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