Cowboys Set for Regular Season Finale

Sunday, April 12

Stillwater, Okla.

11 a.m.

Oklahoma State University

No. 10 Arizona

April 11, 2026 | Cowboy Tennis

Match Notes

Oklahoma State Cowboys
(14-10, 1-6 Big 12) | Head Coach: Dustin Taylor (Fifth Season)
vs.
No. 10 Arizona Wildcats | 11 a.m. CT
(19-3, 7-0 Big 12) | Head Coach: Clancy Shields (10th Season)

Match 25 | No. 10 Arizona | April 12, 2026
Venue: Greenwood Tennis Center
Direct Stream: https://okla.st/WatchvsAZ
ESPN+ Stream: https://okla.st/ESPNvsAZ
Stats: https://okla.st/StatsvsAZ

Social Media: @CowboyTennis

The Basics
The Oklahoma State men's tennis team is set to take on 10th-ranked Arizona (19-3, 7-0) at the Greenwood Tennis Center on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. CT for the regular season finale. OSU will honor its two seniors, Alessio Basile and Aaron Williams, following the match The match will be streamed on ESPN+ as a part of the Big 12 Crosscourt stream. The Cowboys are an impressive 11-3 at home, only dropping matches to No. 8 Baylor and Arizona State. Oklahoma State already has one top 15 win this season when it took down No. 14 San Diego at the Greenwood Tennis Center last month in a 4-3 battle, sealed with an Ian Bracks third-set winner. The Pokes are 1-6 in conference play, taking a thriller at Utah, 4-3, with the help of a Derek Pham clincher.

Gokpinar Magic
Freshman Haydar Gokpinar has shined to start his Cowboy career. Gokpinar is 14-4 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. Gokpinar leads OSU with his 14 wins and has only dropped 10 total sets this season, primarily anchoring the lineup on court six.

Oklahoma's Own
Oklahoma native Ian Bracks has made a name for himself to start his sophomore season. Heading into conference play, Bracks has a 12-3 record and has netted a near-perfect 9-1 record from the four and five spots in the lineup. Bracks has been diverse in his work, picking up wins on every court except six and only having his two losses on court three.

In The Rankings
The Oklahoma State men's tennis team ranked 41^st in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division I rankings. The Pokes sit as the sixth-highest ranked team in the stacked Big 12, behind TCU (4), Arizona (10), Baylor (11), UCF (15) and Arizona State (27). The pairing of Haydar Gokpinar and Nicolas Kobelt came in at No. 82 in the double's rankings via April 7.

Series History
Oklahoma State and Arizona will match up for the sixth time on Sunday morning. Arizona leads the all-time series 4-1. The two members of the Big 12 played for the first time as conference opponents last season, with the Wildcats taking it 4-0 in Tucson. The last Cowboy victory came in 2005, winning it 5-2.

Streaks & Trends

OSU is 11-3 at the Greenwood Tennis Center
Five separate Cowboys have eclipsed double digit singles wins
Haydar Gokpinar is 14-4 in singles this season
Haydar Gokpinar leads the team with 14 singles wins
Ian Bracks has wins on every court except six
Ian Bracks is 6-1 on court four
Nicolas Kobelt and Aaron Williams lead the Cowboys with 12 doubles wins as a pairing
Nicolas Kobelt has netted a team-high 15 doubles wins with Gokpinar and Williams