Huskies Upset #54 Huskers 4-3 in Friday Night Thriller

Friday, March 27

Lincoln, Neb.

4:00 PM

University of Washington

Nebraska

March 27, 2026 | Men's Tennis

LINCOLN, Neb. - The University of Washington Men's Tennis Team upset Big Ten rival No. 54 Nebraska this evening by 4-3. With this result, Washington is now (8-10) on the season and (2–4) in Big Ten play. The Huskies return to play Sunday morning with a leg two of the roadtrip, against No. 34 Wisconsin.

With their second Doubles point in as many weeks, the Huskies took the early advantage against the Cornhuskers off the back of a pair of wins from No. 89 Brett Pearson and Soham Purohit and Huskies No. 3 Rohan Belday and Stephane Kamendje.

Brett wouldn't be done in Doubles, as would be the only Husky to record a set one winning set, with a 6-1 victory.

From set two, Soham Purohit would take care of business, responding to a 3-6 set one loss with a 6-2 win of his own over Nebraska's Leo Linquet. This win would spark the comeback as after Soham's set two win the Huskies would find themselves down 1-3 with three matches to play. Meanwhile Hyeonseok would rally back from down 0-3 to force a tiebreak, where he would emerge victorious 7-2, for a final set two score of 7-6 (2).

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Soham gets it done from a Set 3 comeback W, 6-4??
+1 Huskies
UW - 3; UN - 3#GoHuskies???? pic.twitter.com/MD0tPc8azW
— Washington Men's Tennis (@UW_MTennis) March 28, 2026

Entering the third and final set, Brett Pearson after taking an early deficit 0-1, would go to win six straight games to give the Dawgs a lifeline at 2-3. Soham Purohit, keeping in line with his doubles partner, would rally back from an early deficit to even out the scoreline at 3-3, with a 6-4 win. Hyeonseok Seo, with one game winning set three outcome already this season against Tulane, would go to close out his own marathon match with set two going to a 7-2 tiebreak and set three going to 20 point break. This match would be a truly even affair with neither competitor holding more than a single point advantage until the very end, which saw Hyeon win by a final scoreline of 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (11-9).

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+1 Huskies
Washington - 4; #54 Nebraska - 3#GoHuskies???? pic.twitter.com/Ll8H5LNR08
— Washington Men's Tennis (@UW_MTennis) March 28, 2026

Washington Men's Tennis
March 27, 2026
Lincoln, NE | Sid & Hazel Dillon Tennis Center | 4:00 PM PT

#54 Nebraska - 3
Washington - 4

Doubles
1. #89 Soham Purohit/Brett Pearson (UW) def. Lamchinniah/Shearer (NEB) – 6-2.
2. Daniel Bien/Nikola Plavsic (UW) vs. Sysoev/Bilicic (NEB) – 6-5, DNF
3. Rohan Belday/Stephane Kamendje (UW) def. Wells/Espinosa (NEB) – 6-4.
Order of Finish: (1, 3)

Singles
1. Soham Purohit (UW) def. Leo Linquet (NEB) – 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
2. #81 Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) def. Stephane Kamendje (UW) - 4-6, 4-6.
3. Jeri Lassila (NEB) def. Rohan Belday (UW) – 2-6, 2-6.
4. Brett Pearson (UW) def. Colson Wells (NEB) - 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.
5. Hyeonseok Seo (UW) def. Niels Van Der Sijs (NEB) - 2-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (11-9).
6. Joan Torres Espinosa (NEB) def. Daniel Bien (UW) – 3-6, 1-6.
Order of Finish: (6, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5)

Match Notes (Prior to Match):
Washington - 7-10
#54 Nebraska – 9-7
All-time record: UW leads 4-2

Up Next
The Dawgs return to play in the second match of the roadtrip Sunday, March 28th, at 11 am PT vs Wisconsin.

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