Huskies Drop Michigan State Match Despite Strong Showing

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Huskies Drop Michigan State Match Despite Strong Showing

April 03, 2026 | Men's Tennis

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SEATTLE - The University of Washington Men's Tennis Team dropped a conference match 4-0 to No. 20 Michigan State this evening. With this result, Washington is now (8-12) on the season and (2–6) from Big Ten play. The Huskies will return to play with a match Sunday at Noon against No. 45 Michigan.

After going down in the doubles match,Huskies No. 1 duo Brett Pearson and Soham Purohit won their match to upset the No. 27 doubles pair to even out the score line 1-1. This is the first ranked win the pair have recorded this season. Ultimately, the Huskies would drop the doubles point to the Spartans as although all doubles matches went to a tiebreak, the Huskies came up just short in each other match.

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Moving to the singles matchups, Nikola Plavsic would make the start, his fourth at the No. 6, taking over for the second match in a row for duos partner Daniel Bien. Soham Purohiot and Stephane would face a tall order in Singles as they both took on ranked competition, with Soham facing the No. 33 player Aristotelis Thanos and Stephane facing the No. 51 player Ozan Baris.

Set one would see three Huskies emerge victorious, with Rohan Belday, Hyeonseok Seo, and Nikola Plavsic capturing wins by a, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 margin over the Spartans.

Set two would see Nikola and Rohan hold late leads in their matches, however time would expire in the duel as multiple games would conclude prior to their completion. Not to be outdone Hyeonseok Seo would hold a set three lead when the match concluded.

Up Next
The Dawgs return to play Sunday at Noon with a match with No. 45 Michigan from the Quillian Tennis Stadium.

Washington Men's Tennis
April 3, 2026
Seattle, WA | Quillian Tennis Stadium | 5:00 PM PT

#20 Michigan State - 4
Washington - 0

Doubles
1. Soham Purohit/Brett Pearson (UW) def No. 27 Rakhmatullayev/Alazmeh (MSU) – 7-5.
2. Baris/Thanos (MSU) def. Hyeonseok Seo/Nikola Plavsic (UW) – 7-6(5).
3. Sheldon/Saye (MSU) def. Rohan Belday/Stephane Kamendje (UW) – 7-6(6).
Order of Finish: (3, 1, 2)

Singles
1. No. 33 Aristotelis Thanos (MSU) def. Soham Purohit (UW) vs – 6-4, 6-3.
2. No. 51 Ozan Baris (MSU) def. Stephane Kamendje (UW) vs – 7-5, 6-2.
3. Rohan Belday (UW) vs Danial Rakhmatullayev (MSU) – 6-4, 6-5 DNF
4. Taym Alazmeh (MSU) def. Brett Pearson (UW) – 6-2, 6-0.
5. Hyeonseok Seo (UW) vs Mitchell Sheldon (MSU) – 6-3, 6-7(4), 1-0 DNF
6. Nikola Plavsic (UW) vs David Saye (MSU) – 6-4, 5-4 DNF
Order of Finish: (4, 2, 1)

Match Notes (Prior to Match):
Washington - 8-11
#20 Michigan State – 11-7
Daniel Bien – Out (Injury - Lower Body)
All-time record: Series Tied 2-2, Second Meeting this Season

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