Men's Tennis Upends Oklahoma State, 4-3

Friday, January 30

Princeton, N.J.

5:00 PM

Princeton University

Oklahoma State

January 30, 2026 | Men's Tennis

The home opener for Princeton was a thrilling back-and-forth affair with Oklahoma State that came down to the very last match where Princeton's Sebastian Sec won a three-set battle against Nicolas Kobelt to secure a 4-3 win for the Tigers.

The win is the first for the Tigers (4-1) over Oklahoma State (3-1) in program history after dropping the first two dual matches between the two schools.

"It was a great bounce back after a heartbreaker versus ASU last week," said head coach Billy Pate. "This time we had to claw from behind and our guys hung in and did a great job against a very strong Cowboy team. Oklahoma State really came out aggressive against us in doubles so we needed to respond. I thought we did a really good job in first sets but still needed to turn one match which Sebastian did. I am very proud of him for fighting through an incredibly physical match to secure the win. We'll look forward to a good practice tomorrow and get right back at it for our doubleheader on Sunday."

Princeton conceded the doubles point when Oklahoma State picked up wins at No. 2 and No. 3, but regrouped with wins from Paul Inchauspe and Fnu Nidunjianzan at the top two singles spots to take the lead. A 6-3, 6-4 in from Landon Ardila at No. 3 singles put the Tigers ahead, 3-2, before the Cowboys leveled the match with a win from Aaron Williams at No. 5 singles to set the stage for the last match remaining on the court.

After dropping the first set, 6-4, Sec won the second, 7-5, to force a third and deciding set. That final set was dominated by Sec who sprinted to a 6-1 win to close out the victory to open a three-match homestand.

Doubles
No. 1 Landon Ardila/Paul Inchauspe (P) vs. Derek Pham/Charlie Valentine (O, 6-6 (DNF)
No. 2 Nicolas Kobelt/Aaron Williams (O) def. Fnu Nidunjianzan/Meecah Bigun (P), 7-6
No. 3 Alessio Basile/Haydar Cem Gokpinar (O) def. Sebastian Sec/Aleksandar Mitric (P), 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 2

Singles
No. 1 Paul Inchauspe (P) def. Alessio Basile (O), 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 Fnu Nidunjianzan (P) def. Derek Pham (O), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Landon Ardila (P) def. Ian Bracks (O), 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Sebastian Sec (P) def. Nicolas Kobelt (O), 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 Aaron Williams (O) def. Milan Markovits (P), 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 Haydar Cem Gokpinar (O) def. Jordan Reznik (P), 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 6, 3, 5, 4

Princeton wraps up the weekend with matches against Liberty (10 a.m.) and Virginia Tech (3 p.m.) on February 1.