{"id":550878,"date":"2026-03-19T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550878\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:10:20","slug":"cowboy-tennis-continues-road-swing-at-texas-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550878\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Tennis Continues Road Swing at Texas Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oklahoma State Cowboys
\n(14-5, 1-1 Big 12) | Head Coach: Dustin Taylor<\/a> (Fifth Season)
\nvs.
\nTexas Tech Red Raiders | 2 p.m. CT
\n(9-7, 0-2 Big 12) | Head Coach: Michael Breler (Third Season)
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\nMatch 20 | Texas Tech | March 21, 2026
\nVenue: McLeod Tennis Center
\nStream: https:\/\/okla.st\/WatchvsTTU<\/a>
\nStats: https:\/\/okla.st\/StatsvsTTU<\/a>
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\nSocial Media: @CowboyTennis
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\nThe Basics
\nThe Oklahoma State men’s tennis team continues their Big 12 opening road trip on Saturday afternoon against Texas Tech (9-7, 0-2). The match will be streamed on ESPN+ as a part of the Big 12 Crosscourt stream. The Cowboys match against the Red Raiders will take place at the McLeod Tennis Center and begin at 2 p.m. CT. Oklahoma State is coming off an impressive win over Penn on Tuesday evening; a win that improved its record to 11-0 at the Greenwood Tennis Center, the best start in the history of the GTC. The Pokes are 1-1 to begin conference play, taking a thriller at Utah, 4-3, with the help of a Derek Pham<\/a> clincher.
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\nGokpinar Magic
\nFreshman\u00a0Haydar Gokpinar<\/a>\u00a0has shined to start his Cowboy career. Gokpinar is 14-2 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 five total sets this season, primarily anchoring the lineup on court six.
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\nOklahoma’s Own
\nOklahoma native Ian Bracks<\/a> 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 6-1 record from the four spot 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.
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\nIn The Rankings
\nThe Oklahoma State men’s tennis team ranked 36th\u00a0in 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 (2), Baylor (8), UCF (12), Arizona (15) and Arizona State (25). The pairing of Haydar Gokpinar<\/a> and Nicolas Kobelt<\/a> came in at No. 81 in the doubles ranking via March 17.
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\nSeries History
\nOklahoma State and Texas Tech will do battle for the 45th time on Saturday. OSU holds the slight edge at 25-19 all-time. The series has been tight as of late, with the last 10 contests being split at five matches a piece. The last win for the Cowboys came in 2024 at the McLeod Tennis Center in Lubbock, Texas, taking the dual, 4-1.
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\nStreaks & Trends
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OSU is 11-0 at the Greenwood Tennis Center
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Haydar Gokpinar<\/a> is 14-2 in singles this season
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Bracks<\/a> has wins on every court except six
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Bracks<\/a> is 6-1 on court four
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alessio Basile<\/a> is 2-0 in Big 12 singles
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OSU currently has 90 total team points through 19 matches
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 90 team points are the most through 19 matches since 1997
\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Most team points in the Dustin Taylor<\/a> era
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\nAn Oklahoma State Win Would\u2026<\/p>\n


\n\tImprove its record to 15-5
\n\tImprove its Big 12 record to 2-1
\n\tImprove its record over Texas Tech to 26-19 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oklahoma State Cowboys (14-5, 1-1 Big 12) | Head Coach: Dustin Taylor (Fifth Season) vs. Texas Tech Red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-550878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}