Huskies Score First Big Ten Win of 2026, Defeating Purdue

Friday, March 13

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Huskies Score First Big Ten Win of 2026, Defeating Purdue

March 13, 2026 | Men's Tennis

By: UW Athletic Communications

Seattle - The University of Washington Men's Tennis Team opened their Big Ten homestand tonight with a 4-3 win against the Purdue University Boilermarkers. This win now puts Washington at (7-8) on the season and (1-2) in Big Ten play, as the Huskies return to play Sunday, as they host Indiana at noon.

With their first Doubles point in almost a month of play, the Huskies took the lead after No. 58 Soham Purohit and Brett Pearson, opened with a 6-3, first set win of the match, followed by the point clinching win by sophomore duo of Stephane Kamendje and Rohan Belay closing out their match 6-3. Of note, Nikola Plavsic and Daniel Bien held a 4-3 lead as doubles expired.

From Singles play, Soham returned to form cruising to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Purdue's Nour Fathalla. This was followed by an equally impressive 6-2, 6-4 victory from Stephane Kamendje over Boilermarker's No. 2 Henrik Villanger. Senior Brett Pearson impressed this evening, with a first set 7-6(6) loss, which took the length of both of Soham's sets before ending the night 2-3 before matches were called. Freshman Daniel Bien, not to be outdone himeself picked up a set win from the second set, winning 6-4 to force a third set. As Rohan Belday would go to clinch the match with a 6-4 win in the second set, ending the match by what would become a 4-3 win over Purdue. The other pair of matches would be played out, as both Daniel Bien and Brett Pearson would complete their matches as Dan forced a third set and Brett forced another 7-6 tiebreak deciding match.

Washington Men's Tennis
March 13, 2026
Seattle, WA | Nordstrom Tennis Center | 5:00 PM PT

Purdue - 3
Washington - 4

Doubles
1. #58 Soham Purohit/Brett Pearson (UW) def. Villanger/Fathalla (PU) - 6-3.
2. Daniel Bien/Nikola Plavsic (UW) vs. Jovic/Premzl (PU) - 4-3, DNF.
3. Rohan Belday/Stephane Kamendje (UW) def. Lee/Velasquesz (PU) - 6-3.
Order of Finish: (1, 3)

Singles
1. Soham Purohit (UW) def. Nour Fathalla (PU) - 6-2, 6-1.
2. Stephane Kamendje (UW) def. Henrik Villanger (PU) - 6-2, 6-4.
3. Rohan Belday (UW) def. Stefan Simeunovic (PU) - 6-2, 6-4.
4. Maj Premzl (PU) def. Brett Pearson (UW) - 7-6(6), 7-6(2).
5. Juan David Velasquesz (PU) def. Hyeonseok Seo (UW) - 6-2, 6-4.
6. Jacob Zee (PU) def. Daniel Bien (UW) - 6-1, 4-6, 7-6.
Order of Finish: (2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6)

Match Notes (Prior to Match):
Washington - 6-8
Purdue - 4-7
All-time record: UW leads 3-0
Bold Clinched Match

Up Next
Washington returns to play this Sunday, March 15 at Noon, taking on the No. 60 Indiana Hoosiers.

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