No. 5 Ohio State Wins 4-1 at No. 9 Texas A&M

Wednesday, March 18

College Station, TX

7 p.m.

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No. 5 Ohio State Wins 4-1 at No. 9 Texas A&M

3/18/2026 9:33:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Buckeyes return to Big Ten Conference play Friday at Indiana

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 5 Ohio State (15-3) earned a Top 10 victory with a 4-1 win at No. 9 Texas A&M (12-7) Wednesday at the Mitchell Tennis Center in Bryan-College Station, Texas.

The Buckeyes took the early 1-0 lead after winning at No. 1 and No. 2 to claim the doubles point. The Aggies earned a win at No. 1 singles to even the match at 1-all. The Buckeyes then got wins in singles at No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 to get the team victory.

Doubles

Ohio State's No. 1-ranked doubles team of Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin faced No. 13 Togan Tokac and Theo Papamalamis of Texas A&M at No. 1 doubles. Ohio State took a 4-2 lead before the Aggies countered to make it 4-3. The Buckeyes made it 5-3 and finished off the set to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win.
No. 17 Alex Okonkwo and Alexander Bernard met No. 40 Kholo Montsi and Alex Frusina of Texas A&M. The Buckeyes broke the Aggies to take a 4-2 lead and extended the advantage to 5-2 before taking the match, 6-2.
No. 28 Aidan Kim and Bryce Nakashima took on Texas A&M's Markus Molder and Lathan Skrobarcek on Court 3. The Aggies won three-consecutive sets to build a 5-2 advantage before Ohio State clinched leaving the match unfinished.

Singles

No. 9 Aidan Kim started with a 3-1 lead over No. 30 Theo Papamalamis. The Aggie tied it at 4-all before going up 5-4. Kim tied it at 5-all before Papamalamis won the next two games for a 7-5 victory. The Aggie won set two 6-2 to earn a point for Texas A&M.
No. 27 Jack Anthrop fell behind 3-1 to No. 51 Kholo Montsi at No. 2 but battled back to even the opening set at 3-all. Anthrop gained a 5-3 advantage before winning the first set 6-4. He jumped to a 4-1 lead in the second set and earned a point for the Buckeyes with a 6-4 victory.
No. 16 Preston Stearns and No. 68 Alex Frusina went to a tiebreaker in the opening set. Stearns prevailed 7-6(4). The second set was unfinished with Frusina leading 5-1.
No. 85 Nikita Filin won a back-and-forth opener over Aggie Markus Molder, 7-5. Filin started with a 3-0 lead in the second and got the first singles point for the Buckeyes with a 6-1 victory.
Alexander Bernard took on Tiago Pires and cruised to a 5-2 win in the opening set at No. 5. Bernard earned the first set win for the Buckeyes, 6-2. Pires sent the match to a third set with a 6-4 victory in the second. Bernard cruised to a 6-0 lead in the third for the win.
Brandon Carpico won the opening set at No. 6 over Togan Tokac, 6-3. Tokac took the second 6-4. There was no score in the third when the Buckeyes clinched.

#5 Ohio State 4, #9 Texas A&M 1
Singles
1. #30 Theo Papamalamis (UTAM) def. #9 Aidan Kim (OSU), 7-5, 6-2
2. #27 Jack Anthrop (OSU) def. #51 Kholo Montsi (UTAM), 6-4, 6-4
3. #16 Preston Stearns (OSU) vs. #68 Alex Frusina (UTAM), 7-6(4), 1-5 UF
4. #85 Nikita Filin (OSU) def. Markus Molder (UTAM), 7-5, 6-1
5. Alexander Bernard (OSU) def. Tiago Pires (UTAM), 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
6. Brandon Carpico (OSU) vs. Togan Tokac (UTAM), 6-3, 4-6, 0-0 UF
Doubles
1. #1 Brandon Carpico/Nikita Filin def. #13 Togan Tokac/Theo Papamalamis (UTAM), 6-3
2. #17 Alex Okonkwo/Alexander Bernard def. #40 Kholo Montsi/Alex Frusina (UTAM), 6-2
3. #28 Aidan Kim/Bryce Nakashima vs. Markus Molder/Lathan Skrobarcek (UTAM), 2-5 UF
Match Notes:
Ohio State 15-3, National Ranking #5
Texas A&M, 12-7, National Ranking #9
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,4,5,2)

Up Next:
Ohio State remains on the road to take on Indiana (7-6, 1-3) Friday (3 p.m.) before a match at Purdue (4-9, 0-4) Sunday (noon).

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