Cowgirl Tennis Set to Conclude Home Schedule Against Utah, BYU

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The Basics
No. 20 Oklahoma State returns home this week for the final time in the 2025 regular season, hosting Utah on Thursday at 5 p.m. before taking on No. 55 BYU on Saturday at 1 p.m., with senior day festivities to follow. The Cowgirls are riding a season-best seven-match win streak, highlighted by last weekend's win over No. 37 TCU and sweep of No. 22 Baylor. OSU is now 8-1 in conference play, making it one of three teams remaining with only one loss, joining No. 15 Texas Tech and No. 17 UCF. After playing Utah and BYU this week, Oklahoma State will close the regular season on the road against No. 45 Kansas and No. 57 Iowa State before beginning the postseason at the Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas.

Following the Action
Both of OSU's matches this weekend will be broadcast on ESPN+ as part of Cracked Racquets CrossCourt Cast coverage. Additionally, live scoring each match can be found at okstate.statbroadcast.com.

Senior Day
After Saturday's match against BYU, Oklahoma State will honor three seniors: Kylie Collins, Amber Hochstatter and graduate assistant Samantha Gillas. Hochstatter and Gillas have each spent three years with the program, while Collins joined the Cowgirls this spring.

In the Rankings
Oklahoma State returned to the top 25 in the ITA team rankings for the first time since Feb. 25 on Tuesday, coming in at No. 20. OSU is one of 11 Big 12 teams to be recognized, joining Texas Tech (15), UCF (17), Baylor (27), Arizona (31), TCU (37), Arizona State (38), Kansas (45), BYU (55), Iowa State (57) and Kansas State (62). In the individual rankings, Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp climbed to a season-best mark of No. 6 in the doubles poll after picking up two top-25 wins last weekend. In the singles rankings, Komar is up to No. 61, while Gracie Epps appeared at No. 63 and Marcela Lopez at No. 117.

The Matchup
Oklahoma State and Utah have met 10 times, with the Cowgirls winning eight to this point. In a series that began in 1990, OSU won the first six matches along with the two most previous in 2007 and 2010. Thursday will be the first time Utah will visit Stillwater since 1995, and Oklahoma State is 3-0 at home in the series. The Cowgirls also lead the series against BYU, 12-10, after snapping a five-match losing streak last season. BYU has won four of six meetings in Stillwater, including each of the last three, but Oklahoma State got a 5-2 win in Provo a year ago.

Chasing History
With a win on Thursday, Oklahoma State head coach Chris Young will stand alone as the all-time wins leader in program history. In his 16th year at OSU, Young will be looking for his 284th win, which would move him past Julius Lubicz-Majewski for the most as the Cowgirls head coach. Should OSU win on Thursday, Young will have accumulated the record total in just 402 matches, for a winning percentage of .706. In his time in Stillwater, Young has led the Cowgirls to 12 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances while collecting an ITA Indoor National title, three Big 12 regular season championships, two Big 12 tournament titles and an NCAA runner-up finish in 2016.

Big 12's Best
For the second consecutive week, an Oklahoma State player was named Big 12 Player of the Week. Rose Marie Nijkamp joined Anastasiya Komar as the only Cowgirls to earn the honor this season, going 3-0 over the weekend with two ranked doubles wins and a match-clinching singles win against No. 37 TCU. The Netherlands native leads all Big 12 freshmen with 12 singles dual wins and is in the midst of a nine-match win streak. In doubles, she and Komar are 15-2 with five ranked wins while reaching a season-best ranking of No. 6 in the ITA poll.

Getting Hot at the Right Time
Oklahoma State has put together a season-best seven-match win streak and is 8-1 in conference play after sweeping No. 22 Baylor for its first top-25 win of the season. Four of OSU's eight Big 12 wins have been sweeps and the Cowgirls remain one of three teams with just one conference loss, joining No. 15 Texas Tech and No. 17 UCF.

Notable Streaks and Trends
• Nine of OSU's 14 wins this season have been shutouts.
• Oklahoma State has won the doubles point in 15 of its 20 matches this season, including the last seven.
• Anastasiya Komar and Rose Marie Nijkamp are 15-2 in doubles this season with wins in seven straight.
• Rose Marie Nijkamp has won nine consecutive singles matches, with all but one coming in straight sets.
• Gracie Epps is 6-0 when played on court five this season.
• Anastasiya Komar is 10-2 when playing on court two this season.

Oklahoma State Wins Would...
• Make Chris Young the winningest head coach in program history with 285 victories.
• Extend its season-best win streak to nine.
• Give it at least 10 conference wins for the second consecutive season and fourth time in program history.
• Give it at least 15 wins for the fourth consecutive season.
• Improve it to 16-6 on the season.
• Improve it to 10-1 in conference play.
• Improve it to 10-1 at home.
• Improve it to 10-2 all-time against Utah.
• Improve it to 14-10 all-time against BYU.
• Improve it to 135-20 all-time at the Greenwood Tennis Center.

Cowgirl Tennis Set to Conclude Home Schedule Against Utah, BYU

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Players Mentioned

Kylie Collins

Gracie Epps

Amber Hochstatter

Anastasiya Komar

Marcela Lopez

Rose Marie Nijkamp

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