CPT 2026 Ohio Super Regional Recap

Tournament Overview

Tour: CPT — College Pickleball Tour / DUPR

Event dates: Oct 24, 2026 to Oct 25, 2026

Venue: Match Point Pickleball Club, 350 McCormick Blvd, Columbus, Ohio 43213

Schools in the team bracket: 20

Teams: 49 teams in 12 completed pools; 24 teams in the medal-round draw.

Ohio State 1 won the CPT Ohio Super Regional with a 3–0 victory over Kentucky 1. Iowa 1 and Wisconsin 1 were the other semifinalists.

Participating Schools — team bracket only

Baylor University; Butler University; Carnegie Mellon University; Cornell University; DePauw University; Indiana University Bloomington; Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); Pennsylvania State University; Purdue University; Stanford University; The Ohio State University; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Iowa; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh; University of Tennessee; University of Wisconsin–Madison; University of Wisconsin–Whitewater; Xavier University.

Tournament Recap

Ohio State 1 defeated Iowa 1, 3–1, in the semifinals. Kentucky 1 beat Wisconsin 1, 3–1, in the other semifinal. Ohio State 1 then defeated Kentucky 1, 3–0, in the championship match.

Finalists and Semifinalists

Champion — Ohio State 1 (The Ohio State University)

Players: Nicole Sasaki, Caroline Stepnowski, Grant Hatfield, James Matthew Riegert.

Runner-up — Kentucky 1 (University of Kentucky)

Players: Kaiden Walden, Helena Weiss, Cooper Parks, Cade Unruh.

Semifinalist — Iowa 1 (University of Iowa)

Players: Sescie Haan, Emily Mosley, William Lin, Zach Mersch.

Semifinalist — Wisconsin 1 (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Players: Ava Andres, Sara Sowinski, Neel Mukherjee, Pranav Swaminathan.