Purohit and Chlodnicki turn a regional run into an NCAA berth.

A title and a confirmed next step

Washington’s Soham Purohit and Jan Chlodnicki secured the ITA Northwest Regional doubles championship in Seattle on Tuesday, October 20. The ninth-seeded Huskies defeated Portland State’s Maas Schotanus and Aarjun Pandit by retirement while leading 6–2, 4–0, according to Washington Athletics.

The result qualifies the pair for the NCAA Doubles Championships in November. Monday’s semifinal had earned Washington an opportunity to qualify; Tuesday’s completed final converted that opportunity into a berth.

What the score establishes

Purohit, a fourth-year player, and first-year Chlodnicki won the opening set and the first four games of the second before Portland State retired. This was not a completed 6–2, 6–0 match, and the retirement should remain part of any description of the result.

UW’s report does not identify the reason for the retirement. No injury diagnosis or explanation of either Portland State player’s condition can be drawn from it. The verified facts are the score when play stopped, Washington’s title and the qualification that followed.

The semifinal gives the title context

The Huskies had beaten Stanford’s top-seeded Hudson Rivera and Nicholas Godsick 6–2, 7–6(4) on Monday. That result required Washington to close a tight second set after a clearer opening-set margin. Tuesday presented a different finish, but both results belong to the same successful qualification run.

Analysis: carry the standard into November

The appropriate expectation now is preparation for a new field, rather than treating a regional seed or scoreline as a national forecast. Washington earned its place through this tournament. It will still need to establish its level against the opponents it actually draws at the championships.

The semifinal is the more useful available evidence of a close finish: Washington completed the tiebreak against the top seeds. The final confirms an effective start and the official outcome, but its abbreviated ending provides less evidence about how either pair would have handled a full second set.

What comes next

Washington identifies November as the NCAA doubles destination. Its program schedule also lists ITF M25 Las Vegas beginning October 24; that listing does not by itself confirm either regional champion’s participation. A specific national opponent or match time is not supplied in the verified final report.

Neither UW’s final report nor its semifinal account provides attributed player or coach reaction. This story consequently stays with the documented results and separates the forward-looking assessment from those facts.

Rain City Sports editorial desk | Published October 21, 2026. Results and source links checked at publication; analysis is identified above.

Sources

• Washington Athletics: Husky Duo Qualifies For NCAA Doubles Championships (checked 2026-10-21)
• Washington Athletics: Washington Men’s Tennis Duo Is Finals Bound (checked 2026-10-21)

Analysis and recommendations are the editorial desk’s interpretation. Reporting and attributed perspectives are linked above. Information is current as of the publication date.