LA JOLLA, Calif. – BYU men’s tennis picks up a solid 4-3 win on the road over UC San Diego this Thursday at the Northview Tennis Courts.

“I am very proud of the way the Cougars played today,” said head coach Dave Porter. We fought hard in doubles and came out strong in singles, but UCSD is a great team and gave us some tough competition. It was a really great job by the entire team.  We are still suffering from some injuries but are hoping to heal up some sore spots in our bodies to play USD on Saturday.”

Coming out strong in doubles play, Matheus Leite and Mateo Vereau defeated Eric Silberman and Zach Ermert of UCSD with a 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles. With closer games in the next two matches, No. 2 and 3 doubles battled their opponents for the doubles point. At No. 2 doubles, Wally Thayne and Dominik Jakovljevic fell to Daniel Traxler and William Lan in a 6-7 tiebreak to leave the deciding point up to No. 3 doubles. Fighting to the end, Alex Lin and Otto Schreiner came out with the 7-6 tiebreak win over Pelayo Rodriguez and Philip Lan to give the Cougars the first point.

UC San Diego fought back taking the first singles win at No. 3 singles, to give them their first point. With the match tied 1-1, Thayne came out with a strong win for the Cougars at No. 1 singles, beating Traxler of UCSD 6-1, 6-4. The Tritons did not back down, however, taking another two wins at No. 2 and 5 singles. The Cougars now trailing by one came back with a 6-2, 6-4 win by Jakovljevic at No. 4 singles over Rodriguez. With the match tied 3-3, BYU’s Lin and Sanjith Devineni of USCD played a third set in challenging conditions at No. 6 singles to determine the final outcome. Lin battled for BYU coming back from 0-2 in the third set to secure the 4-3 win for the Cougars.

BYU men’s tennis will travel to face University of San Diego on Saturday. The match is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. PST.

MATCH RESULTS

Singles Competition:

1. Wally Thayne (BYU) def. Daniel Traxler (UCSD) 6-1, 6-4
2. Phillip Lan (UCSD) def. Matheus Leite (BYU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Zach Ermert (UCSD) def. Mateo Vereau (BYU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) def. Pelayo Rodriguez (UCSD) 6-2, 6-4
5. Jett Cole (UCSD) def. Otto Schreiner (BYU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Alex Lin (BYU) def. Sanjith Devineni (UCSD) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Doubles Competition: 

1. Matheus Leite and Mateo Vereau (BYU) def. Eric Silberman and Zach Ermert (UCSD) 6-2
2. Daniel Traxler and William Lan (UCSD) def. Wally Thayne and Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) 7-6 (3)
3. Alex Lin and Otto Schreiner (BYU) def. Pelayo Rodriguez and Phillip Lan (UCSD) 7-6 (6) 

PROVO, Utah –  On the road this week, BYU Men’s tennis will travel to face UC San Diego on Thursday, March 31 and University of San Diego on Saturday, April 2. The Thursday match is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. PDT, while the Saturday match will begin at 12 p.m. PDT.

BYU Notes: (7-6)

• The Cougars are 7-6 this season after a loss to Gonzaga (1-4) and win against Utah State (4-3) this last weekend.
• BYU had two home wins in a row against University of Idaho (4-2) and University of Portland (4-2).
• Men’s tennis also suffered losses against UC Santa Barbara (4-0) and Cal Poly (4-0).
• BYU came out with two on the road wins against University of Nevada (4-3) and UC Davis (4-1).  
• BYU has also lost to Boise State in a close 4-3 match and to New Mexico (3-2).
• Men’s tennis came out on top of the Weber State Wildcats and Grand Canyon Antelopes, winning both matches by a score of 6-1. 
• BYU kicked off its 2021-22 season at the Hawai’i Invitational on Jan. 6-8. The Cougars were 8-1 in doubles and 9-12 in singles for an overall record of 17 wins and 13 losses.  

Head Coach- Dave Porter

• Alma Mater: BYU, 1975
• Division 1 Coaching Record: 21-11 (2nd Season)
• Record at BYU: Same
• Overall collegiate coaching record: 1,431-199

BYU Singles Record

Brigham Andrus (1-2)

Jack Barnett (1-3)

Zach Fuchs (3-1)

Matheus Ferreira Leite (5-6)

Dominik Jakovljevic (4-1)

Wally Thayne (4-3)

Mateo Vereau (4-3)

Tennyson Whiting (1-1)

Alex Lin (2-4)

Otto Schreiner (3-2)

BYU Doubles Record

Brigham Andrus & Matheus Ferreira Leite (3-1)

Zach Fuchs & Wally Thayne (1-1)

Mateo Vereau & Wally Thayne (1-1)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Mateo Vereau, (1-0)

Jack Barnett & Tennyson Whiting (4-2)

Jack Barnett & Wally Thayne (1-0)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Alex Lin (1-0)

Mateo Vereau & Matheus Leite (4-3)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Tennyson Whiting (0 & 1)

Otto Schreiner & Alex Lin (0 & 1)

UC San Diego Notes: (4-13)

• The Tritons are 4-13 this season after two losses last weekend to University of Nevada Las Vegas (1-4).
• UC San Diego has also taken losses from Nevada twice (1-6, 0-4), Sacramento State (0-5), San Diego State (1-6), San Francisco (1-6), Northern Arizona (1-6), Utah (0-4), Air Force (2-5), Dartmouth (0-4) and Hawai’I (2-4).
• The Tritons came out on top against Villanova (6-1), UC Riverside (5-2), San Diego City College (7-0) and St. Katherine (4-0).
• BYU leads the series against UC San Diego 1-0.  

Head Coach- Timmer Willing  

• Alma Mater: Truman State, 1993  
• This is Willing’s ninth season at UC San Diego

UC San Diego Match Information – Thursday, March 31

• Time: 9:30 a.m. PDT
• Live Stats:

University of San Diego Notes: (14-2)

• The Toreros are 14-2 this season after a home win last weekend against Portland (4-0).
• USD has also come out on top of UC Irvine (6-1), Arizona State (4-3), UC Santa Barbara (6-1), LMU (4-0), Oregon (4-0), Gonzaga (4-0), UCLA (4-3), FAU (7-0), New Mexico (4-0), Penn (4-2), Wisconsin (6-1), Utah (4-0) and Harvard (4-3).
• The Toreros lost matches against Arizona (2-5) and SMU (3-4).
• San Diego leads the series against BYU 20-16.

Head Coach- Ryan Keckley

• Alma Mater: Notre Dame

• Record at USD: 87 wins at USD (Season 7)

San Diego Match Information– Saturday, April 2

• Time: 12 p.m. PDT
• Live Stats