SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Despite several three-set matches at San Francisco, BYU Men’s tennis eventually fell 4-0 to the Dons at the Goldman Tennis Center on Friday.  

“We played hard today,” said head coach Dave Porter. “We are still recovering from injuries, but our fight was there. The team represented our university well and we are looking forward to a good match against Santa Clara tomorrow.”

With Wally Thayne and Tennyson Whiting at No. 1 doubles for BYU, the doubles duo fought hard eventually falling to Nitzan Ricklis and Phuc Huynh 6-2.

Playing strong for BYU, Matheus Leite and Mateo Vereau took the win at No. 2 doubles over Mitch Johnson and Nil Giraldez of USF. Leaving the doubles point up to No. 3 doubles, BYU and USF fought to the end.

At No. 3 doubles for BYU, Otto Schreiner and Alex Lin took their opponents Stevie Gould and Nikola Kuraica to 5-5 eventually falling 7-5 to give the Dons their first point.   

Playing through injuries, BYU began singles play against USF trailing by one. Starting strong at No. 2 singles, Matheus took the first set win 6-2, falling in the second set to Huynh. Leite was on serve 2-3 in the third set when the match finished.

With another close match at No. 1 singles, Thayne battled Giraldez to a tiebreak in the first set, and eventually suffered the loss in the second set 6-3 to put the Dons up by 2.

Splitting sets at No. 3, 4, and 6 singles, BYU fought to take the win. With Schreiner taking the first set win at No. 4 singles, Mitch Johnson of USF came back to win the match in three 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Johnson’s win gave USF their third point. At No. 6 singles, Whiting took the first set with a 6-2 win and fought hard in the next two sets eventually falling to David Woodland of USF to secure the 4-0 win for the Dons.   

The Cougars will travel to face Santa Clara on Saturday. The match is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. PST with live stats and a live stream available. 

PROVO, Utah –  BYU men’s tennis will be on the road again this week traveling to face San Francisco on Friday, April 8 and Santa Clara on Saturday, April 9. The San Francisco match is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. PST and the Santa Clara match will begin at 11 a.m. PST.

BYU Notes: (8-7)

• The Cougars are 8-7 this season after a loss to No. 21 San Diego last weekend (0-4) and a win against UC San Diego (4-3.
• Men’s tennis also fell to Gonzaga (1-4) and won against Utah State (4-3) the weekend before.  
• BYU had two home wins in a row against University of Idaho (4-2) and University of Portland (4-2).
• Men’s tennis also took two away 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 I Coaching Record: 22-12 (2nd Season)
• Record at BYU: Same
• Overall collegiate coaching record: 1,432-200

BYU Singles Record

Brigham Andrus (1-2)

Jack Barnett (1-3)

Zach Fuchs (3-1)

Matheus Ferreira Leite (5-7)

Dominik Jakovljevic (4-1)

Wally Thayne (4-3)

Mateo Vereau (4-3)

Tennyson Whiting (1-1)

Alex Lin (3-4)

Otto Schreiner (3-3)

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 (5-3)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Tennyson Whiting (0 & 1)

Otto Schreiner & Alex Lin (1 & 1)

San Francisco: (10-8)

• The Dons are 10-8 this season after two losses last weekend to Gonzaga (0-4) and Portland (0-4).
• San Francisco has also lost to Stanford (1-6), Saint Mary’s (3-4), UC Irvine (3-4), UC Davis (3-4), UCSB (2-5) and Cal Poly (1-6).
• The Dons came out on top against Brown (4-2), Saint Mary’s (4-2), Pacific (4-0), UC Davis (4-3), New Mexico State (4-2), Army (4-1), Sacramento State (4-2), UC Irvine (4-3), UC San Diego (6-1) and Point Loma (6-1).
• BYU leads the series against San Francisco 11-1.  

Head Coach- JT Sundling  

• Alma Mater: Texas Christian University   
• This is Sundling’s first season at San Francisco.

San Francisco Match Information – Friday, April 8

• Time: 12 p.m. PST
• Live Stats

Santa Clara Notes: (7-8)

• The Broncos are 7-8 this season after two losses last weekend to Portland (0-7) and Gonzaga (0-4).
• Santa Clara has also taken losses from Cal Poly (2-5), Florida Atlantic (2-5), UC Santa Barbara (0-7), UC Irvine (1-4), UC David (1-6) and New Mexico (2-5).
• The Broncos came out on top of Pacific (4-1), Saint Mary’s (4-1), UNLV (4-3), Yale (4-1), Grand Canyon (4-3), Sacramento State (4-3) and UC Santa Cruz (7-0).
• BYU leads the series against Santa Clara 8-6.

Head Coach- Niall Angus

• Alma Mater: Texas A&M

• Record at Santa Clara: 58-41

Santa Clara Match Information– Saturday, April 9

• Time: 11 a.m. PST
• Live Stream
• Live Stats