PROVO, Utah – BYU men’s tennis fought hard, eventually falling 4-1 to No. 23 Pepperdine at home on Friday at the BYU Indoor Tennis Courts.  

“I am so proud of our team today,” said head coach Dave Porter. “They played one of the best teams in the nation and had a chance to win right up until the end. Even with injured and players out, it came down to our No. 3, 5 and 6 singles matches. We could have won the match today, but we fought hard and played well. We are going to do our best to heal up in 48 hours and be ready for a good Loyola Marymount team on Saturday.”  

Coming out strong in doubles play, Tennyson Whiting and Wally Thayne earned the win at No. 1 doubles 6-4, over Eero Vasa and No. 15 Daniel De Jong.

Tying their set at 5-5, Alex Lin and Dominik Jakovljevic battled for the win at No. 3 doubles. Eventually falling 7-5 to No. 60 Tim Zeitvogel and Enrique Luque Rico of Pepperdine, the doubles point was left up to No. 2 doubles.

In another close match at No. 2, Matheus Leite and Jack Barnett took Corrado Summaria and No. 95 Pietro Fellin to 6-6, eventually taking the 7-5 win to secure the doubles point for the Cougars.  

Pepperdine fought back in singles play winning at both No. 1 and 2 singles to put the Waves up by 1. Losing the first set at No. 4 singles, Alex Lin fought back but eventually fell 6-4 to Eero Vasa to give Pepperdine their third point. With the Waves leading 3-1, Jakovljevic took a 6-4 loss in his first set against No. 84 Andrew Rogers at No. 3 singles. Jakovljevic did not give up, however, and took the second set in a 8-6 tiebreak win.  

With a chance to come from behind, BYU players Schreiner and Whiting began play at No. 5 and 6 singles. While falling 6-3 in the first set, Schreiner came back to take the second set win in a 7-5 tiebreak over Luque Rico.

Whiting also had a close match against Pepperdine’s Summaria, eventually earning the first set win 7-6 with a 7-5 tiebreak score. Still battling in a third set at No. 3 singles, Jakovljevic and Rogers fought to the end. BYU’s Jakovljevic eventually fell to Rogers 7-5, to secure Pepperdine’s 4-1 win over the Cougars. 

BYU will host Loyola Marymount on Saturday in their last home match of the season. The match is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. MDT at the BYU Outdoor Tennis Courts.  

Pepperdine 4, Brigham Young University 1

Singles Competition

1. Daniel De Jonge (PEP) def. Wally Thayne (BYU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Tim Zeitvogel (PEP) def. Matheus Leite (BYU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Andrew Rogers (PEP) def. Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5
4. Eero Vasa (PEP) def. Alex Lin (BYU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Otto Schreiner (BYU) vs. Enrique Luque Rico (PEP) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Tennyson Whiting (BYU) vs. Corrado Summaria (PEP) 7-6 (7-5), 0-1

Doubles Competition

1. Wally Thayne and Tennyson Whiting (BYU) def. Daniel De Jonge and Eero Vasa (PEP) 6-4
2. Matheus Leite and Jack Barnett (BYU) def. Corrado Summaria and Pietro Fellin (PEP) 7-6 (7-4)
3. Tim Zeitvogel and Enrique Luque Rico (PEP) def. Alex Lin and Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) 7-5

Match Notes

Order of finish: Singles -- 2 1 4 3 ; Doubles -- 1 3 2

PROVO, Utah — BYU men’s tennis hosts their last two home matches of the season this week against Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. The Pepperdine match will be on Thursday, April 14 and the LMU match will be Saturday, April 16.  Both matches are scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. MST at the BYU Outdoor Tennis Courts.

BYU Notes: (8-9)

• The Cougars are 8-9 this season after two losses on the road last weekend against San Francisco (0-4) and Santa Clara (1-4).
• BYU has also taken losses from Boise State (3-4), New Mexico (0-4), UC Santa Barbara (0-4), Cal Poly (0-4), Gonzaga (1-4) and San Diego (0-4).
• BYU had two home wins in a row against University of Idaho (4-2) and University of Portland (4-2).
• The Cougars have also come out on top of Weber State (6-1), Grand Canyon (6-1), Nevada (4-3), UC Davis (4-1) and Utah State (4-3).
• BYU is 1-4 in West Coast Conference play.
• 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: 22-14 (2nd Season)
• Record at BYU: Same
• Overall collegiate coaching record: 1,432-202

BYU Singles Record

Brigham Andrus (1-2)

Jack Barnett (1-3)

Zach Fuchs (3-1)

Matheus Ferreira Leite (5-8)

Dominik Jakovljevic (4-2)

Wally Thayne (4-5)

Mateo Vereau (4-3)

Tennyson Whiting (1-2)

Alex Lin (3-4)

Otto Schreiner (3-4)

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 (6-3)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Tennyson Whiting (0 & 1)

Otto Schreiner & Alex Lin (1 & 2)

Pepperdine Notes: (13-5)

• The Waves are 13-5 this season after two wins last weekend to Gonzaga (4-0) and Portland (4-1).
• Pepperdine has also come out on top of Arizona (5-2), Oklahoma State (4-2), Arizona State (4-3), UCLA (4-1), USC (4-2), Nebraska (4-0), Penn (5-2), Harvard (4-3), Loyola Marymount (4-0), Pacific (4-1) and Saint Mary’s (4-0).
• The Waves have taken losses from Stanford (2-5), Harvard (3-4), Tulsa (3-4), Oregon (3-4) and Texas (2-5).
• Pepperdine leads the series 18-2.   

Head Coach - Adam Schaechterle

• Alma Mater: Northwestern University    
• This is Schaechterle’s third season at Pepperdine.
• Record at Pepperdine: 38-20

Pepperdine Match Information – Thursday, April 14

• Time: 12 p.m. MDT
• Live Stats

Loyola Marymount Notes: (5-15)

• The Lions are 5-15 this season after two losses last weekend to Portland (3-4) and Gonzaga (3-4).
• LMU has also taken losses from UC Santa Barbara (3-4), Utah (3-4), Texas Tech (1-4), Cal Poly (2-5), San Diego (0-4), Oregon (0-4), UC Irvine (0-4), Denver (1-4), Boise State (1-6), Pepperdine (0-4), Saint Mary’s (1-4) and Pacific (2-4).  
• The Lions came out on top of UC Davis (5-2), San Diego State (4-1), Utah State (4-3), DePaul University (6-1) and Dartmouth College (6-1).  
• BYU leads the series against Loyola Marymount 7-6.

Head Coach - Tom Lloyd

• Alma Mater: Arizona
• This is Lloyd’s eighth season at LMU.

Loyola Marymount Match Information– Saturday, April 16

• Time: 12 p.m. MDT
• Live Stats