LOS ANGELES – A California road trip started with a 4-0 loss for BYU men’s tennis Friday afternoon at Loyola Marymount. The Cougars had leads at No. 1 doubles and three of the six singles matches but did not get to see out any potential victories once LMU clinched the doubles point and dual match.

Jack Barnett and Wally Thayne led 5-3 and were set to serve for the win in their doubles match. Barnett, Zach Fuchs and Brigham Andrus all won the first set of their singles contests.

FULL RESULTS

Doubles

1. Jack Barnett/Wally Thayne (BYU) vs. Austin Di Giulio/John Bryan Otico (LMU) 5-3, unf.
2. Arthur Pantino/Emin Torlic (LMU) def. Brigham Andrus/Zach Fuchs (BYU) 6-4
3. Alvaro Gonzalez/Toky Ranaivo (LMU) def. Dominik Jakovljevic/Redd Owen (BYU) 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2

Loyola Marymount got off to a strong start at No. 3 doubles, taking a 5-0 lead. Jakovljevic and Owen then held their serve to win the next game before LMU held serve as well to take the match 6-1.

An early break put LMU up 3-1 on court two. That advantage would hold until the Lions were up 5-4 with a chance to serve for the match. Andrus and Fuchs went up 40-0 in that game but Pantino and Torlic came back to win on deciding point. The result gave LMU a 6-4 match victory and clinched the doubles point.

No. 1 doubles then went unfinished with BYU leading 5-3. LMU had gone up 3-1 to start the match before Barnett and Thayne used two break points to win four-straight games. They had a chance to serve for the match when the stoppage came.

Singles

1. Jack Barnett (BYU) vs. Arthur Pantino (LMU) 7-6 (6), 3-4, unf.
2. Emin Torlic (LMU) def. Wally Thayne (BYU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Zach Fuchs (BYU) vs. John Bryan Ortico (LMU) 6-3, 2-6, 1-1, unf.
4. Austin Di Giulio (LMU) def. Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) 6-2, 6-4
5. Toky Ranaivo (LMU) def. Redd Owen (BYU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Brigham Andrus (BYU) vs. Alvaro Gonzalez (LMU) 6-4, 6-5, unf.

Order of finish: 2, 5, 4

The Lions expanded their lead at No. 2 singles, where Thayne fell in straight sets. A 3-all tie in set one gave way to a 5-3 lead for Torlic that eventually became a 6-4 set victory. Torlic then started with a 4-0 lead in set two before going on to win 6-2.

No. 5 singles saw Owen lose two break points to trail 4-1 in set one. Ranaivo eventually took the set 6-3. In set two Owen was up 2-1 before Ranaivo won the final five games to earn a 6-2 victory.

LMU then clinched the dual match on court four, where Di Giulio started out with a 4-0 lead in set one. Jakovljevic recovered and won the next two games, but Di Giulio then did the same to win the set 6-2. Set two also saw Di Giulio take an early lead, 3-1, before Jakovljevic tied the set at 3-all. A 4-all tie later in the set was broken as Jakovljevic lost the final two games to drop the set 4-6.

The remaining three singles matches went unfinished, with the Cougars having won the first set in all three. Barnett and Pantino each won two break points early on in set one at No. 1 singles, with the set ultimately being decided by a tiebreaker after neither side could pull ahead. Barnett trailed 4-5 in the tiebreaker, but he landed two serves that Pantino could not return over the net to take a 6-5 lead. Pantino held on for a couple of more points before another unreturnable serve from Barnett gave the Cougar the 8-6 win.

Set two also saw Barnett lose an early break point, but he rallied for a 2-all tie. Pantino was up 4-3 in the set with Barnett set to serve when the match concluded.

Fuchs took set one at No. 3 singles 6-3 after a late break point broke a 3-3 tie. He started out with a lead in set two as well, 2-0, before Otico won six-straight games to send the match to a third set. The final set was knotted at 1-all before the match went unfinished.

No. 6 singles was the closest BYU came to a singles victory, as Andrus was one game away from winning his match. Gonzalez started with a 2-0 lead in set one before Andrus won six of the next eight games to take the set 6-4. Neither side lost their serves in set two, with Andrus up 6-5 and looking for a break point when the dual match ended.

The Cougars remain in Southern California for a match at No. 35 Pepperdine. The West Coast Conference contest gets underway at 1:00 p.m. PDT from the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center and will be streamed live.

LOS ANGELES – BYU men’s tennis will travel to Southern California this weekend for a pair of West Coast Conference matches at Loyola Marymount and No. 35 Pepperdine. Friday’s match at the LMU Tennis Center begins at 10:00 a.m. PDT, while Saturday’s contest from Pepperdine’s Ralphs-Strauss Tennis Center starts at 1:00 p.m. PDT.

The Cougars and LMU are part of a five-way tie for fourth place in the WCC standings. The top six teams will qualify for the WCC Tournament in San Diego, California, that begins in two weeks. Pepperdine sits atop the WCC as the only school unbeaten in conference play.

• Live Stream - Friday
• Live Scores - Friday
• Live Stream and Scores - Saturday

Media Guide

BYU Notes

• The Cougars are 5-13 this season, including 3-3 in WCC play.
• Pepperdine will be the sixth ranked team BYU plays this season, with three others also in this week’s rankings after being unranked when playing the Cougars.
• BYU has all-time winning records against seven of the nine other WCC schools, a number LMU is hoping to change as the Cougars lead the series with the Lions by just one win.
• Earlier this season BYU snapped San Diego’s 16-match WCC win streak and now seeks to end Pepperdine’s record of 13-straight WCC wins at home.

LMU Notes

• The Lions are 9-8 this season, including 2-3 in WCC play.
• Sophomore Arthur Pantino and senior Emin Torlic are both 9-3 in dual matches.
• Head coach Tom Lloyd is in his 10th season with LMU.

Series Information

• Series Record: BYU leads 8-7
• Last Meeting: LMU won 4-0 on April 16, 2022, in Provo

Pepperdine Notes

• The Waves are 13-7 this season, including 5-0 in WCC play. They have won seven-straight matches and hold a 7-1 home record in 2023.
• Fifth-year seniors Daniel De Jonge and Tim Zeitvogel are ranked No. 49 nationally in doubles. De Jonge is ranked No. 63 in singles, while Zeitvogel is No. 103.
• Head coach Adam Schaechterle is in his fifth season with Pepperdine. He has a 69-35 record with the Waves.

Series Information

• Series Record: Pepperdine leads 19-2
• Last Meeting: Pepperdine won 4-1 on April 14, 2022, in Provo