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Katherine Carling
| Posted: 6 Jun 2019 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
BYU men's tennis finishes second in the Mountain region postseason honors
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TEMPE, Ariz — BYU men's tennis claimed the second spot in the Mountain Region and posted three singles players in the top 20 along with three doubles teams in the top 10, the ITA announced on June 5.
BYU claimed second place against opponents from the region, behind Utah. The Cougars went 7-0 against Air Force, Boise State, Denver, New Mexico, Utah, Utah State and Weber State.
The Cougars posted three doubles teams in the region's top 10. Sean Hill and Jeffrey Hsu came in as the No. 1 doubles team in the region after their successful season as a double duo. Sam Tullis and Ben Gajardo landed the No. 5 ranking in the region while Matthew Pearce and Mateo Vereau Melendez were named the No. 10 doubles team.
On top of the three doubles teams, BYU also had three singles players in the top 20. Hill was named the No. 2 singles player behind Utah's Dan Little. Hsu closed out his senior season with a No. 13 singles ranking and Tullis came in at No. 20 for the Cougars.
| Rank | School |
|---|---|
| 1 | Utah |
| 2 | BYU |
| 3 | Utah St |
| 4 | New Mexico |
| 5 | Denver |
| 6 | NAU |
| 7 | UNLV |
| 8 | Nevada |
| 9 | Boise St |
| 10 | Air Force |
| Rank | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Little | Utah |
| 2 | Sean Hill | BYU |
| 3 | David Micevski | Utah |
| 4 | Ricky Hernandez Tong | New Mexico |
| 5 | Tim Handel | NAU |
| 6 | Dominic West | UNM |
| 7 | Isaac Arevalo Gomez | Utah State |
| 8 | Julien Ervard | Nevada |
| 9 | Mattia Ros | Denver |
| 10 | Matt Summers | Denver |
| 11 | Stepan Holis | New Mexico |
| 12 | Felipe Acosta | Utah State |
| 13 | Jeffrey Hsu | BYU |
| 14 | Luka Soskic | Boise State |
| 15 | Sergiu Bucur | Utah State |
| 16 | Slava Shainyan | Utah |
| 17 | Russell Benkaim | Utah |
| 18 | Salvador Mijares | Southern Utah |
| 19 | Pat Sklenka | Air Force |
| 20 | Sam Tullis | BYU |
| Rank | Player | Player | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Hill | Jeffrey Hsu | BYU |
| 2 | Tim Handel | Ruben Montano | NAU |
| 3 | Julien Evrard | Kostyantin Nesterenko | Nevada |
| 4 | Matt Summers | James Davis | Denver |
| 5 | Sam Tullis | Ben Gajardo | BYU |
| 6 | Ricky Hernandez Tong | Stepan Holis | New Mexico |
| 7 | Pat Sklenka | Tadhg Collins | Air Force |
| 8 | Dominic West | Facundo Bermejo | New Mexico |
| 9 | Eric Samuelsson | Clayton Alenik | UNLV |
| 10 | Mateo Vereau Melendez | Matthew Pearce | BYU |
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