Kiana Schlenker | Posted: 15 Feb 2022 | Updated: 27 Apr 2022

BYU Men's Tennis Travel to face New Mexico

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Leite vs. Grand Canyon

PROVO, Utah – In its second road match of the season, the BYU men’s tennis team will travel to Albuquerque to face the New Mexico Lobos. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. MT on Friday, Feb. 18 and 12 p.m. MT on Sat. Feb 19.

LIVE STATS

BYU Notes: (2-1)

  • The BYU Cougars are 2-1 this season after a close loss last weekend to Boise State (3-4).
  • The team 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.  
  • The doubles duos Brigham Andrus with Matheus Ferreira Leite (6-0) and Jack Barnett with Tennyson Whiting (4-0) are both undefeated on the season.

Head Coach Dave Porter

  • Alma Mater: BYU, 1975
  • Division 1 Coaching Record: 16-7 (2nd Season)
  • Record at BYU: Same
  • Overall collegiate coaching record: 1,426-195

BYU Singles Record

Brigham Andrus (3-3)

Jack Barnett (1-3)

Zach Fuchs (4-1)

Matheus Ferreira Leite (4-2)

Dominik Jakovljevic (1-2)

Wally Thayne (3-3)

Mateo Vereau (2-3)

Tennyson Whiting (2-0)

Alex Lin (1-0)

Otto Schreiner (1-0)

 

BYU Doubles Record

Brigham Andrus & Matheus Ferreira Leite (6-0)

Zach Fuchs & Wally Thayne (2-2)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Mateo Vereau, (1-0)

Jack Barnett & Tennyson Whiting (4-0)

Jack Barnett & Wally Thayne (2-0)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Alex Lin (1-0)

 

University of New Mexico Notes: (2-2)

  • The Lobos are 2-2 to start their season.
  • New Mexico faced their first two losses of the season back-to-back against University of Utah (1-6) and Gonzaga (2-4).
  • The Lobos came out on top of Santa Clara (5-2) and Grand Canyon (6-1).
  • BYU leads the series against New Mexico 34-23.

Head Coach Chris Russell

  • Alma Mater: UC Santa Barbara
  • Russell began coaching at New Mexico in 2021

New Mexico Information – Feb. 18-19

  • Time: Fri. 3 p.m. MT and Sat. 12 p.m. MT
  • Live Stats: golobos.com/mtennisstats
  • Live Stream will not be available

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