Genny Hickman | Posted: 17 Feb 2017 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

BYU men's tennis drops tough 4-3 match to New Mexico

main image
Image

Box Score

PROVO, Utah – After enduring five three-set matches and several tie breakers, BYU men’s tennis dropped a tough 4-3 match to New Mexico Friday night at the BYU indoor tennis courts.

“I have to give credit to New Mexico," BYU head coach Brad Pearce said. "It was a hard-fought, great collegiate match. Unfortunately this one didn’t go our way. We got the doubles point, which was a real positive to start the match. On the flip side, we didn’t get it done in third sets.”

The Cougars (6-5, 0-0 WCC) earned an early edge in doubles play as Keaton Cullimore and John Pearce cruised over Bart Van Leijsen and Dominic West, 6-2. Aidan Carrazedo and Sam Tullis followed with a 6-1 victory at third doubles over Rodolfo Jauregui and Sean Baklini.

Senior Jacob Sullivan battled against Ricky Hernandez-Tong to pull out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory before New Mexico (2-5, 0-0 MWC) fought back to win three consecutive three-set matches. Matthew Pearce and Cullimore fell at fourth and first singles, respectively, while Jeremy Bourgeois dropped his match at the No. 3 slot.

With BYU falling behind, junior John Pearce bested Lawrence Perrin 6-4, 6-4 to come back and tie the match for the Cougars. Tullis then rallied to defeat Jorge Escutia at No. 6 singles but fell in a third-set tie break 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(4).

BYU opens conference play against San Francisco Saturday, Feb. 18, at 5:30 p.m. MST. Live stats and a video stream can be found on the men’s tennis schedule page

Results

New Mexico 4, BYU Men's Tennis 3

Singles competition

  1. VAN LEIJSEN, Bart (NM) def. CULLIMORE, Keaton (BYU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3)
  2. SULLIVAN, Jacob (BYU) def. HERNANDEZ-TONG,Ricky (NM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
  3. JAUREGUI, Rodolfo (NM) def. BOURGEOIS, Jeremy (BYU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-0)
  4. WEST, Dominic (NM) def. PEARCE, Matthew (BYU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
  5. PEARCE, John (BYU) def. PERRIN, Lawrence (NM) 6-4, 6-4
  6. ESCUTIA, Jorge (NM) def. TULLIS, Sam (BYU) 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 7-6 (7-4)

Doubles competition

  1. SULLIVAN, Jacob/BOURGEOIS, Jeremy (BYU) vs. HERNANDEZ-TONG,Ricky/PERRIN, Lawrence (NM) 3-4, unfinished
  2. CULLIMORE, Keaton/PEARCE, John (BYU) def. VAN LEIJSEN, Bart/WEST, Dominic (NM) 6-2
  3. CARRAZEDO, Aidan/TULLIS, Sam (BYU) def. JAUREGUI, Rodolfo/BAKLINI, Sean (NM) 6-1

Match Notes: Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,4,1,3,5,6)

Recent Stories

Image
Wally Thayne Named No. 12 in Mountain Region
ITA names Thayne No. 12 in Mountain Region

Wally Thayne has been named No. 12 in the Mountain Regional singles rankings for his 2022-23 season performance, the…

Image
Graphic announcing Zach Fuchs and Brigham Andrus as members of the WCC All-Academic Team
Fuchs, Andrus named to WCC All-Academic Team

The West Coast conference has named two Cougars to the 2023 WCC Men’s Tennis All-Academic Team for their performance in…