Thayne defeated Adrian Daniel of Montana State in singles play with a dominating score of 6-0, 6-2. Only two game losses in the junior’s straight set victory led all Cougars. Fuchs defeated Idaho State's Andreas Kramer 6-2 in the first set before staving off Kramer once again at 6-4.
After a tight, opening round tiebreak loss by Jack Barnett and Redd Owen, the senior/sophomore combo bounced back in the consolation round to defeat New Mexico State’s Luca D’Ostiani and Itay Feigin comfortably at 8-3. In singles play, Barnett faced Philipp Rein of in-state foe Utah State, winning 6-3, 6-4. Owen also won in straight sets, defeating Jakub Prachar of Northern Arizona 6-3 before forging ahead in a second set tiebreak to win 7-6 (2).
Freshman TJ Wells and sophomore Brian Chen also competed, with Wells coming up short in singles and the duo falling in the opening round to Weber State’s William Zulch and Connor Kruger 8-4 before a tightly contested consolation round defeat.
The Cougars will be back in action Friday morning, beginning with doubles play at 9 a.m. Stay tuned with player start times posted on X.
See full results below.
Open Singles - Main Draw
No. 103 Wally Thayne def. Adrian Daniel (Montana State) 6-0, 6-2
Redd Owen def. Jakub Prachar (Northern Arizona) 6-3, 7-6 (2)
AJ Moore (Air Force) def. TJ Wells 6-1, 6-4
Zach Fuchs def. Andreas Kramer (Idaho State) 6-2, 6-4
Jack Barnett def. Philipp Rein (Utah State) 6-3, 6-4
Open Doubles - Main Draw
Bittner/Zhang (Montana) def. Barnett/Owen 8-7 (2)
Zulch/Kruger (Weber State) def. Chen/Wells 8-4
Fuchs/Thayne def. Martin/Perez 8-5
Fuchs/Thayne def. Rsovac/Hirano (UNLV) 8-3
Open Doubles - Consolation
Barnett/Owen def. Fe D’ostiani/Feigin (New Mexico State) 8-3
De Pellegrin/Kramer (Idaho State) def. Chen/Wells 8-6
