PROVO, Utah – BYU men’s tennis improved their winning streak to five straight, with their 6-1 win against Idaho State on Saturday, Feb. 15.
The Cougars improved to 7-1 on the season and 2-0 in Provo. Along with five straight wins this is their fifth straight match allowing one or less points from the opposing team.
Doubles Results
Wally Thayne/Zach Fuchs (BYU) unf. Valentino De Pellegrin/Victor Sklenka (ISU) 4-5
Alex Edmonston/Hardy Owen (BYU) def. Jowan Rawson/Lewie Bouman (ISU) 6-4
TJ Wells/Tygen Goldammer (BYU) def. Sam Wensley/Hayden Ciguenza (ISU) 6-4
Singles Results
Wally Thayne (BYU) def. Valentino De Pellegrin (ISU) 6-3, 6-3
Victor Sklenka (ISU) def. Redd Owen (BYU) 6-3, 7-6(2)
Zach Fuchs (BYU) def. Jowan Rawson (ISU) 6-2, 6-3
Adam Chodur (BYU) def. Lewie Bouman (ISU) 6-3, 6-2
TJ Wells (BYU) def. Sam Wensley (ISU) 6-2, 4-6, (10-8)
David Duong (BYU) def. Hayden Ciguenza (ISU) 6-4, 6-2
The Cougars got off to a good start in the match as they secured the doubles points with the first two victories. The team of Edmonston and H. Owen had their first appearance and win at home in a dual match as Cougars.
BYU followed it with three victories from Chodur, Fuchs and Thayne. This secured the match as the second wave of matches began play. R. Owen dropped the first set after struggling to hold serve, he was able to find some success in the second and had set points but Sklenka proved too much in the end.
The last two matches to go on both were wins from Wells and Duong. Duong fought hard in the first set, breaking late in the set to secure the win. He was able to ride this momentum and control much of the second only dropping two games. Wells got off to a hot start but Wensley adjusted in the second set to take a close one and force a 10-point tiebreak to decide the match. He got down a minibreak early but clawed his way back into it and won two consecutive points on Wensley’s serve to go from 7-8 to 9-8. He then finished it on his own serve, winning the tiebreak 10-8.
Up Next
The Cougars head back on the road to California for a double header on Friday, Feb. 21 and Saturday, Feb. 22. On Friday night they face Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and they face Idaho on Saturday.