PROVO, Utah — The men’s tennis team improved to 9-0 for the first time in program records dating back to 2000 with a 4-3 win over Idaho State on Saturday afternoon.
“I thought Idaho State came out fighting really, really well today and made the match super difficult,” assistant coach Jonathan Sanchez said. “One thing we did really well was compete. I don’t think we played our best tennis, but we fought hard. We dug deep to win some tight matches and played the big points well in order to close it out today.”
BYU secured the doubles point with a win from the new pairing of Hardy Owen and David Duong, who made his first doubles appearance of the season, earning a 6-3 victory. While the Cougars trailed 3-5 on Court one, the match was left unfinished after one of BYU’s most experienced pairings, TJ Wells and Tygen Goldammer, clinched a 7-5 win.
Up 1-0, the Cougars turned to singles, where Goldammer was the first to finish with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Next, Caden Hasler continued his strong season with a 6-3 win and a 3-0 lead before the match was retired due to injury.
With the score at 3-0, Idaho State battled back on Courts one and three. The Bengals dropped the first set on both courts but evened the matches with a pair of 6-3 wins before completing the comebacks to cut the score to 3-2.
Attention then turned to Wells, who swept both sets to secure the victory for the Cougars. With the match decided, Idaho State closed out the final point with a tight 10-7 tiebreak win over Brennon Chow, who made his singles debut this season.
Doubles results
1. Adam Chodur and Otto Schreiner (BYU) vs. V. De Pellegrin and Luka Vujacic (ISU) 3-5 (unfinished)
2. David Duong and Hardy Owen (BYU) def. Hayden Ciguenza and Sep de Visser (ISU) 6-3
3. TJ Wells and Tygen Goldammer (BYU) def. Tyler Dalos and Quentin Lamothe (ISU) 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles results
1. V. De Pellegrin (ISU) def. Adam Chodur (BYU) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
2. Tygen Goldammer (BYU) def. Sam Wensley (ISU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Sep de Visser (ISU) def. David Duong (BYU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Caden Hasler (BYU) def. Luka Vujacic (ISU) by retirement 6-3, 3-0
5. TJ Wells (BYU) def. Hayden Ciguenza (ISU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Tyler Dalos (ISU) def. Brennon Chow (BYU) 7-6, 3-6, 10-7
Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6
Up Next
BYU will be back on the road with a pair of matches in Colorado next weekend starting off with a match against Denver on Friday Feb. 27 before facing Air Force on Saturday morning at the USAFA Indoor Tennis Courts.