BYU Men's tennis to face San Francisco and Santa Clara

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PROVO, Utah –  BYU men’s tennis will be on the road again this week traveling to face San Francisco on Friday, April 8 and Santa Clara on Saturday, April 9. The San Francisco match is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. PST and the Santa Clara match will begin at 11 a.m. PST.

BYU Notes: (8-7)

  • The Cougars are 8-7 this season after a loss to No. 21 San Diego last weekend (0-4) and a win against UC San Diego (4-3.
  • Men’s tennis also fell to Gonzaga (1-4) and won against Utah State (4-3) the weekend before.  
  • BYU had two home wins in a row against University of Idaho (4-2) and University of Portland (4-2).
  • Men’s tennis also took two away losses against UC Santa Barbara (4-0) and Cal Poly (4-0).
  • BYU came out with two on the road wins against University of Nevada (4-3) and UC Davis (4-1).  
  • BYU has also lost to Boise State in a close 4-3 match and to New Mexico (3-2).
  • Men’s tennis 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.  

Head Coach- Dave Porter

  • Alma Mater: BYU, 1975
  • Division I Coaching Record: 22-12 (2nd Season)
  • Record at BYU: Same
  • Overall collegiate coaching record: 1,432-200

BYU Singles Record

Brigham Andrus (1-2)

Jack Barnett (1-3)

Zach Fuchs (3-1)

Matheus Ferreira Leite (5-7)

Dominik Jakovljevic (4-1)

Wally Thayne (4-3)

Mateo Vereau (4-3)

Tennyson Whiting (1-1)

Alex Lin (3-4)

Otto Schreiner (3-3)

 

BYU Doubles Record

Brigham Andrus & Matheus Ferreira Leite (3-1)

Zach Fuchs & Wally Thayne (1-1)

Mateo Vereau & Wally Thayne (1-1)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Mateo Vereau, (1-0)

Jack Barnett & Tennyson Whiting (4-2)

Jack Barnett & Wally Thayne (1-0)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Alex Lin (1-0)

Mateo Vereau & Matheus Leite (5-3)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Tennyson Whiting (0 & 1)

Otto Schreiner & Alex Lin (1 & 1)

San Francisco: (10-8)

  • The Dons are 10-8 this season after two losses last weekend to Gonzaga (0-4) and Portland (0-4).
  • San Francisco has also lost to Stanford (1-6), Saint Mary’s (3-4), UC Irvine (3-4), UC Davis (3-4), UCSB (2-5) and Cal Poly (1-6).
  • The Dons came out on top against Brown (4-2), Saint Mary’s (4-2), Pacific (4-0), UC Davis (4-3), New Mexico State (4-2), Army (4-1), Sacramento State (4-2), UC Irvine (4-3), UC San Diego (6-1) and Point Loma (6-1).
  • BYU leads the series against San Francisco 11-1.  

Head Coach- JT Sundling  

  • Alma Mater: Texas Christian University   
  • This is Sundling’s first season at San Francisco.

San Francisco Match Information – Friday, April 8

  • Time: 12 p.m. PST
  • Live Stats

Santa Clara Notes: (7-8)

  • The Broncos are 7-8 this season after two losses last weekend to Portland (0-7) and Gonzaga (0-4).
  • Santa Clara has also taken losses from Cal Poly (2-5), Florida Atlantic (2-5), UC Santa Barbara (0-7), UC Irvine (1-4), UC David (1-6) and New Mexico (2-5).
  • The Broncos came out on top of Pacific (4-1), Saint Mary’s (4-1), UNLV (4-3), Yale (4-1), Grand Canyon (4-3), Sacramento State (4-3) and UC Santa Cruz (7-0).
  • BYU leads the series against Santa Clara 8-6.

Head Coach- Niall Angus

  • Alma Mater: Texas A&M
  • Record at Santa Clara: 58-41

Santa Clara Match Information– Saturday, April 9