Montana State Comes To Provo

The BYU men's tennis team will host Montana State on Satuday at 2 p.m. in the BYU Indoor Tennis Courts.

The Cougars, 3-4on the season, defeated the University of Idaho, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon.

After a tough four-game road trip to start the season, BYU has won three in a row. All three of those victories have been 7-0 shutouts.

Carlos Lozano and Gert Vilms lead the way for the Cougars, playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. Lozano and Vilms are both 11-6 this season in singles. They are 14-3 as a doubles team.

Montana State is 2-5 on the season with victories over Montana State-Billings, 7-0, and the University of Montana, 5-2. BYU played the University of Montana earlier in the season, defeating the Grizzlies, 7-0, in Provo.

The Montana State Bobcats have been led by sophomore Lukasz Mazur, who has posted a 5-2 mark at No. 2 singles.

"Lukasz (Mazur) is playing great tennis and Thijs (Goossens) is playing neck-and-neck with some of the best players in the nation," said MSU first-year coach Mike Phillips.

Montana State's No. 1 doubles tandem of Goossens and BJ Hauck have also posted a 6-2 slate this winter.

COMPOSITE RECORDS

SINGLES

Rec. Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6

Gert Vilms 11-6 4-3 2-2 2-1

Carlos Lozano 11-6 4-3 1-2 3-1

Anton Rudjuk 5-5 3-3 3-3

Jeff Olsen 2-5 1-2 1-1

Jeff Harbach 1-3 1-3 1-2 0-1

Michael Gysens 9-6 3-3 1-0 1-2 1-1

Matt Stohl 5-7 3-3 1-0 1-1 1-2

Eric Nyman 2-2 2-2 1-1 1-1

DOUBLES

Rec Dual Tourn 1 2 3

Lozano/Vilms 14-3 5-2 9-1 5-2

Rudjuk/Gysens 2-2 0-0 2-2

Olsen/Stohl 3-3 1-0 2-3 1-0

Rudjuk/Harbach 3-2 3-2 0-0 3-2

Nyman/Olsen 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1

Gysens/Nyman 4-2 4-2 0-0 1-0 3-2

Stohl/Harbach 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Jan. 12-13 World Team Tennis Reg Provo, UT 1st place

Jan. 19 UCLA Los Angeles L 6-1.

Jan. 20 Univ. of San Diego San Diego L 6-1

Jan. 23 USC Los Angeles L 7-0

Jan. 24 Pepperdine Malibu, CA L 5-2

Feb. 8 Utah State Provo, UT W 7-0

Feb. 14 ISU Provo, UT W 7-0

Feb. 24 Univ. of Idaho Provo, UT W 7-0

Mar. 3 Montana State Provo, UT 2 p.m.

Mar. 22 Utah Provo, UT noon

Mar. 23 New Mexico Provo, UT noon

Mar. 24 Air Force Provo, UT noon

Mar. 28 Stanford Palo Alto, CA 11 a.m.

Mar. 30 San Diego State San Diego, CA TBA

Mar. 31 UNLV San Diego, CA TBA

April 9 Univ. of Denver Provo, UT 2 p.m.

April 11 Univ. of Montana Provo, UT 2 p.m.

April 13 Boise State Boise, ID 4 p.m.

April 14 Fresno State Boise, ID 4 p.m.

April 26-28 Mountain West Conf. SLC, UT All Day

May 11-12 NCAA 1st round team TBA All Day

May 18-29 NCAA team and ind. Athens, GA All Day

RECORD: 3-4