Cougar tennis begins two-game road trip on Friday at UC Santa Barbara

Cougar tennis begins two-game road trip on Friday at UC Santa BarbaraCougar tennis begins two-game road trip on Friday at UC Santa Barbara

PROVO, Utah –  After two road wins last weekend, the Cougars will face UC Santa Barbara on Friday, March 4 and Cal Poly on Saturday, March 5. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. PST.

BYU Notes: (4-3)

  • The Cougars are 4-3 this season after two wins on the road this weekend against University of Nevada (4-3) and UC Davis (4-1).  
  • 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 1 Coaching Record: 18-8 (2nd Season)
  • Record at BYU: Same
  • Overall collegiate coaching record: 1,428-196

BYU Singles Record

Brigham Andrus (3-3)

Jack Barnett (1-4)

Zach Fuchs (4-1)

Matheus Ferreira Leite (4-4)

Dominik Jakovljevic (2-2)

Wally Thayne (4-2)

Mateo Vereau (2-4)

Tennyson Whiting (2-1)

Alex Lin (1-1)

Otto Schreiner (1-1)

 

BYU Doubles Record

Brigham Andrus & Matheus Ferreira Leite (6-1)

Zach Fuchs & Wally Thayne (2-2)

Mateo Vereau & Wally Thayne (0-1)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Mateo Vereau, (1-0)

Jack Barnett & Tennyson Whiting (6-0)

Jack Barnett & Wally Thayne (2-0)

Dominik Jakovljevic & Alex Lin (1-0)

Mateo Vereau & Matheus Leite (1-1)

UC Santa Barbara Notes: (7-4)

  • The Gauchos are 7-4 this season after a 4-1 win last weekend against Cal Poly.
  • Santa Barbara has taken losses from University of Utah (1-4), San Diego (1-6), UCLA (1-6) and Arizona State (1-4).
  • The Gauchos came out on top of San Francisco (5-2), Loyola Marymount (4-3), Texas San Antonio (6-1), Pacific (7-0), San Diego State (4-2) and Utah State (4-0).
  • BYU leads the series against Santa Barbara 8-5.

Head Coach- Blake Muller

  • Alma Mater: Stanford, 2009
  • This is Muller’s eighth season coaching at Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Match Information – Friday, March 4

  • Time: 12 p.m. PDT
  • Live Stream
  • Live stats will not be available

Cal Poly Notes: (7-3)

  • The Mustangs are 7-3 this season after 1-4 loss to UC Santa Barbara and a 0-4 loss to University of Memphis last weekend.  
  • Cal Poly also fell to Sacramento State (2-4).
  • The Mustangs came out on top of University of San Francisco (6-1), Saint Mary’s (5-2), Pacific (4-1), Loyola Marymount (5-2), San Diego State (4-2), University of Las Vegas (5-2) and University of South Florida (4-1).
  • BYU is tied in the series against Cal Poly 2-2.

Head Coach- Nick Carless

  • Alma Mater: Fresno, 2005.  
  • This is Carless’s tenth season at Cal Poly with 137 victories in total.

Cal Poly Match Information– Saturday, March 5