BYU to Visit UNLV Saturday

PROVO, Utah — Riding a three-match win streak, BYU men's tennis travels to Las Vegas to face UNLV at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on Saturday, March 20, at 11 a.m. PDT. 

BYU Notes (6-4, 1-0 West Coast Conference)

• The Cougars are 6-4, most recently beating Air Force, 6-1, last weekend
• BYU has wins over Grand Canyon, Weber State, Idaho State, Montana, Santa Clara and Air Force. The Cougars' four losses were at Oregon (twice), to New Mexico at home and at Utah State. 
• The Cougars are led by seniors Sean Hill and Ben Gajardo, who are both 9-1 in singles on the season, and have won their last six singles matches
• Senior Matheus Ferreira Leite has won five-straight singles matches, improving to 5-1 on the year last weekend
• Doubles pairs Sean Hill/Sam Tullis (4-1) and Jack Barnett/Ben Gajardo (3-0) have won three-straight doubles matches

Head Coach - Dave Porter

• Alma Mater: BYU, 1975
• Division 1 Coaching Record: 6-4 (1st Season)
• Record at BYU: Same

BYU Doubles Records

• Matheus Ferreira Leite & Mateo Vereau Melendez (1-4)
• Ben Gajardo & Sam Tullis (3-2)
• Jack Barnett & Sean Hill (2-2)
• Jack Barnett & Mateo Vereau Melendez (0-1)
• Ben Gajardo & Matheus Ferreira Leite (1-1)
• Sean Hill & Sam Tullis (4-1)
• Dominik Jakovljevic & Mateo Vereau Melendez (1-0)
• Jack Barnett & Ben Gajardo (3-0)

BYU Singles Records

• Sean Hill (9-1)
• Ben Gajardo (9-1)
• Sam Tullis (6-4)
• Matheus Ferreira Leite (5-1)
• Dominik Jakovljevic (4-5)
• Mateo Vereau Melendez (3-6)
• Jack Barnett (2-2)
• Vinicius Feijao Nogueira (1-0)
• Alex Lin (0-1)

UNLV Notes (3-8, 0-0 Mountain West Conference)

• The Rebels are 3-8, with their most recent win coming against Weber State, a 5-2 victory on Jan. 30
• UNLV has wins over New Mexico State, Montana, and Weber State. The Rebels' losses are to USC, Cal, Wichita State, Denver, Pepperdine, UCLA, San Diego and Arizona State.
• When the two teams meet, two differing streaks will collide. The Cougars look to extend their three-match winning streak, while the Rebels hope to end a six-match losing streak.
• UNLV returned their entire lineup from last season, and are led by seniors Alex Kobelt and Eric Samuelsson
• The last meeting between BYU and UNLV was on Feb. 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. The Rebels beat the Cougars, 4-1. BYU leads the all-time series, 14-7.

Head Coach - Owen Hambrook

• Alma Mater: Northwest Missouri State, 1991
• Division 1 Coaching Record: 232-176 (18th Season)
• Record at UNLV: Same

Match Information - March 20

• Time: 12 p.m. MDT
• Live Stats: Sidearm Stats