MORAGA, Calif. - In a back and forth match, Saint Mary's (3-14, 0-5 WCC) took visiting BYU (15-5, 4-1 WCC) the distance, but ultimately dropped the close 4-1 decision Thursday afternoon at Timothy Korth Tennis Complex.

Down a doubles match, Saint Mary's made an incredible run on courts 1 and 2. New doubles tandem Damon Kesaris and Jacob Lagman broke back to tie the match at 4-4. After exchanging games, the Gaels broke the Cougars serve for the 6-5 lead and served their way to the 7-5 victory.

Nash Vollenweider and Matis Bot also battled back after falling behind 4-2. The Gaels duo broke BYU's serve and held serve for the 4-4 tie in the set. Eventually going to the tiebreak, Vollenweider and Bot used solid touch at the net and strong baseline play for the 7-6 win to give SMC the 1-0 lead heading into singles action.

The Cougars won the tough match with four singles victories. Kesaris went unfinished on court 1 in the third set and was on serve. Down a set, Chambers Easterling battled back for a 7-6 second set and was all square at 2-2 in the final set.

The Gaels are scheduled to host Pacific on Saturday, April 7 for a 2 p.m. PDT first serve.

BYU 4, Saint Mary's 1
Timothy Korth Tennis Complex
April 5, 2018

Doubles
1. Damon Kesaris/Jacob Lagman (SMC) def. Sean Hill/Jeffrey Hsu (BYU) 7-5
2. Nash Vollenweider/Matis Bot (SMC) def. Jacob Tullis/Sam Tullis (BYU) 7-6 (7-2)
3. John Pearce/Matthew Pearce def. Brian Lee/Chambers Easterling (SMC) 6-1

Singles
1. Damon Kesaris (SMC) vs Sean Hill (BYU) 4-6, 6-3, 2-3 unfinished
2. Hsu (BYU) def. Nash Vollenweider (SMC) 6-1, 6-1
3. Sam Tullis (BYU) def. Matthew Campana (SMC) 6-2, 6-2
4. John Pearce (BYU) def. Matis Bot (SMC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
5. Chambers Easterling (SMC) vs Ben Gajardo (BYU) 1-6, 7-6, 2-2 unfinished
6. David Ball (BYU) def. Daniel Krutik (SMC) 6-2, 7-5

Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2) Singles (2, 3, 6, 4)