OGDEN, Utah – Saint Mary's Men's Tennis will begin a stretch of seven-straight road matches with two in Utah this week, taking on Weber State Thursday and BYU on Saturday.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (1-3) at Weber State (3-3)
Thursday, February 16 at 12:00 pm
Ogden Athletic Club – Ogden, Utah
 
Saint Mary's (1-3) at. BYU (1-3)
Saturday, February 18 at 12:00 pm
BYU Indoor Tennis Courts – Provo, Utah
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LAST TIME OUT
SMC Men's Tennis had a 3-2 lead at the time their match with the Sacramento State Hornets suspended due to rain, but Sac State came back to win 4-3 when the match was resumed on Tuesday.
 
The third set was just about to begin in match at number three between Caelan Potts and Adam Chodur, and Chodur took the third set 6-1. The score was tied 2-2 in the third set in the match at number six between the Gaels' Felipe Rincon and Rudolfs Aksenoks, but the Hornets took the next four points to get the win.

The Gaels got out to a 1-0 lead when they took the doubles point. James Watt and Thibaud Maxant defeated Mate Voros and Mark Keki 6-3. And Potts and Diego Jarry battled Jiri Novak and Chodur to a 7-6 win that went to an 11-9 tiebreaker.

Carlos Ramos Zembrives opened up the singles wins for SMC, with a strong 6-0, 6-3 win. Mathis Moysan defeated Voros 6-3, 6-4 and the Gaels were out to a 3-0 start. But the Hornets would win the next two matches to cut it to one before the rain came.
 
ABOUT WEBER STATE
The Wildcats were 8-15 last season and 5-9 the year before, but were 8-7 in 2020. They are coming off a 6-1 win over Grand Canyon University in their first home match of the season. They've had wins this season over New Mexico State and UC Riverside as well.
 
ABOUT BYU
Sophomores Wally Thayne and Zach Fuchs were named WCC Doubles Team of the Week on February 7 after their 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles versus Cal Poly last Friday.
 
Fuchs is also 2-1 in singles this season, with freshman Redd Owen starting the year undefeated at 3-0. The Cougars win this season was a 6-1 defeat of Idaho State, and have had 4-3 losses to Cal Poly and New Mexico.
 
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