BYU men’s tennis splits the weekend against Denver, Air Force

BYU men's tennis faced off against Denver and Air Force where eight Cougars traveled on the road competing in singles and doubles where they suffered the first loss of the season.

The first loss of the 2026 season came from Air Force on Saturday, where the Cougars struggled in singles.

The Cougars, in four of the six singles matches, lost the first set causing an uphill battle.

This uphill climb caused the Cougars to lose five of six singles matches, including a match where freshman Yubel Ubri retired due to injury, and handed the Cougars their first loss of the season, 6-1, to Air Force.

The one bright spot from the match came from Tygen Goldammer, who won a dominant match 6-3, 6-4, in straight sets to give the Cougars their only overall point of the match.

On Friday, the Cougars kept their winning ways alive with a tight victory over the University of Denver. They needed all hands on deck to win the match 4-3.

The Cougars started the afternoon in doubles with two wins coming from familiar duos Adam Chodur and Otto Schreiner along with Tygen Goldammer and TJ Wells.

Chodur and Schreiner won a tight match 7-5 while Goldammer and Wells won 6-3 to give the Cougars the first overall point of the match.

BYU continued the afternoon with losses coming from Chodur and Ubri in three and straight sets respectively 2-6, 6-2, 5-7, and 6-3, 6-2, along with Wells in a straight set loss as well, 6-4, 7-6 that gave Denver three points in singles and the lead 3-1.

The Cougars then fought back with two impressive wins coming from David Duong in straight sets with 6-3, 6-4, while Goldammer won 6-3, 6-7, 6-1, to tie it back up for the Cougars 3-3.

For the final point of the match, it was up to Caden Hasler to give BYU the win. Hasler dropped the first set with 2-6 and grinded out two straight close sets 7-5 and 6-4 to keep the Cougars' winning ways alive and give the Cougars an overall win 4-3.

With the split weekend, the Cougars are 10-1 on the 2026 season and will head to Boise, Idaho, for the Boise Invitational against Boise State on Mar. 6-7.