BRIGHAM YOUNG Men’s Tennis Athletic Media Relations • 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, UT 84602 • 801-422-8948 • Fax 801-422-0633 BYU 2002-2003 SCOREBOARD Date Opponent Time/Result Oct. 2-5 BYU Invitational* All Day Oct. 10-13 ITA All-American Champ. All Day #61 Brigham Young Oct. 23-27 ITA Regional VII Champ. All Day Nov. 7-10 Rolex Intercollegiate Indoor All Day (11-8, 4-1 MWC) Now. 15-16 ITA Region VII Team Indoor All Day Jan. 23 Loyola Maramount W 4-3 Jan. 24 UC Irvine L 3-4 Jan. 25 USC L 0-7 MWC Tournament • April 24-26 Jan. 31 New Mexico State* W 5-2 Feb. 1 Oregon* L 2-5 2002-2003 BYU Men’s Tennis Roster Feb. 7 Northern Arizona W 7-0 Feb. 8 Arizona W 4-3 Name Ht. Yr. Hometown Feb. 28 Utah State* W 6-1 Mar. 8 University of Denver* W 4-3 Paul Heapy 6-1 So. Tauranga, New Zealand Mar. 15 UC Santa Barbara DNP Jose Luis Lechuga 5-8 So. Mexico City, Mexico Mar. 22 University of the Pacific W 5-2 Carlos Lozano 6-2 Sr. Tlalnepantla, Mexico Mar. 24 Cal Berkeley L 7-0 Alonso Medina 5-10 Jr. Hermosillo, Mexico Erik Nyman 6-0 Jr. Upsala, Sweden Mar. 26 Stanford L 7-0 Jeff Olsen 6-4 Sr. Idaho Falls, Idaho Mar. 28 Boise State L 2-5 Jeremy Price 6-1 Jr. Fremont, California Mar. 29 Fresno State L 3-4 Anton Rudjuk 6-0 Sr. Vancouver, BC, Canada Apr. 3 Utah* W 4-3 Rob Sperry 6-1 Fr. Provo, Utah Apr. 4 San Diego State* L 3-4 Apr. 5 UNLV* W 4-1 Head Coach: Jim Osborne (15th season) Apr. 11 Air Forcce W 5-2 Assistant Coach: Brad Pearce (4th season) Apr. 12 New Mexico W 4-3 Apr. 24-26 MWC Championships* All Day May 9-11 NCAA 1st Round Team All Day No. 61 BYU Ready for MWC Tourney PROVO, Utah (April 21, 2003) – The No. 61 BYU men’s tennis team will be this May 17-26 NCAA Team and Individuals All Day year’s host institution as the Mountain West Conference tournament begins play this week in Provo. The Cougars earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament and will face RECORD 11-8, 4-1 (MWC) UNLV in the first round on Thursday at 2 p.m. on the BYU outdoor courts. * Home matches All Times are Local to Site and are Subject to Change The Cougars finished the season winning four of their last five matches to give them an 11-8 overall record and put them in a three-way tie with No. 30 San Diego State and No. 60 New Mexico for first place in the conference. BYU COACHING STAFF Head Coach . .Jim Osborne “The third seed is a tough one because we’ll have to win three matches to win the At BYU . 150-143 (14 seasons) championship, but the seeding works out for us,” BYU head coach Jim Osborne said. Career . Same “We have been off for a few days with finals and everything, so we can use the extra Coach’s Phone . .(801) 422-4675 play. We beat UNLV just a few weeks ago, but you never want to overlook anybody, Assistant Coach . .Brad Pearce especially in the tournament. Any team can beat any other team on any given day.” Assistant’s Phone . .(801) 422-3679 The Cougars come into the tournament healthy and ready to play. Erik Nyman and Carlos Lozano have played at the No. 1 doubles position all year and have played at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles. The Cougar tandem are currently ranked 45th MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION nationally and have compiled an impressive 20-13 overall record. Men’s Tennis Contact . .Spencer R. Parkinson E-Mail . [email protected] In singles, Nyman is 20-10 on the season playing primarily at the No. 1 spot. Lozano Office Phone . .(801) 422-8999 finished the season winning four of his last five matches at the No. 2 position to go 4- FAX . .(801) 422-0633 1 in MWC play and finish with a 17-11 overall record. Cell Phone . .(801) 358-8207 Homepage . .www.byucougars.com www.byucougars.com/tennis_m BRIGHAM YOUNG T e n n i s 2001-2002 BYU RESULTS “I still don’t think we are playing our best tennis yet,” BYU head coach Jim Osborne Date Opponent Time/Result said. “We’re getting better all the time and I guess it’s good that we will be playing Oct. 3-6 BYU Invitational All Day our best at the right time.” Oct. 11-14 ITA All-American Champ. All Day Oct. 24-28 ITA Region VII Champ. All Day The rest of BYU’s singles and doubles lineup has been equally impressive this sea- Jan. 9-12 Milwaukee Tennis Classic All Day son. Jose Lechuga and Anton Rudjuk teamed up at the No. 2 doubles position to Jan. 25 Boise State W 5-2 post a 17-11 overall record. Both Lechuga and Rudjuk have also come up with big Jan. 26 San Diego State* L 4-3 wins in singles that have helped the Cougars clinch a couple of close matches this Feb. 1 Oregon L 4-3 season. Feb. 2 Washington L 5-2 Jeff Olsen and Alonso Medina have played at the No. 3 doubles spot all year and Feb. 18 Fresno State L 5-2 together they have compiled an overall record of 11-16. Both have played at the bot- Feb. 19 USC L 5-2 tom half of the lineup all season, but have provided the Cougars with some consis- Feb. 20 UC Irvine W 4-3 tent play. Mar. 1 Utah State W 7-0 Mar. 2 Portland W 5-2 “I’ve been extremely happy with the bottom part of our lineup,” Osborne said. Mar. 9 Denver W 6-1 “We’ve had some guys step up and that has given us a big push in some close Mar. 16 Princeton W 4-3 matches this season.” Mar. 25 Sacramento State W 5-2 Mar. 26 California L 5-2 The MWC currently has three teams ranked in the top-75 nationally. The winner of Mar. 27 Stanford L 7-0 the six-team MWC tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tourna- Mar. 30 Boise State W 6-1 ment in May, so each team has something to play for. Apr. 4 New Mexico State W 7-0 Apr. 5 Air Force* W 5-2 “We’ve played a lot of tennis this season, but we are ready and excited for the tour- Apr. 6 New Mexico* W 6-1 nament,” Osborne said. “We all understand that we need to win to assure ourselves a Apr. 11 Utah* W 7-0 spot in the NCAAtournament. Playing at home is a big advantage for us. We just Apr. 12 UNLV* W 6-1 need to play hard and focus on each match.” Apr. 13 San Diego State* L 6-1 Apr. 26 MWC Champ. (UNM) W 4-1 Apr. 27 MWC Champ. (SDSU) L 4-1 Osborne to Retire, Pearce Hired to Head BYU Men's Tennis May 18-26 NCAA Team & Indiv. All Day Brigham Young University men's athletic director Val Hale announced last month that men's head tennis coach Jim Osborne will retire from coaching at the end of the 2002- RECORD 14-9, 4-2 (MWC) 03 season. Osborne, a former member of the U.S. Davis Cup Team, has coached the Cougars for the past 15 seasons. * - MWCGame Hale also announced that assistant men's tennis coach, Brad Pearce, has been hired as BYU QUICK FACTS the new head coach. He will take over the program for the 2003-04 season. Location . Provo, Utah 84602 Enrollment . 30,069 (Daytime) "We are sad to see Jim Osborne step down after a great career at BYU. He always ran Founded . Oct. 15, 1875 a good program with class and dignity and enjoyed the respect of his peers and ath- Colors . Dark Blue, White and Tan letes," said Hale. "Jim is a true gentleman and a consummate professional. We will Nickname . Cougars miss him." Mascot . Cosmo (the Cougar) Affiliation . NCAA Division I-A Osborne, who came to BYU in 1988, is a 1969 graduate of the University of Utah. Conference . Mountain West While at Utah, Osborne won All-American honors three times and in 1991 was President . Merrill J. Bateman enshrined in Utah's Athletic Hall of Fame. He also served as an assistant coach at Utah Men’s AD . Val Hale in 1970, 1974 and 1982. Homepage . www.byucougars.com In 14 seasons at the BYU helm, Osborne coached 18 All-Conference performers, 4 BYU SUPPORT STAFF All-Americans and led the Cougars to conference championship in 2001. He also Equipment Manager . Mick Hill coached David Harkness to back-to-back conference singles titles in 1988 and 1989. Head Trainer . .Chris Linde In 2000-01, he was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year. In addition Team Physician . Dr. Darrell Stacey to being successful on the court, Osborne's teams have been very successful in the Academic Coach . E.J. Caffaro classroom. During his 15-year tenure, 14 Cougars have been named Academic All- Media Relations Coord. Spencer R. Parkinson American and nearly 100 percent have graduated with a bachelors degree. Special Events Director . Larry Duffin Director Photo Services .