HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Portland men's tennis team took the doubles point before falling to the BYU Cougars 5-2 in a neutral site match at the UH Tennis Complex. The Pilots fall to 2-2 on the season, while the Cougars move to 2-0.

Portland grabbed the early advantage by claiming the doubles point. Freshman Eli Noel made his dual season debut partnering with Tom Garcia to post a 6-3 win at the No. 3 spot over Tygen Goldammer and Alex Edmonston. BYU won 6-3 at No. 2 and then Portland's top tandem of Nikola Keremedchiev and Cade Fernando outlasted Adam Chodur and Otto Schreiner in a tiebreaker to clinch.

Pilot sophomore Lucas Kimelman picked up another point with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles against David Duong. Tom Garcia pushed Yubel Ubri to three sets at No. 2 but came up short. BYU earned the win with straight set victories at the other four positions.

"It was a tough battle today against a good team," Portland head coach Aaron Gross said. "We had some chances but they just stepped up in some key spots. We had a really nice doubles win, with Eli stepping in for his first match win and Cade and Nikola winning in a breaker against a good team. Lucas had a really solid win at No. 4 singles but we just ran out of gas. We have a bit of a bug running through the team which kept one of our guys out and had a couple others throwing up on changeovers, but we battled and just couldn't get over the hump in a few key spots."

Portland will conclude their trip to Hawaii with a dual match against the host 'Bows on Saturday at 6 p.m. (PT) at the UH Tennis Complex.

BYU 5, Portland 2
Honolulu, Hawaii (UH Tennis Complex)
January 29, 2026

Singles
1. Adam Chodur (BYU) def. Nikola Keremedchiev (POR) 6-4, 7-5
2. Yubel Ubri (BYU) def. Tom Garcia (POR) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
3. Tygen Goldammer (BYU) def. Cade Fernando (POR) 6-1, 6-4
4. Lucas Kimelman (POR) def. David Duong (BYU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Caden Hasler (BYU) def. Tannor Binder (POR) 6-3, 6-4
6. Hardy Owen (BYU) def. Gian Manhas (POR) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Keremedchiev/Fernando (POR) def. Chodur/Otto Schreiner (BYU) 7-6
2. Hasler/TJ Wells (BYU) def. Binder/Kimelman (POR) 6-3
3. Eli Noel/Garcia (POR) def. Goldammer/Alex Edmonston (BYU) 6-4

Team Notes
Portland 2-2
BYU 2-0

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