BYU Roundup: Cougar gymnastics powers past Boise State
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Members of the BYU gymnastics team celebrate a win against Boise State at the Marriott Center on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.BYU scored a team season high to beat Boise State Friday night at the Marriott Center 196.300-195.025 in a women’s gymnastics meet.
On their way to a 196.300, the Cougars scored season bests on the balance beam (49.125) and on floor exercises (49.275).
Junior Ava Jorgensen competed in the all-around for the second consecutive meet, beating her previous best from Monday with a 39.050.
The Cougars soared on vault in the first rotation. Jorgensen and Deb Silva opened with back-to-back season highs, scoring 9.825 and 9.850, respectively. Senior Kylie Eaquinto rounded out the rotation with a 9.800 to help BYU pull ahead of Boise State 48.950-48.825.
Eaquinto led the Cougars on bars notching a career-high 9.900 in the second rotation. With three other scores of 9.775, BYU ended the rotation with 48.950 over the Broncos’ 48.675 performance on vault.
The Cougars extended their lead over Boise State 97.900-97.500.
BYU showed balance in the beam rotation. Freshman Scarlett Sonnenberg opened with a career-high 9.825. Juniors Chloee Hoke and Alilah Alvarado each posted season-high scores of 9.825 to follow. Beam queen Brynlee Andersen-Broekman’s score of 9.925 marked a season-high for her.
The Cougars’ season-high 49.125 score on the beam rotation grew their lead over the Broncos 147.025-146.475.
Sonnenberg led off the final rotation with a 9.825 floor score. Andersen-Broekman tied her career high with 9.900, her second score above a 9.900 on the night, then Silva and Eaquinto matched with a pair of 9.9’s of their own to close out the night.
A season-high floor score of 49.275 sealed the 196.300-195.025 Cougar victory over the Broncos.
BYU will head south to Tempe, Arizona for the first Big-12 matchup of the season, taking on Arizona State on Friday, Jan. 16 at Mullett Arena. The meet will be broadcasted on ESPN+ beginning at 7 p.m. MT.
Women’s basketball can’t catch No. 18 Baylor
The Cougars fell behind early to the No. 18 Baylor Bears on Saturday afternoon at the Marriott Center and could never quite catch up in a 69-58 loss.
“Tough battle. Our girls fought really hard today,” BYU head coach Lee Cummard said. “They competed really hard against a well-coached, physical basketball team, and as far as our game plan, our athletes did a good job executing. We wanted to limit their offensive rebounds, limit them at the foul line, limit our turnovers, and we did pretty well at all of those things.”
Delany Gibb led the Cougars with 20 points on the day, along with six boards, four assists, a steal and a block. Senior Lara Rohkohl scored seven while pulling in a game-high 10 rebounds, six of those off the offensive glass, while tallying two steals and a block.
Freshman Olivia Hamlin scored 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting with two steals. The Santa Clara, Utah native also recorded three rebounds and a block. Fellow freshman Bolanle Yussuf had seven points while adding three blocks and a steal on top of her four rebounds.
BYU had 10 steals and outrebounding the Bears 40-39, but the Cougars never led despite cutting a 17-point deficit to three points late in the third quarter.
The Cougars (14-4 overall, 3-3 Big 12) host No. 17 Texas Tech in the Marriott Center on Wednesday at 7 p.m. MT, with the game being streamed on ESPN+.
Men’s tennis tops Weber State
BYU men’s tennis repeated what it did a year ago by defeating Weber State 6-1 to open its season.
“This was a great match against solid competition, providing an opportunity to build a strong foundation for the rest of the season,” head coach Zack Warren said. “I’m proud of how our boys competed in the home opener, and we’re excited for more opportunities to play in front of the best fans in the country. The team had been looking forward to and preparing for this day for a long time.”
The Cougars took control of the match early by sweeping all three doubles matches to earn the opening point. BYU relied on three familiar pairings that Coach Warren used often throughout fall tournaments, as each duo played at least six matches together earlier this season, including Otto Schreiner and Adam Chodur, who competed in the NCAA tournament.
Caden Hasler and TJ Wells continued to build chemistry in their first year together after posting an 8-5 record through the fall, which carried into their 6-4 victory. Alex Edmonston and Tygen Goldammer rounded out doubles play after building strong rapport in preparation for the 2026 season, highlighted by their Dar Walters tournament title last fall.
While the Cougars earned victories in five of the six singles matches, many of the contests were tightly contested, with three matches requiring a third set. One of the most competitive matchups came between Weber State’s Ken Dinh and BYU senior Adam Chodur, as the two traded momentum throughout before Dinh edged out a narrow three-set victory.
One of the more anticipated matchups featured blue-chip recruit Yubel Urbi, who made his NCAA debut and held off comeback efforts from Theo Mottier to earn a straight-sets victory. Ubri’s win secured the match for BYU as the Cougars’ fourth point of the day, following earlier straight-set wins from Duong and Goldammer.
With the match already secured, the Cougars closed the afternoon with back-to-back super tiebreaker wins, as TJ Wells and Hardy Owens each rebounded from second-set losses to finalize a 6-1 inaugural victory for the home fans.
The Cougars will be away from home for their next two matches in Hawaii, beginning with Portland on Jan. 29 before facing the University of Hawaii on Jan. 30.
Women’s tennis takes doubleheader
ST. GEORGE, Utah — BYU women’s tennis swept a doubleheader against Utah Tech on Saturday at the Trailblazer Tennis Courts, earning 5-2 and 6-1 victories to open the season 2-0.
In the opening match, BYU claimed five singles courts to secure the 5-2 win after splitting doubles play. At the top of the lineup, Sue Yan Tan and Mariana Zurita Berdecio traded momentum early, with Tan edging a first-set tiebreak before Utah Tech responded in the second. Tan regained control in the deciding set, pulling away late to earn a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 victory. On court two, Yu-Yun Chen maintained steady pressure throughout both sets, closing out a 6-3, 6-2 win over Olivia Bustos.
Karina Mohamed delivered the most decisive result of the match on court three, controlling play from the opening game in a 6-0, 6-0 win over Ana Gutierrez Sampere. Sage Bergeson faced a back-and-forth battle on Court 4, responding after dropping the second set and separating late in the third to defeat Maya Inouye 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Bella Lewis rounded out singles play with a composed 6-4, 6-2 victory against Nutsa Tsintsadze on court five. Utah Tech earned its two points via forfeits on Courts 6 and 3 in doubles play.
“Today was about growth,” BYU head coach Holly Hassler said. “We didn’t play our best, but the team responded, made adjustments and improved significantly from the first match to the second.”
The Cougars hit the road again to face San Diego on Friday, Jan. 23, at 1 p.m. MST in San Diego, Calif.
