So Impressed!

When either the BYU or Columbia Alumni magazines come, they kind of end up on a bookshelf, forgotten, until I either read/skim through them, or recycle them, or both.  So it's no wonder that I just picked it up this weekend.  I wish I had done so earlier, because I just had to applaud and then honor the BYU men's tennis team.  Simply put, they.are.awesome.  And I wish more people/sports organizations treated others beliefs this way, you can read the whole story (all 5 paragraphs) here.  But below is a partial excerpt:

When the balls stopped bouncing in the men’s doubles portion of the USTA/ITA Mountain Regional Tennis Championships, two teams were left standing—both from BYU. But the final would be played on a Sunday, meaning BYU would forfeit, twice. Under the unusual circumstances, however, BYU was granted permission to hold the Cougars vs. Cougars matchup in Provo the following Tuesday.

Coach Brad D. Pearce (BS ’99) expressed admiration for how his players “[took] the Sunday issue in stride,” particularly since three of the four players involved are not Latter-day Saints. In the same tournament, BYU’s Evan V. Urbina (’11) had qualified for the singles semifinal but forfeited because the match would be played on a Sunday as well.