Biography
Idaho State: (2010-11) Captured a 3-16 singles record at the top two positions ... posted a 2-13 record at the No. 1 spot and a 1-3 record at the No. 2 spot ... was 1-7 in Big Sky matches ... captured a 6-0, 6-1 victory over the College of Idaho's Mark Malmstrom at the No. 1 spot (3/12) ... defeated Seattle's Matt Overland 6-2, 7-5 at the No. 2 spot (3/25) ... defeated Northern Colorado's Ryan Lane 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 1 spot (4/16) in his final career match ... held the team's best doubles record at 5-13 ... posted a 2-5 record with Rodrigo Azevedo, a 2-4 record with Dan Buckingham and a 1-2 record with Gilberto Azevedo ... defeated Mike Facey and Ben Demarois of Montana 8-6 with Rodrigo at the No. 3 spot ... defeated Montana State's Fletcher Keyes and Pawel Turzanski 9-8 (7-3) at the No. 1 spot (2/19) ... overcame the College of Idaho's Jaron Tietsort and Joel Hernandez 8-1 at the No. 2 spot (3/12) ...won his last two matches of the season with Dan Buckingham overcoming Weber State's Landon Barlow and Dave Hintze 8-6 at the No. 2 spot (4/12) and Northern Colorado's Travis Day and Robbie Edwards 8-3 at the No. 2 spot (4/16).
(2009-10) Captured a 6-7 singles record at the No. 2 spot and was 5-3 in Big Sky play … lead the Bengals in overall and Big Sky matches won … posted a 2-4 fall tournament record … in the Boise State Fall Classic, posted a 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 2 spot against Portland’s Filip Zivkovic (10/9) followed by a 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 victory against Portland State’s Kyle Erickson (10/10) … Posted a 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 win over Jakob Asplund of Utah State at the No. 2 spot (1/19) … defeated Stefan Simikic of Eastern Washington at the No. 2 spot 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 (2/27) … captured his first 6-0, 6-0 win over Robbie Edwards of Northern Colorado at the No. 2 spot (4/3) … defeated P. Schimmelebauer of Northern Arizona 6-3, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot (4/4) … overcame Borkowski Mikolaj of Montana 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 at the No. 2 spot (4/10) … posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over Alex VanDerschelden of Portland State at the No. 2 spot (4/18) … In doubles, teamed with Javier Royo to post a 3-9 record … at the mountain regional in Las Vegas tamed with Royo to defeat Air Force’s Cody Hall and Lance Wihlem 8-6 (10/21) … posted Big Sky victory over Keyes Fletcher and Alberto Fuentes of Montana State (2/15) at the No. 1 spot 9-8 (7-2) … posted a win against David Cysneiros and Raydner Ramos of Montana 8-4 at the No. 1 spot (4/10) … posted a 0-4 doubles record with Colton Pate.
2008-09: Barrenechea posted a 1-11 record as a sophomore at the No. 2 spot ... Began the season with two hard fought three set matches ... First fell 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4 to Amit Maharaj of Utah State at the No. 2 spot (1/29) ... then fell to Simon Unger of Weber State 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 at the No. 2 spot (2/10) ... Posted a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Alex Vanderschelden of Portland State at the No. 2 position (2/12) ... Had a close contest against Utah State’s Bryan Marchant 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 2 spot (3/5) ... Posted an overall doubles record of 1-13 from the No. 1 to the No. 2 position ... Had a 1-7 record with partner Alex Buceta at the No. 2 spot ... Fell in a tiebreaker in his first doubles match of the season 9-8 (12-10) to Amit Maharaj and Alex Thatcher of Utah State at the No. 2 position with partner Buceta (1/29) ... Defeated Kyle Erickson and Alex Hart of Portland State 8-5 at the No. 2 spot (2/12) ... Posted an 0-5 record at the No. 1 doubles spot with partner Javier Royo.
2007-08: Posted an excellent 7-9 singles record as a freshman at the No. 3 position ... Gained his first victory as a Bengal over Adam Blackner of Portland State 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 3 spot (2/16) ... Easily defeated Northern Colorado’s Paul Tschetter 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot (4/13) ... He also overcame Air Force’s James Tomlin 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 3 spot (2/24) ... Barrenechea won all three of the three-set matches he entered into during the season ... His first three-set match victory was against Robert Chalkley of Idaho 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot (2/22) ... He then defeated Fernando Gallegos of Utah State 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot (2/26) and again in three sets on April Fool’s Day 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 3 spot (4/1) ... Barrenechea posted a 5-11 doubles record ... His five victories came when he teamed with partner Marc Pijoan ... Pijoan and Barrenechea posted a 5-7 doubles record at the No. 1 spot ... Gained his first doubles victory over Kyle Erickson and Alex Hart of Portland State 8-4 at the No. 1 spot (2/16) ... Overcame Montana State’s Jakub Dybala and Kyle McDonald 8-5 at the No. 1 spot (4/5) ... Posted a 0-4 doubles record with partner Alex Buceta at the No. 2 spot.
High School: Attended I.E.S. Jaume Vicencs Vives.
Personal: Parents are Luis Barrenetxea (Barrenechea) and Teresa Betran...majoring in sociology.