RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Northern Arizona men's tennis team notched its third win of the season this afternoon defeating the UC Riverside Highlanders 4-0 in California.
The Lumberjacks shut out the Highlanders in a strong performance in both doubles and singles.
"It's good to get another win under our belt," Director of Tennis
Ki Kroll said. "We started off strong winning the doubles point; at 1-1, Lucas [Taylor] and Sebastian [Eguez] turned it up and pulled it out for us."
Thomas Fisher and
Felix Schumann finished first defeating the Highlanders at the No. 3 position 6-3. Taylor and Eguez then clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at the No. 2 position.
"In singles we fought hard," said Kroll. "Everyone was committed in their match and I'm happy for the guys."
The 'Jacks carried their momentum into singles with Schumann, Taylor and
Ruben Montano picking up wins in two sets to clinch. Northern Arizona's Fisher and Eguez were also in the lead in their matches before the win was clinched.
The Lumberjacks are now 3-6 overall and 1-0 in the Big Sky.
Northern Arizona will have a week of practice before taking the courts again against two conference opponents in Idaho and Eastern Washington March 9 and March 10. Both matches are set for 10 a.m. in Washington (11 a.m. MST).
Results
Doubles
- Pawel Jankowiak/Vignesh Subramanyan (UCR) def. Tim Handel/Ruben Montano (NAU) 6-3
- Lucas Taylor/Sebastian Eguez (NAU) def. Filip Engstrom/Kyle McCann (UCR) 6-4
- Thomas Fisher/Felix Schumann (NAU) def. Nabil Abdallah/Anderson Ju (UCR) 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
- Pawel Jankowiak (UCR) vs. Tim Handel (NAU) 0-6, 7-5, 3-2 (unfinished)
- Lucas Taylor (NAU) def. Benjamin Kilchherr (UCR) 6-3, 6-4
- Thomas Fisher (NAU) vs. Kyle McCann (UCR) 3-6, 7-5, 3-1 (unfinished)
- Felix Schumann (NAU) def. Filip Engstrom (UCR) 6-2, 6-2
- Ruben Montano (NAU) def. Nabil Abdallah (UCR) 7-6(0), 6-2
- Sebastian Eguez (NAU) vs. Vignesh Subramanyan (UCR) 4-6, 6-4 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 5*
*Clinched Match
