FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (October 15, 2019) – Northern Arizona men's tennis is heading up to Denver, Colo. for Intercollegiate Tennis Association's DI Mountain Men's Regional Championships hosted by the University of Denver this week from Oct. 16-20.
Alex Groves,
Eban Straker-Meads,
Facundo Tumosa,
Chris Steele and
Daniel Dillon will all represent NAU at the tournament.
At the past two regionals, alumni doubles pairing
Tim Handel and
Ruben Montano won the championships.
Singles Draw
The singles matches will begin at 9 a.m., with Groves being the first to start. He will have Idaho State's Lukas Ridemar. At 10:30 a.m., Dillon will face Utah State University's Daniel Bushamuka. Tumosa will start his match shortly after 11 a.m., facing Weber State's Michiel Van Schoor. Straker-Meads and Steele wrap up the singles matches for NAU with both of their times at 12:30 p.m. Straker-Meads will play against Weber State's Bo-Han Li while Steele takes on Utah State's Christian Holmes.
Doubles Draw
After finishing singles, Straker-Meads and Tumosa will begin their doubles play against Montana's Ludvig Hallgren and Edward Pudney at 1:30 p.m. An hour later, Groves and Steele will head into their doubles draw against Air Force's Mack Galvin and Morgan Ihrig at 2:30 p.m.
Singles finalists and the doubles winner will earn entry into the ITA Fall National Championships in Newport Beach, Calif. Nov. 6-10, 2019.
