Box Score LAS VEGAS (February 24, 2019) – The Northern Arizona men's tennis team fell to Gonzaga 4-3 on Feb. 24 in Las Vegas, Nev. The Lumberjacks loss pushes the team to a record of 3-5 on the season, while the win moves Gonzaga to a record of 5-2 on the season.
NAU was able to start the match on a high note against the Bulldogs by taking an early 1-0 lead after taking the doubles point. The 'Jacks came out strong in doubles winning the No. 1 and No. 2 matches. The No. 2 doubles pair for Northern Arizona is made up of
Chris Steele and Tom Fisher, who took down Kyle Everly and Hunter Egger 6-2, while
Tim Handel and
Ruben Montano were able to win the No. 1 singles over Sam Feit and Ruadhan O'Sullivan 7-6. This marked the fourth win of the season for both NAU double's pairs.
"We played the best doubles this season so far and that is becoming our big strength and I know that we will keep improving in this area even more," NAU head coach
Maciej Bogusz said.
After Gonzaga was able to tie the match up 1-1 against NAU by winning the No. 6 singles, the Lumberjacks came back to take a 2-1 lead by winning the No. 3 singles. Northern Arizona's Steele won the No. 3 singles by a score of 6-3 and 6-4. The match would eventually get tied up with the 'Jacks Handel winning the No. 1 singles, while the Lumberjacks No. 2 and No. 5 singles fell. The match would eventually all come down to the No. 4 singles, where unfortunately NAU lost.
"We need to clean up a few details in our singles play for tomorrow's match," Bogusz said.
Northern Arizona will be back in action on Feb. 25 against UNLV in Las Vegas, Nev. at 12 P.M.
Singles competition
1.
Tim Handel (NAU) def. FEIT, Sam (GON) 6-4, 6-3
2. O'SULLIVAN, Ruadhan (GON) def.
Lucas Taylor (NAU) 6-1, 7-6
3.
Chris Steele (NAU) def. EGGER, Hunter (GON) 6-2, 6-4
4. RETTKE, Vincent (GON) def.
Facundo Tumosa (NAU) 6-4, 7-5
5. EVERLY, Kyle (GON) def.
Ruben Montano (NAU) 7-5, 6-4
6. MORENO, Emilio (GON) def.
David Nguyen (NAU) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Tim Handel/
Ruben Montano (NAU) def. O'SULLIVAN, Ruadhan/FEIT, Sam (GON) 7-6
2.
Chris Steele/Tom Fisher (NAU) def. EGGER, Hunter/EVERLY, Kyle (GON) 6-2
3. MORENO, Emilio/HOMEDES DUALDE,Simon (GON) vs.
Lucas Taylor/
Facundo Tumosa (NAU) 5-6, unfinished
