OGDEN, Utah (April 10, 2019) – The Senior
Lucas Taylor wins his fourth ever Big Sky Player of the Week Honor, while this is the first of his season. Taylor was able to go 5-0 on the week, as he went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles. The senior's stellar performance helped NAU go 3-0 on the week. Northern Arizona beat Delaware on April 3, Weber State on April 6 and Eastern Washington on April 7.
"Lucas had a solid week of practice, and I am happy it paid off during his matches last week," NAU head coach
Maciej Bogusz said. "He is definitely on the way of playing his best tennis of the season."
In his doubles matches, Taylor and
Facundo Tumosa went 2-0. The duo won the No. 3 doubles against Delaware 6-3 and beat Eastern Washington 6-4.
During the week in singles, Taylor was able to win all three of his matches in straight sets. His wins against Weber State and Eastern Washington helped clinch the wins for NAU.
The London native has put together a solid senior campaign up to this point as he is currently 10-9 at the No. 2 position in singles and 11-4 overall in doubles with his partner Tumosa. More impressive is Taylor's play in Big Sky action. In singles, he is 7-2, while in doubles he is 5-0.
