Box Score FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (April 8, 2019) – The Northern Arizona men's tennis team was able to keep the streak alive as it wins its 12th straight match as the Lumberjacks take down Eastern Washington 6-1. This completes a busy week for the Lumberjacks as they faced Delaware on April 3 and Weber State on April 6.
"We had a great weekend at home," NAU head coach
Maciej Bogusz said. "The team brought energy on back to back days, which is great to see. We are challenging our players to be consistent with their performance, and we showed that this weekend. Thank you to all the fans who came out to support us."
Following the win today against EWU, the 'Jacks are now 15-6 on the season and a perfect 9-0 in the Big Sky. The 9-0 conference record has helped NAU clinch the outright Big Sky regular season Championship and lock up a spot in the Big Sky Championship. With the loss, Eastern Washington falls to 3-13 on the season and 1-6 in the Big Sky.
The Lumberjacks came out strong against the Eagles as they won the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles matches. The 'Jacks No. 1 duo of
Tim Handel and
Ruben Montano beat Jeremy Field and Manuel Balce 6-1. Following the No. 1 doubles win, the tandem of
Chris Steele and
Tom Fisher were able to seal the point for NAU as they took their match 6-2. Although Northern Arizona already sealed the point, the team's No. 3 pair of
Lucas Taylor and
Facundo Tumosa won their match 6-4 over Mikayel Khachatryan and Wout Doumen.
Following the doubles point, the 'Jacks No. 1 singles player Handel was able to expand the teams lead to 2-0 after taking down Field 6-2 and 6-4. NAU's momentum didn't stop there as Tumosa then picked up a win in the No. 4 position for NAU.
With a 3-0 lead, the senior Taylor was able to secure the win for Northern Arizona as he was able to take down EWU's Khachatryan 6-2 and 6-4.
With the match in hand, NAU expanded the lead to 5-0 when Fisher won the No. 5 singles by a score of 6-2 and 6-1. Unfortunately, the Lumberjacks lost their first match of the day as the Eagles Balce was able to win the No. 3 singles. With a 5-1 lead, Montano closed out the day with a 6-3 and 6-4 win for the 'Jacks to push the score to 6-1.
Looking Forward
Northern Arizona will be closing out their home schedule for the season as they have a doubleheader on Saturday, April 13 against Idaho and Mesa Community College and a doubleheader on Sunday, April 14 against Western New Mexico. On April 14 the tennis team will have a senior day to honor their five seniors.
