FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (January 4, 2022) – Hosting five matches in Flagstaff during a 19-match regular season, the Northern Arizona women's tennis team will open its season in less than two weeks.
The Lumberjacks, the defending Big Sky Conference stretching back to 2019, will open the regular season in Tempe, Ariz. for a pair of matches against UC Davis on Jan. 16 and Arizona State on Jan. 17 as head coach
Ewa Bogusz begins her fourth season leading the program.
Northern Arizona opens the season with nine consecutive matches away from Flagstaff, with the home opener coming on March 13 against New Mexico State. The opening road stretch also includes stops in Albuquerque, N.M. to face New Mexico and Abilene Christian as well as Tucson, Ariz. to face Arizona and San Jose State.
Opening an eight-match Big Sky schedule in Utah, as the conference returns to a full slate of matches after spending a year with divisions, Northern Arizona will face Weber State on Feb. 25 in a rematch of the 2021 Big Sky Championship match before stopping in Salt Lake City to face Utah two days later. Matches against Wyoming and San Francisco in March set the stage for seven consecutive Big Sky matches.
After stopping in San Francisco, Northern Arizona will face Sacramento State on March 19 and return home to take on Idaho State on March 23 and Eastern Washington on March 27. Taking on Montana State and Montana to begin April, Northern Arizona will host Idaho and Portland State on April 10 and 16 respectively to close out its home schedule.
Set for a doubleheader against the Vikings on the 16th, the Lumberjacks will host a Tennis Reunion from April 15-17, with alumni and the Flagstaff community welcomed into the Aquatic and Tennis Complex.
Grand Canyon will host Northern Arizona to close out the regular season on April 23 before the Lumberjacks look to defend their back-to-back Big Sky titles in the conference tournament scheduled for April 28 to 30 with the semifinals scheduled for Thursday and the championship match on Saturday.
Six of Northern Arizona's 11 non-conference opponents are rematches from the 2020-21 season, with Arizona State, Arizona, Grand Canyon, New Mexico, New Mexico State and Wyoming all facing the Lumberjacks a season ago.
While Idaho State, Sacramento State and Weber State joined Northern Arizona in the Big Sky's South Division last season, Eastern Washington and Montana State will face the Lumberjacks for the first time since the 2018-19 season.
Northern Arizona swept Portland State 4-0 in the semifinals of the 2021 Big Sky Tournament before edging out Weber State 4-2 for the conference title and the Lumberjacks faced the Grizzlies during the 2019-20 season before its cancellation.
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