Eban Straker-Meads
Stayson Isobe
2
Northern Arizona NAU (0-5)
5
Winner University of San Francisco USF (4-2)
Northern Arizona NAU
(0-5)
2
Final
5
University of San Francisco USF
(4-2)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Katie Rapp, NAU Athletic Communications

Men’s Tennis Lumberjacks Downed by the Dons, 5-2

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (March 16, 2021) – Northern Arizona men's tennis lost to the San Francisco Dons this morning, 5-2. USF advances its season record to 5-2, while the Lumberjacks move to 0-6.

In their first matchup in series history, the Dons will take the first win over the Lumberjacks after winning 5-2 in San Francisco today. 

USF clinched the doubles point after two wins on courts two and three. Partners Dominik Buzonics and Chris Steele were outscored by USF's Phuc Wuyhn and Ori Maior on two, 6-3. On No. 3, Marcus Sulen and Maciej Ziomber were bested by Johan Garpered and Paul Giruad, 6-4. 

On court one in doubles, pairing Facundo Tumosa and Alex Groves remained unfinished, down 5-3 to Nitzan Ricklis and Stevie Gould.

Moving onto singles, two Lumberjacks found wins over San Francisco. Earning his first singles win of the season, Eban Straker-Meads fought Ricklis to 7-5 in the first set, leaving the Don scoreless in the second, 6-0. 

Ziomber won his second singles match against Mitch Johnson in three sets. Falling in the first 7-6 (6-0), Ziomber reclaimed his point by coming back 6-3 and 10-8 in the two following. The freshman improves his singles record to 2-3. 

Northern Arizona will continue it's Calif. road trip into tomorrow after the Hornets and Lumberjacks rescheduled its original Thursday match to Wednesday March 17. 

NAU has had a tough start to its season as they head into Big Sky conference play with a 0-6 record. The 'Jacks will hope to start off positively against Sacramento State as they open up conference play tomorrow afternoon in Sacramento at 2 p.m. MST. 

The Lumberjacks will also look to extend its two game winning streak over Sacramento, owning 4-3 (March 30, 2019) and 7-0 (April 21, 2018) victories over the Hornets. 

DOUBLES
  1. RICKLIS, Nitzan/GOULD, Stevie (USF) unf. TUMOSA, Facundo/GROVES, Alex (NAU), 5-3
  2. HUYHN, Phuc/MAIOR Ori (USF) def. STEELE, Chris/BUZONICS, Dominik (NAU), 6-3
  3. GARPERED, Johan/GIRAUD, Paul (USF) def. ZIOMBER, Maciej/SULEN, Marcus (NAU), 6-4

SINGLES
  1. STRAKER-MEADS, Eban (NAU) def. RICKLIS, Nitzan (USF), 7-5, 6-0
  2. GIRAUD, Paul (USF) def. TUMOSA, Facundo (NAU), 2-6, 5-7
  3. MAIOR, Ori (USF) def. STEELE, Chris (NAU), 7-6 (6-0), 7-5
  4. GOULD, Stevie (USF) def. BUZONICS, Dominik (NAU), 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
  5. HUYHN, Phuc (USF) def. GROVES, Alex (NAU), 6-2, 6-2
  6. ZIOMBER, Maciej (NAU) def. JOHNSON, Mitch (USF), 6-7 (0-6), 6-3, 10-8
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