LAS CRUCES, N.M. (September 12, 2021) - Northern Arizona Men's Tennis began their fall campaign at the New Mexico State Aggies Invitational this weekend. The tournament was spread out over three days, which included two doubles flights and three singles flights.
NAU took all 11 men on the roster to New Mexico to compete in the first fall tournament on schedule for the Lumberjacks. The tournament consisted of six teams total, NAU, New Mexico State, Abilene Christian, Arizona Christian, Lamar, and Western New Mexico.Â
Highlighting the tournament with wins for the Lumberjacks was Alex Groves as he took the singles Flight 2 win against New Mexico State's Gijs Akkermans. Senior Marcus Sulen took the win against NAU's own, Morgan Donovan, in the singles Flight 3.
Making an impressive run in the doubles Flight 1, Daniel Dillon and partner Maciej Ziomber took their first win against ACU's Savan Chhabra and Cesar Barranquero, moving on to take their second win against NMSU's Corey Clarke and Gijs Akkermans. Dillon and Ziomber took fourth overall in their flight after falling in the semifinals to Lamar's Juan Jose Rodriguez and Daniel Sancho Arbizu who went on to the championship.Â
The Lumberjacks will attend the ITA Mountain Regionals next in Provo, Utah that take place Sept. 21-25.Â
