FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (January 30, 2022) - The Lumberjacks topped the Western New Mexico Mustangs on Sunday, winning the first match 6-1, and the second 7-0.
"It was a good start of the season, I'm proud cause we finished with the least amount of mistakes on the weekend, the energy, reactions and attitudes were all there and those are some things we can control and the guys started to feel better throughout all the matches," Head Coach Maciej Bogusz.
A full weekend of competition for the 'Jacks, puts them 4-0 in Spring play, as they gear up for road matches this week. NAU began the day with a three court sweep to win the doubles point. Dominik Buzonics and Alex Groves played a quick 6-1 match on court one versus Joaquin Delpino and Yu-Jhe Du, and Facundo Tumosa and Daniel Dillon wrapped up court two with a 6-3 win facing Jonathan Vega and Javier Romero.
Marcus Sulen and Joachim Shaefer battled back from a 2-4 deficit on court three, coming back to get a 7-5 win, facing Rodrigo Mere and Brendan Lock.
The Lumberjacks began singles play Tumosa on court one, Buzonics on two, Maciej Ziomber on three, Groves on four, Chris Steele on five, and Morgan Donovan on six. Buzonics wrapped his court two match up quickly, giving the 'Jacks their second point of the match with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Delpino.
Ziomber played a strong match to bring in a 6-2 6-2 win for NAU, while facing Romero. Securing the win for the 'Jacks, Groves wrapped up the 6-0, 6-3 win on court four versus Du. Recording another comeback for the Lumberjacks, Donovan fought back on court five from a 3-0 deficit to begin his match, rallying back to win 7-5, 6-1 versus Patricio Larrea.
Completing the morning matches, Steele fell to WNMU's Lock in the tiebreaker 6-4, 6-7, 7-10. Tumosa also went to a tiebreaker on court one, where he brought the Lumberjacks another win, 7-5, 5-7, 10-7 facing Vega.
Beginning the second set of matches, The Lumberjacks impressed throughout doubles, recording another three court sweep from Buzonics and Groves (6-3), Dillon and Ziomber (6-1), and Tumosa and Shaefer (6-3).
Ziomber earned an impressive 6-0, 6-0 win on court three, bringing the Lumberjacks their second point, while facing Du. Tumosa beat Romero on court two, 6-2, 6-3, for the 'Jacks third point of the match. Finishing third in singles play, Groves secured the win for NAU, beating out Lock, 6-1, 6-3. Sulen cleaned up the court, bringing the Lumberjacks their fifth point, winning 6-1, 6-3, while facing Larrea.
Buzonics faced Vega on court one, winning 6-1 the first set, and falling 1-6 the second set. Coming back to win the tiebreaker, Buzonics earned the 10-7 win to give the Jacks their 6th point of the day. Rounding out the weekend for NAU, Dani Torres recorded his first win as a Lumberjack, winning court six 6-7,6-3, 12-10 against Mere.
"Dani showed already that he's going to be a fighter, he came back and won it in three sets after a tough loss yesterday so it was a good way to bounce back," Bogusz said.
Looking to keep the momentum going, the Lumberjacks will head on the road this week to Colorado where they will take on Denver, Nebraska, and Air Force Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, respectively.
