MISSOULA, Mont. (April 14, 2024) – NAU Men's Tennis (15-6, 6-1) improved to a 6-1 Big Sky Conference record on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the Montana Grizzlies (14-8, 4-3), closing out the Jacks road schedule for the season while hitting a four-match win streak.
The Lumberjacks began the day with successful doubles play through all three courts while
Dominik Buzonics and
Jakub Prachar grabbed a dominant 6-1 victory over the Grizzlies pairing of Moritz Stoeger and Tom Bittner at the No. 1 court.
Maikel De Boes and
Piotr Galus would once again clinch the match for NAU at the No. 3, with a tiebreak 7-6 (7-3) victory over B. Wiger-Nordas and Chris Zhang.
Maciej Ziomber and
Dani Torres' match at the No. 2 would go unfinished while the pair were up in the tiebreak 6-6 (5-2).
De Boes early success trickled into singles play as he would give NAU the 2-0 lead at the No. 3 spot, knocking Montana's Fernando Perez in a 6-4, 6-3 match. Forced to make the comeback after dropping the second set, Torres bounced back for a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 finish to Wiger-Nordas on court No. 2.
Montana found their two points in back-to-back fashion while Buzonics fell in a close match to Bittner at the No. 1, finishing 6-7 (3-7), 5-7. Galus went the distance with Guillermo Martin before falling in three sets as the No. 4 match finalized at 4-6, 7-5, 3-6.
With NAU in the lead at 3-2, things would be left to Ziomber and
Semen Agynskyy to close out the match at the No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. Agynskyy clinched the match for the Jacks, picking up a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Zhang, while Ziomber paved his way to a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win against Stoeger.
With Big Sky play wrapping up this week, NAU will have a shot to clinch a share of the regular season title next week.
NAU will close out the regular season next Saturday in Flagstaff as the Lumberjacks will host the Idaho Vandals for Senior Day. To stay up to date with NAU Tennis, follow the Jacks on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
