FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (February 8, 2025) – Northern Arizona Women's Tennis improved to a 3-2 record following a doubleheader sweep of the Mesa CC Thunderbirds on Saturday, grabbing back-to-back 7-0 wins.
The Jacks started the day with doubles success, picking up wins on all three courts to secure the 1-0 lead. Patrycja Newiadomska and doubles partner
Leontina Stojanovic swept MCC's pairing of Lynn Angulo and Sienna Buttafuoco in a quick 6-0 final, followed by
Andrea Noguera and
Ruslana Kovalenko grabbing the point for the Jacks with another 6-0 final at the No. 3 court.
Elen Jantacova and
Daryna Shoshyna closed out a 6-1 matchup at the No. 1 court to move on to singles play.
Singles play saw similar final scores as Stojanovic would earn NAU's first singles victory at the No. 6 position, finding back-to-back 6-0 sets to take down Jillian Harrison of MCC for the 2-0 lead. Shoshyna followed suit with a 6-0, 6-0 match of her own at the No. 2 slot, taking down Thunderbird Mikaela Correa. Kovalenko picked up a 6-0, 6-1 victory at the No. 5 slot followed by Newiadomska with a No. 1 singles victory over Jackel Almada Lopez in 6-1, 6-0 fashion. Jantacova finished out the match at the No. 4 slot with a sweeping 6-0, 6-0 win over Kambri Stout.
Moving on to the afternoon matchup, the Lumberjacks swept doubles once again for the early 1-0 lead as Stojanovic and Kovalenko would finish out their contest in the No. 3 slot first with a 6-0 victory over Harrison and Stout, followed by Shoshyna and Jantacova's 6-1 win at the No. 1 court over Lopez and Correa. Newiadomska and Noguera finished doubles play with a 6-0 match over Angulo and Buttafuoco at court two.
Nearly all singles matches were finished at 6-0, 6-0 by the Lumberjacks with Shoshyna at No. 1, Newiadomska at No. 2, Noguera at No. 3, Jantacova at No. 4, Stojanovic at No. 5, and Kovalenko at the No. 6 court.
Northern Arizona Women's Tennis will head on the road next week for a Friday morning matchup at Wyoming before beginning Big Sky regular season play the following week at Idaho State. To stay up to date with NAU Women's Tennis, follow the Jacks on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
