PHOENIX (February 14, 20260 – the Northern Arizona men's tennis team suffered its first shutout on the season, falling 4-0 in a neutral contest against Hawai'i on the campus of Grand Canyon.
NAU moves to 4-4 while Hawai'i improves to 4-3.
Hawai'i clinched the doubles point with wins on courts one and two. As
Ivan Perisic and
Daniels Tens were serving up 5-4 for their match on court three, the Rainbow Warriors clinched on court two for the 1-0 lead.
Felix Neumeister and
Daniels Tens were able to win their first sets on courts four and six, but Hawai'i reached a 4-0 clinch with wins on courts five, one, and three.
Singles Competition
1.
Azuma Visaya (UH) def.
Noa Tcherniack (NAU), 6-3, 6-0
2.
Timothy Li (UH) vs.
Jakub Jedrzejczak (NAU), 7-5, 5-1, UF
3.
Kosuke Nakanishi (UH) def.
Jakub Volesky (NAU), 6-3, 6-2
4.
Kent Mueller def (UH) vs.
Felix Neumeister (NAU), 1-6, 6-2, UF
5.
Adriano Dzhenev (UH) def.
Ivan Perisic (NAU), 6-4, 6-0
6.
Hikaru Takahashi (UH) vs.
Daniels Tens (NAU), 4-6, 2-1, UF
Doubles Competition
1.
Timothy Li/
Kosuke Nakanishi (UH) def. Vincet Vohl/
Takumi Katsuda (NAU), 6-0
2.
Azuma Visaya/
Toa Maeda (UH) def.
Noa Tcherniack/Volesky (NAU), 6-3
3.
Kent Mueller/
Adriano Dzhenev (UH) vs.
Ivan Perisic/
Daniels Tens (NAU), 4-5 (UF)
Order of finish: doubles – 1,2
Singles 5,1,3
NAU will be back in action on Feb. 21 when it travels to Colorado Springs for a neutral match with Garder-Webb before taking on Air Force on Feb. 22.
