PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 25, 2026) – The No. 1 Northern Arizona men's tennis team held off a rally from No. 4 Idaho State to win the Big Sky Championship match, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Phoenix Tennis Center.
The crown is NAU's fifth overall tournament title, and first since 2021. It is also the second time in program history that the Jacks own both the regular season and tournament
championship, the last coming in 2019.
"A lot of hard work, discipline, and just being ready for the moment." said Head Coach
Maciej Bogusz on his team's preparation in getting the job done. "The guys were ready, and it's not an easy thing what they were able to do as such a young team. But they all play for each other, they are so close and it showed today."
Doubles play was tight, as no court won by more than just a break. At the No. 3 position,
Jakub Volesky and
Noa Tcherniack skated by with a 7-5 win after the first two courts were split to grab a 1-0 lead for the Jacks.
NAU kept its foot on the gas, as
Daniels Tens and Volesky finished almost simultaneously with straight set wins to put the Jacks on the verge of the clinch. The Bengals then grabbed a point on court two in a hard-fought, three-set battle to make it 3-1 NAU.
The deficit then shrank to one, as ISU took another win on court four. With the Bengals knocking on the door, Tcherniack battled through in a hard, neck-and-neck third set to put the contest on ice with a win on court one.
DOUBLES COMPEITION
1
Takumi Katsuda and
Vincent Vohl (NAU) def. Valentino de Pellegrin and Tyler Dalos (ISU) 6-4
2 Quentin Lamothe and Sep de Visser (ISU) def.
Jakub Jedrzejczak and
Daniels Tens (NAU) 7-5
3
Jakub Volesky and
Noa Tcherniack (NAU) def. Sam Wensley and Lewie Bouman (ISU) 7-5
SINGLES COMPETITION
1
Noa Tcherniack (NAU) def. Valentino de Pellegrin (ISU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
2 Sep de Visser (ISU) def.
Jakub Jedrzejczak (NAU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
3
Jakub Volesky (NAU) def. Hayden Ciguenza (ISU) 6-4, 6-4
4 Sam Wensley (ISU) def.
Takumi Katsuda (NAU) 6-4, 7-6
5
Felix Neumeister (NAU) vs. Luka Vujacic (ISU) 7-6, 3-6, 1-0 (match was unfinished)
6
Daniels Tens (NAU) def. Rafael Maya (ISU) 7-5, 6-2
Order of finish
Singles 6,3,2,4,1 Doubles 1,2,3
NAU earns the Big Sky's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tennis Championships and will learn its opponent during the live-steamed selection show on Monday, April 27, on NCAA.com at 1 p.m. MST.
