Men’s Tennis Stays Perfect in Big Sky, Blasts Northern Colorado 7-0
GREELEY, Colo. – Northern Arizona lost only one set in
singles play and swept doubles in a dominate 7-0 victory over
Northern Colorado on Sunday morning in Greeley. With the win, the
Lumberjacks improved to 3-0 in Big Sky play and 5-2 overall while
the Bears dropped to 0-3 and 0-1 in conference, having been swept
in all three of their matches.
“The men played as hard and as fast as they could,”
assistant coach Rich Paulosky said. “Northern Colorado is an
improving team and several matches could have gone either way. The
idea was to win as fast as possible and get off the court so the
women could get on quickly to play their match, and we accomplished
that.”
The visitors opened the match with a sweep in doubles for the first
time this season. Junior David Flodberg and freshman Patrick
Schimmelbauer battled for an 8-7 (7-4) victory at No. 1, while the
Lumberjack pairs at No. 2 and 3 cruised to 8-1 and
8-2 victories, respectively, en route to claiming the
doubles point.
The Lumberjacks would sweep singles play in an even more dominant
fashion. Sophomore Andrew Reiff got past Northern Colorado’s
Calix Van Lier, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 to set the tone for the rest of
his teammates. Northern Arizona followed with four-more straight
set wins, including 6-0, 6-0 blankings by Flodberg at No. 5 and
freshman Hugo Ramadier at No. 4 to run his team-best record to 6-1.
NAU completed the sweep at No. 3, where sophomore Robin Pezzutto
outlasted Robbie Edwards 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to complete a perfect day
for Northern Arizona.
The Lumberjacks return home to host a single match next Sunday,
February 21, against Grand Canyon. The match will be the opener of
a double-header with women’s tennis, with first serve
scheduled for 10 a.m. at Flagstaff Athletic Club East.
