Women’s Tennis Bounces Montana State in Home Opener, 6-1
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – After sweeping doubles, Northern
Arizona won five singles matches to dispatch of Montana State, 6-1,
in less than three hours in the Lumberjack’s home opener. NAU
won its second-consecutive Big Sky match to improve to 2-0 in
conference and 3-2 overall while Montana State lost its Big Sky
opener and fell to 2-5 for the season.
“Montana State has always given us problems in the past, so
we needed to come out and take care of business and that’s
what we did,” director of tennis Kim Bruno said. “Our
girls new we were the better team and played up to their potential.
We were excited to play at home and it was nice to see them enjoy
themselves while being able to compete at a high level.”
The Lumberjacks came out strong in doubles, making quick work of
the Bobcats at all-three positions. NAU claimed 8-3 victories at
No. 1 and 2 and outlasted MSU 8-5 at No. 3 to open the match with
the doubles point.
Singles was almost as easy as the home team cruised to straight-set
victories in five matches. The Lumberjack success started at the
top, as junior Orsi Golovics claimed a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1 and
junior Edit Suhajda cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 2. Junior Yumi
Hasegawa posted the easiest win with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 6
while freshman Malia Wahinepio won her fourth-consecutive match at
No. 4 and freshman Nicole Perez won her first collegiate dual match
at No. 5. The Bobcats got their lone point at No. 3, as Charlotta
Hjalmarsson outlasted NAU junior Aimee Oki 7-6 (9), 6-2 to prevent
a shutout.
Northern Arizona returns to action on Sunday, hosting Grand Canyon
at 2 p.m. to close a double-header with the NAU men’s tennis
team. Admission is free for both matches at Flagstaff Athletic Club
East beginning at 10 a.m.
