BOZEMAN — Montana State’s magical 2021-22 season continued Wednesday when Matej Panik and Jamieson Nathan mixed to beat Virginia’s Twelfth-ranked doubles crew of Chris Rodesch and Ryan Goetz within the first spherical of the NCAA Particular person Championships in Champaign, Illinois.
It was MSU’s first NCAA tennis match in program historical past.
Panik and Nathan dropped the primary set 6-4, with Virginia breaking serve at 1-1 and staying on serve for the win. The Bobcats answered with a dominant second set. MSU broke serve to go up 2-0, then broke once more to go up 5-1 and served out the set to win 6-1.
Buoyed by the second set present of energy, Panik and Nathan went up 6-2 within the third set 10-point tiebreaker. Goetz and Rodesch rallied to attract inside one level, with Nathan serving up 9-8 and an opportunity to clinch the match.
Virginia returned the serve, however when the every crew attacked the online Nathan returned a shot to Virginia’s forecourt. The Cavaliers returned it into the online, and Montana State had clinched a historic win.
Montana State advances to the spherical of 16 on Wednesday, going through sixth-ranked Finley Murgett and Tad McClean of Auburn.