MISSOULA — The Montana males’s tennis staff made fast work of NAIA Lewis-Clark State Friday, sweeping the Warriors 7-0 within the Grizzlies’ ultimate non-conference twin of the season on the LCSC Tennis Heart in Lewiston, Idaho.
In a match that served as a tune-up for Saturday night time’s Massive Sky Convention twin towards the Idaho Vandals on the identical venue, the Grizzlies rested two of their high gamers and did not miss a beat, with Montana taking straight-set wins on every court docket.
The win improved the Griz to 14-2, whereas they continue to be at 5-1 in Massive Sky Convention play, sitting in second place within the league standings behind Montana State heading into Saturday night time’s twin. Lewis-Clark State fell to 10-10.
“I used to be actually pleased with the efficiency right now,” UM coach Jason Brown mentioned. “We have been in a position to combine up the lineup a bit and get some matches for guys who possibly have not performed for some time.
“Lewis-Clark State is aggressive, however I assumed our guys took care of enterprise.”
Even with UM’s No. 1 staff of Ed Pudney and Oisin Shaffrey resting for the day, the Griz had little hassle sweeping the Warriors in all three doubles matches.
Freshmen Sam Baldwin and Gustav Theilgaard cruised previous LCSC’s Tursyngazy/Schapp pair 6-2 at No. 3. Milo Benn and Lawrence Sciglitano had little hassle with the Rusnak/Harlan duo in a 6-1 win at No. 1 to clinch the purpose.
The Griz completed doubles with a 6-3 win for Moritz Stoeger and Pontus Hallgren at No. 2 over Cade Edwards and Austin Gomez.
Stoeger pitched a shutout to open the singles spherical, blanking Beknazar Tuursyngazy 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 to extend UM’s staff result in 2-0.
Theilgaard obtained again to his successful methods enjoying up at No. 2, beating Gunnar Harlan 6-1, 6-2 to make it a 3-0 twin rating.
Hallgren clinched the match for the Griz at No. 4. The senior beat Austin Gomez 6-1, 6-3 to enhance the Grizzly result in 4-0.
Sciglitano obtained his first win at No. 1 singles, beating Matus Rusnak 6-4, 6-2, whereas Baldwin picked up a win in his first match in over a month, beating Thomas Schapp 6-1, 6-1, at No. 6.
“I used to be impressed with Lawrence Sciglitano and Sam Baldwin right now,” added Brown.
“Lawrence regarded good in his first match on the No. 1 court docket, and Sam performed like an upperclassman on the market. He regarded actually poised and polished.”
Benn closed out the match for the Griz with a 6-0, 6-2, win over Andy Wu.
Ought to Montana beat Idaho Saturday night time, the Griz will transfer right into a tie for first within the league standings with Montana State with the annual Brawl of the Wild twin meet on deck to cap the common season Saturday in Bozeman.
—UM sports activities info