Undefeated opening weekend nets Sciglitano Player of the Week honors
1/18/2022 11:13:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Playing in his first dual matches as a Grizzly, Montana junior Lawrence Sciglitano went undefeated in both singles and doubles on UM's opening weekend to earn Big Sky Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors, the league announced Tuesday.
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Sciglitano, who transferred to Montana from Boise State last summer, helped lead the Grizzlies to a pair of non-conference wins over Eastern Washington and Air Force in Missoula over the weekend to start the season at 2-0.
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"Lawrence dominated both doubles and singles matches, which gave the team a lot of momentum. So, I'm happy for him," said head coach Jason Brown.
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"Even though it's his first year with us, he's played a lot of college tennis, and it showed. He set a tone with the team that he's going to go out, act like a professional, and take care of business, and that's exactly what he did."
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The native of Melbourne, Australia, cruised to a pair of straight-set wins in singles and went 2-0 in doubles to help UM to a 7-0 sweep of EWU and tense 4-3 upset over Air Force.
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In singles, Sciglitano solidified the middle of the lineup with a pair of wins on court three, beating EWU's Steven Paz 6-1, 6-1, and the Falcon's Nick Vroman 6-4, 6-0.
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In doubles, he and his partner Moritz Stoeger made light work of their opponents, beating EWU's Dillon/Thomas pair 6-3 to clinch the point against the Eagles on court three and the Mascagni/Kersten pair from Air Force 6-3 on court two.
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It's the first Big Sky Player of the Week honor of Sciglitano's career and the first for the Grizzlies since Ed Pudney earned it in January of 2021 after a season-opening sweep at Boise State.
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The Griz will return to action in two weeks when they travel back to Boise for a pair of non-conference matches against the Broncos and a neutral-site dual against Seattle University on Feb. 5-6.Â
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Sciglitano, who transferred to Montana from Boise State last summer, helped lead the Grizzlies to a pair of non-conference wins over Eastern Washington and Air Force in Missoula over the weekend to start the season at 2-0.
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"Lawrence dominated both doubles and singles matches, which gave the team a lot of momentum. So, I'm happy for him," said head coach Jason Brown.
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"Even though it's his first year with us, he's played a lot of college tennis, and it showed. He set a tone with the team that he's going to go out, act like a professional, and take care of business, and that's exactly what he did."
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The native of Melbourne, Australia, cruised to a pair of straight-set wins in singles and went 2-0 in doubles to help UM to a 7-0 sweep of EWU and tense 4-3 upset over Air Force.
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In singles, Sciglitano solidified the middle of the lineup with a pair of wins on court three, beating EWU's Steven Paz 6-1, 6-1, and the Falcon's Nick Vroman 6-4, 6-0.
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In doubles, he and his partner Moritz Stoeger made light work of their opponents, beating EWU's Dillon/Thomas pair 6-3 to clinch the point against the Eagles on court three and the Mascagni/Kersten pair from Air Force 6-3 on court two.
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It's the first Big Sky Player of the Week honor of Sciglitano's career and the first for the Grizzlies since Ed Pudney earned it in January of 2021 after a season-opening sweep at Boise State.
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The Griz will return to action in two weeks when they travel back to Boise for a pair of non-conference matches against the Broncos and a neutral-site dual against Seattle University on Feb. 5-6.Â
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