Montana falls to Gonzaga, 4-0, in Friday afternoon matchup

Friday, March 4

Spokane, Wash.

2 PM (MT)

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Montana falls to Gonzaga, 4-0, in Friday afternoon matchup

3/4/2022 4:54:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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SPOKANE, Wash. – The Montana women's tennis team fell to the Gonzaga Bulldogs, 4-0, in Friday afternoon's match at the Steven's Center in Spokane, Wash. The Griz (4-8) played clinch-clinch with the Bulldogs (5-3), leaving the last three matches unfinished.

"This was good preparation for tomorrow's match against Eastern Washington. It's great to get competitive points and really dial in for the next two days of Big Sky play," said head coach Steve Ascher.

The Zags came out the gate ready, clinching the doubles point in the first two matches of the day. Juniors Olivia Oosterbaan and Ivayla Mitkova fell to the Broerman/Sosnowska pair 6-2 on court one. In position three, Grizzlies Claudia Reguant and Maria Goheen dropped a match to GU's Sloan/Svarre (6-3), allowing for Gonzaga to take the first point of the match. Lauren Dunlap and Alex Walker left their doubles match unfinished in position two, where the pair was up 4-3 on Aitken/Oda.

Gonzaga kept the momentum going when transitioning into singles with Tiegan Aitken defeating Grizzly Walker in straight sets (6-1, 6-0) on court five.

Playing in position one for the first time this season, junior Grizzly Oosterbaan fell in straight sets to Zag Cate Broerman, 6-1, 6-2.

The last (finished) match of the day happened to be on court six, where senior Reguant faced Caroline Wernli. Wernli took the match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0.

The Griz will be back in action Saturday, where they will face Eastern Washington for their second Big Sky Conference match of the season. The match will take place at 11 a.m. (MT) at the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse in Cheney, Wash.