Griz sweep Warriors in final non-conference tune-up

Friday, April 15

Lewiston, Idaho

5 PM (MT)

Montana

Lewis-Clark State

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Griz sweep Warriors in final non-conference tune-up

4/15/2022 8:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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By: Montana Sports Information

The Montana men's tennis team made quick work of Lewis-Clark State, sweeping the Warriors 7-0 in UM's final non-conference dual of the season at the LCSC Tennis Center in Lewiston, Idaho, Friday evening.

In a match that served as a tune-up for Saturday's Big Sky Conference dual against the Idaho Vandals at the same venue, the Grizzlies rested two of their top players and didn't miss a beat, with Montana taking straight-set wins on each court.

The win improves the Griz to 14-2 on the season, while they remain at 5-1 in Big Sky Conference play, currently sitting in second place in the league standings. Lewis-Clark State falls to 10-10 on the year.

"I was really happy with the performance today. We were able to mix up the lineup a bit and get some matches for guys who maybe haven't played for a while. Lewis-Clark State is competitive, but I thought our guys took care of business, and I think we're prepared to take on Idaho tomorrow," said head coach Jason Brown.

Even with UM's No. 1 team of Ed Pudney and Oisin Shaffrey rested for the day, the Griz had little trouble in the opening round, sweeping the Warriors in all three doubles matches.

Freshmen Sam Baldwin and Gustav Theilgaard cruised past LCSC's Tursyngazy/Schapp pair 6-2 on court three, and Milo Benn and Lawrence Sciglitano had little trouble with the Rusnak/Harlan duo in a 6-1 win on court one to clinch the point.

The Griz finished the round on court two with a 6-3 win for Moritz Stoeger and Pontus Hallgren over Cade Edwards and Austin Gomez.

Stoeger pitched a shutout to open the singles round, blanking Beknazar Tuursyngazy 6-0, 6-0 on court three to increase UM's team lead to 2-0 in the early going.

Theilgaard got back to his winning ways playing up on court two, beating Gunnar Harlan 6-1, 6-2 to make it a 3-0 dual score.

Hallgren then clinched the match for the Griz on court four. The senior beat Austin Gomez 6-1, 6-3 to improve the Grizzly lead to 4-0.

Sciglitano got his first win on the No. 1 court for the Grizzlies, beating Matus Rusnak 6-4, 6-2, while Baldwin picked up a win in his first match in over a month, beating Thomas Schapp 6-1, 6-1 on court six.

"I was impressed with Lawrence Sciglitano and Sam Baldwin today," added Brown.

"Lawrence looked good in his first match on the No. 1 court, and Sam played like an upperclassman out there. He looked really poised and polished."

Benn closed out the match for the Griz with a 6-0, 6-2, win over Andy Wu.

The Griz will stay in Lewiston and face the Vandals (8-11, 4-2 BSC) in a key Big Sky dual on Saturday at the LCSC Tennis Center at 3 p.m. (MT).

Should Montana beat Idaho, the Griz will move into a tie for first in the league standings with Montana State and the annual Brawl of the Wild match on deck to cap the regular season. The only team to beat the Bobcats this season? Idaho, who won 5-2 back on April 10 in Lewiston.

Links to watch a live stream of the Griz/Vandals dual are available at GoGriz.com/MTEN.