Men's Tennis Falls 7-0 To Montana

March 5, 2006

GREELEY, Colo. - The University of Northern Colorado men's tennis fell 7-0 to Montana on Sunday indoors at Work Out West.

The Bears (2-6) stuck with the Grizzlies in every match, but had trouble closing out points. In No. 2 doubles, Montana's Stuart Wing and Tim Neidhart edged out Vinnie Fallico and Paul Tschetter 8-7.

In No. 4 singles action, it took UM's Felipe Raw three sets to defeat Tschetter 6-2, 4-6, 10-5. Kollman Gearhart took Montana's Josh Katz to three sets before falling 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in No. 5 singles.

Northern Colorado will return to action at Noon on Saturday against UMKC at the Butler-Hancock Tennis Complex.

Montana 7, Northern Colorado 0

Doubles
1. Steenekamp/Dektar (UM) def. Weyhrich/Minihan (NCOL), 8-5
2. Raw/Tommerup (UM) def. Fallico/Tschetter (NCOL), 8-7
3. Wing/Neidhardt (UM) def. Gearhart/Nunn (NCOL), 8-3

Singles
1. Jan Steenekamp (UM) def Chris Minihan (NCOL), 6-3, 6-4
2. Stuart Wing (UM) def. Peter Weyhrich (NCOL), 6-0, 6-2
3. Colin Dektar (UM) def. Vinnie Fallico (NCOL), 6-3, 6-3
4. Felipe Raw (UM) def. Paul Tschetter (NCOL), 6-2, 4-6, 10-5
5. Josh Katz (UM) def. Kollman Gearhart (NCOL), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
6. Brady Tommerup (UM) def. Austin Nunn (NCOL), 6-3, 6-2