Bears tennis sweeps the weekend and picks up first BSC win of the season

Saturday, February 16

Greeley, Colo.

11:30 AM

University of Northern Colorado

CSU Pueblo

2/17/2019 9:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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By: Dylan Morey

It was a successful weekend for the Bears men's tennis team, who got back to their winning ways defeating both CSU-Pueblo 6-1 on Saturday and Southern Utah 4-3 on Sunday.

The ball got rolling in doubles against CSU-Pueblo with a decisive 6-1 win by Adolfo Arroyo/Michael Kritzinger over James Ryan/Ogulcan Deniz in No. 3 doubles. The doubles point was won by the Bears when No. 2 Nick Wade/Julian Kenzlers turned in a 6-2 win over Cade Boedeker/Richard Garcia.

Business was handled quickly by the Bears moving into singles, with Kyle Pease starting it off with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Daniel Garcia in No. 1 singles. Quick wins by Nick Wade 6-1, 6-3 in No. 4 singles and Adolfo Arroyo 6-3, 6-2 in No. 3 singles clinched the 4-0 victory within 90 minutes for the Bears.

Momentum was carried over into Sunday for the Bears who came out with energy facing their first Big Sky opponent of the season in Southern Utah.

The Bears executed in doubles with No. 1 Kyle Pease/Tommy Smalley and No. 2 Julian Kenzlers/Nick Wade defeating their opponents 6-3 to win the point.

Southern Utah fought hard as expected in singles, taking the victories in the No. 2 and No .4 spots. However, things swung back in favor for the Bears when Kyle Pease went three sets with Salvador Mijares and won 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 followed by Adolfo Arroyo getting another three-set win over Jonathan Morales 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

When Southern Utah was able to win the No. 5 spot, it was up to Tommy Smalley to grind out the win for the team. With the pressure on, Smalley was able to seal the victory over Jose Ortega in No. 6 singles 6-3, 7-6(3).

Head Coach Ben Gendron had this to say about the team's weekend wins,

"Very happy with the performances this weekend by the guys. They were clearly focused and excited to compete after we let one slip at home last weekend against Montana... when adversity came today, everyone did a great job in their positions to fight through it... now it is time to be road warriors the next few weeks."

The Bears aim to continue their winning streak when they hit the road for Idaho State on February 23rd, then turn around the next day and compete against Weber State in Utah on February 24th.

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