Tuesday, May 24
4:30 pm
Montana State University
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2022 NCAA Men's Tennis Individual Championships
Jamieson Nathan (left) and Matej Panik celebrate a point at Tuesday's NCAA Championship doubles match
Photo by: Ricky Bassman
BOBCATS WIN! Jamieson Nathan and Matej Panik Win Round of 32 NCAA Doubles Match Against 12th-ranked Virginia Tandem
5/24/2022 6:39:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MSU logs first NCAA Tournament victory in program history
Montana State's magical 2021-22 season continued Tuesday when Matej Panik and Jamieson Nathan combined to beat Virginia's 12th-ranked doubles team of Chris Rodesch and Ryan Goetz in the NCAA Individual Championships' Round of 32 in Champaign, Illinois.
Panik and Nathan dropped the first set 6-4, with Virginia breaking serve at 1-1 and staying on serve for the win. The Cats answered with a dominant second set. MSU broke serve to go up 2-0, then broke again to go up 5-1 and served out the set to win 6-1.
Buoyed by the second set show of strength, Panik and Nathan went up 6-2 in the third set 10-point tie-breaker. Goetz and Rodesch rallied to draw within one point, with Nathan serving up 9-8 and a chance to clinch the match.
Virginia returned the serve, but when the each team attacked the net Nathan returned a shot to UVa's forecourt. The Cavaliers returned it into the net, and Montana State had clinched a historic win.
Montana State advances to the round of 16 on Wednesday, where it will face sixth-ranked Finley Murgett and Tad McClean of Auburn.
Panik and Nathan dropped the first set 6-4, with Virginia breaking serve at 1-1 and staying on serve for the win. The Cats answered with a dominant second set. MSU broke serve to go up 2-0, then broke again to go up 5-1 and served out the set to win 6-1.
Buoyed by the second set show of strength, Panik and Nathan went up 6-2 in the third set 10-point tie-breaker. Goetz and Rodesch rallied to draw within one point, with Nathan serving up 9-8 and a chance to clinch the match.
Virginia returned the serve, but when the each team attacked the net Nathan returned a shot to UVa's forecourt. The Cavaliers returned it into the net, and Montana State had clinched a historic win.
Montana State advances to the round of 16 on Wednesday, where it will face sixth-ranked Finley Murgett and Tad McClean of Auburn.
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