Historic Season Ends as Jamieson Nathan, Matej Panik Fall to Auburn at NCAA Doubles Championships

Nathan Jamieson vs Auburn at NCAA Tournament

Jamieson Nathan vs. Auburn

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Historic Season Ends as Jamieson Nathan, Matej Panik Fall to Auburn at NCAA Doubles Championships

5/25/2022 5:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Bobcat tandem defeated by defending national runners-up

By: Bill Lamberty

Montana State's historic men's tennis season ended in the windy Midwest Wednesday when Auburn defeated Montana State's Jamieson Nathan and Matej Panik 6-1, 6-3 in the NCAA Doubles Championships at the University of Illinois.

Finley Murgett and Tad McClean, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's sixth-ranked doubles team, beat the Bobcat duo in straight sets to earn All-America status and advance to the round of eight. Panik and Jamieson, ranked 69th entering the national championships, finish the season 8-4 overall after earning First Team All-Big Sky honors with a 4-2 league mark. They avenged one of their regular season defeats in the Big Sky Championships.

Panik and Nathan earned Montana State's second-ever NCAA Individual Championships doubles berth as the Big Sky's automatic qualifier. Tuesday's win over Virginia gave Montana State its first-ever victory in NCAA Tournament competition.

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