Northern Colorado took on Sacramento State Friday afternoon at Work Out West and lost 5-2. UNC battled hard early on, but what would seem like a great start to the day would only get worse for the Bears later on.

UNC’s Kyle Pease and Tommy Smalley teamed up to defeat Dom Miller and Donald Hall 6-2 in the first match. Sac State didn’t take the loss kindly however, as they came back and won the next two matches.

In singles, Connor Finerty took a heavy blow in the first match losing 6-1. He would make what appeared to be a comeback in the second set but would ultimately lose 7-5.

Kyle Pease made some excellent plays as he saw himself win both sets to give the Bears their first win on the day 6-2, 7-6(5).

Nick Wade, Alex Exsted, and Michael Kritzinger all fell in straight sets. Smalley kept his composure though and went head-to-head against Sac State’s Louis Chabut for a ten-point tiebreaker. A deep shot down court by Smalley would end the match and give the Bears the second win of the day.

Pease and Smalley would be the only players to score wins for the day in both doubles and singles.

Scores

Doubles

  1. SAC (Losbergs, Zemaitelis) def. UNC (King, Finerty) 7-6(6)
  2. SAC (Legaspi, Moraes) def. UNC (Wade, Kritzinger) 7-5
  3. UNC (Pease, Smalley) def. SAC (Hall, Miller) 6-2

Singles

  1. SAC (Mikus Losbergs) def. UNC (Connor Finerty) 6-1, 7-5
  2. UNC (Kyle Pease) def. SAC (Dom Miller) 6-2, 7-6(5)
  3. SAC (Kasparas Zemaitelis) def. UNC (Nick Wade) 6-3, 6-4
  4. SAC (Hermont Legaspi) def. UNC (Michael Kritzinger) 6-0, 6-3
  5. UNC (Tommy Smalley) def. SAC (Louis Chabut) 7-5, 4-6, 12-10
  6. SAC (Bernardo Moraes) def. UNC (Alex Exsted) 6-4, 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2) Singles (4,1,3,2,6,5)

Time of the match: 3 hrs. 37 min.