Match Notes
ABOUT IDAHO STATE
The Idaho State men's tennis team will host the Wildcats of Weber State for their second match of the season. The match will be on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 3 p.m. in Reed Gym. The Bengals are 1-0 this season, coming off a 6-1 win over Utah State.
BENGAL MEN STANDOUTS
The ISU men return three players including junior
Nate Gross who led the Bengals last season with a 13-6 singles record at the No. 3-No. 6 positions and senior
Dan Buckingham who posted a 5-12 singles record at the 4-6 positions. ISU also welcomes Scottsdale CC transfer
Charles Norman.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
The Bengal men's tennis team houses three international students, all from a different country. Junior
Charles Norman from South Africa, freshman
Andres Coello from Ecuador and freshman Krzyzstof Stempien from Poland.
ABOUT WEBER STATE
The Weber State men are 0-2 on the season coming off of two 0-7 losses. The Wildcats opened their season at Brigham Young and then fell to the University of Utah the following weekend.
MEN SELECTED TO FINISH 7TH IN PRESEASON POLL
The Idaho State men's tennis team was tabbed to finish seventh in the Big Sky preseason poll released by the conference office. The men received 23 points, finishing ahead of Portland State (18) and Northern Colorado (9). The Bengals finished eighth in the conference last season with a Big Sky record of 1-7. The defending champions of Sacramento State were selected to finish first in the preseason poll.
STEMPIEN NAMED BENGAL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Krzyzstof Stempien was selected as the Bengal Athlete of the Week for matches played the week of Jan. 17-23. Stempien helped the Bengals win in their season opener against Utah State Tuesday, Jan. 17. Stempien, along with his teammate
Austin Miller, managed to deafeat USU's Ballam and Wearmouth in the doubles portion of the competition. The freshman from Lodz, Poland then went on to win 12-10 in his singles match at the No. 4 position against Utah State's Matt Sweet.
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