NAU Continues Fall Season at Thunderbird Invitational

TEMPE, Ariz. (November 2, 2025) – The NAU Women’s Tennis staff traveled south to Tempe to compete within the Thunderbird Invitational this weekend. 

Senior Patrycja Niewiadomska bought two of the Lumberjacks’ three singles wins. On day one, she beat Allie Bittner from SMU in a good three-set battle, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. On the second day she grabbed her second singles win of the weekend, beating SMU’s Addison Yang Comisky in straight units, together with a breadstick within the second set, 6-4, 6-1. However, Niewiadomska misplaced on the third day to ASU participant Emilija Tverijonaite in straight units, 6-3, 6-1.

The Other Lumberjack singles win was delivered by junior Natalie Rainke as she took down Katarina Vayser from UC Santa Barbara. Rainke gained her match in aggressive straight units, the primary one in a tiebreak, 7-6(2), and the second by only one break, 7-5. 

In doubles, Rainke and freshman Madelynn Ludwig secured NAU’s win in doubles for the weekend, arriving on the third day in opposition to Grand Canyon pair Hams Metwali and Peyton Duckett, 6-3. 

Tthe Lumberjacks will return to the courtroom for the ITA Sectionals in Seattle, Washington and the ITA Masters in San Diego, California. Both tournaments are set to start on Nov. 6.

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