The Northern Arizona University men's tennis team will head to Tucson for the first round of the 2026 NCAA championships to face in-state foe and No. 8 seed Arizona at 1 p.m. on Friday at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.
NAU earned the Big Sky Conference's automatic bid to the Big Dance by winning the conference tournament this past weekend in Phoenix. The top-seeded Lumberjacks took down Montana State in the semifinals, 4-0, and Idaho State in the finals, 4-2.
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