Men's Tennis Wins Second Straight in Hawai'i

Friday, March 25

Honolulu, HI

1:00 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Hawaii Hilo

Patrice Giraldi

3/25/2011 8:03:08 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Mike McNally

The Grand Canyon University men’s tennis team continued their hot play today, defeating Hawai’i Hilo, 8-1, at the Central Oahu Regional Park in Waipahu, Hawai’i.

Grand Canyon, ranked No. 42 in the nation and No. 4 in the west, improved to 9-5 with their fourth straight win.

“It was an especially good win today because the guys had to re-focus after having a great win yesterday,” said head coach Greg Prudhomme. “They did a good job taking care of business against a fighting group from Hilo. The entire GCU team did a great job by setting the tone in sweeping the doubles for the second straight day.”

Frederic Schoelzel picked up a pair of wins today, also extending his undefeated singles record to 13-0.

Stephane Murray improved to 12-1 in singles play with his straight sets win.

Patrice Giraldi was dominant in the No. 4 singles slot, winning 6-1, 6-0.

Kevin Anderson and William Herbert were also 2-0 on the day.

The team completes its three-game, three-day Hawaiian trip tomorrow with a match that has critical NCAA Tournament implications against No. 25 Hawai’i Pacific at 1 p.m. (AZ Time) at the Central Oahu Regional Park. HPU is currently ranked No. 2 in the west region. Only the top two teams in the west region receive bids into the NCAA Tournament.

Doubles
1. Frederic Schoelzel/Stephane Murray GCU def Justin Dugan/Stephan Royalty HH 8-6
2. Ahmad Saleem/Kevin Anderson GCU def Ryan Coffey/Bryan Canavan HH 8-4
3. Patrice Giraldi/William Herbert GCU def Carlos Quijano/Kallen Mizuguhi HH 8-4
Singles
1. Frederic Schoelzel GCU def Stephan Royalty HH 7-5, 6-4
2. Stephane Murray GCU def Carlos Quijano HH 6-2, 6-4
3. Ryan Coffey HH def Ahmad Saleem GCU 7-6(1), 6-4
4. Patrice Giraldi GCU def Justin Dugan HH 6-1, 6-0
5. Kevin Anderson GCU def Bryan Canavan HH 7-5, 6-2
6. William Herbert GCU def Kallen Mizuguhi HH 6-3, 6-3
Final Score
GCU 8, HH 1