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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, February 24
Santa Barbara, Calif.
1:30 P.M.
Grand Canyon
at
UC Santa Barbara
GCU travels to UCSB
2/22/2019 4:05:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Lopes look for 6th consecutive win
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—The Grand Canyon men's tennis team will play its third straight match on the road when it faces UC Santa Barbara (3-4) on Sunday.
The Lopes (6-1) have been the best team in the WAC this season, leading second-place New Mexico State by 1 1/2 games. GCU, winners of five matches in a row, is off to its best seven-game start since 2012 when it opened the season at 8-1.
Through seven games, the team has a combined 32-10 record in singles and 15-2 record in doubles.
Senior Lucas Grego and Freddie Grant have been pacing the Lopes in singles with 7-0 and 6-0 records, respectively. Valentin Lang also sits at 6-1 and Lorenzo Fucile is 5-2 from the No. 1 position. In doubles, the top pair of Mathieu Rajaonah and Fucile are 6-0 while the two other pairs each have one loss.
UCSB has been one of the most dominant teams in the country over the past four seasons with a 70-30 record, including a conference mark of 18-3 and four straight appearances in the NCAA tournament. Last season, the Gauchos were 11-0 at home.
This year, UCSB has only played one match at home -- a 5-2 loss to San Diego on Feb. 10 that started its current three-match losing streak.
The Lopes are 0-2 all-time against UCSB with a road loss in 1982 and a home loss in 2016.
The Lopes (6-1) have been the best team in the WAC this season, leading second-place New Mexico State by 1 1/2 games. GCU, winners of five matches in a row, is off to its best seven-game start since 2012 when it opened the season at 8-1.
Through seven games, the team has a combined 32-10 record in singles and 15-2 record in doubles.
Senior Lucas Grego and Freddie Grant have been pacing the Lopes in singles with 7-0 and 6-0 records, respectively. Valentin Lang also sits at 6-1 and Lorenzo Fucile is 5-2 from the No. 1 position. In doubles, the top pair of Mathieu Rajaonah and Fucile are 6-0 while the two other pairs each have one loss.
UCSB has been one of the most dominant teams in the country over the past four seasons with a 70-30 record, including a conference mark of 18-3 and four straight appearances in the NCAA tournament. Last season, the Gauchos were 11-0 at home.
This year, UCSB has only played one match at home -- a 5-2 loss to San Diego on Feb. 10 that started its current three-match losing streak.
The Lopes are 0-2 all-time against UCSB with a road loss in 1982 and a home loss in 2016.
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