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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, March 17
Honolulu, Hawaii
3 p.m.
Grand Canyon
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Oral Roberts
Weekend capped with sweep
3/17/2019 9:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Lopes hit 10-win mark for 9th straight season
HONOLULU — The Grand Canyon men's tennis team wrapped up a perfect weekend in Hawaii with a 7-0 sweep of Oral Roberts. The Lopes (10-5) won all but one match in their fourth shutout of the season.
"The guys played great for the second day in a row," GCU head coach Greg Prudhomme said. "We were certainly the favorites going into the match but after a long 4-3 win yesterday it was good to see that the guys could bring the energy and good level of tennis today with the 7-0 sweep."
The Lopes only dropped one match all day at No. 3 doubles but took the point winning at the top two positions. Mathieu Rajaonah and Lorenzo Fucile clinched the point winning 6-4 at No. 1 after Valentin Lang and Jakub Novak won easily 6-1 at No. 2 as 6-1 for their tenth win this season.
In singles, the Lopes won all six matches in straight sets. The match was clinched by Grant winning 7-6, 6-0 at No. 5. Grego won his fifth in a row at No. 4 and now sits at 13-1 on the season. Novak won his third in a row at No. 6 taking the first set in tiebreakers and winning the second set 6-2.
"Definitely a good road trip and that will help them be prepared when we play in similar conditions when we go to the conference tournament down in south Texas," Prudhomme added.
The men will kick off WAC play in two weeks in Las Cruces, N.M., with three matches from March 29-31.
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"The guys played great for the second day in a row," GCU head coach Greg Prudhomme said. "We were certainly the favorites going into the match but after a long 4-3 win yesterday it was good to see that the guys could bring the energy and good level of tennis today with the 7-0 sweep."
The Lopes only dropped one match all day at No. 3 doubles but took the point winning at the top two positions. Mathieu Rajaonah and Lorenzo Fucile clinched the point winning 6-4 at No. 1 after Valentin Lang and Jakub Novak won easily 6-1 at No. 2 as 6-1 for their tenth win this season.
In singles, the Lopes won all six matches in straight sets. The match was clinched by Grant winning 7-6, 6-0 at No. 5. Grego won his fifth in a row at No. 4 and now sits at 13-1 on the season. Novak won his third in a row at No. 6 taking the first set in tiebreakers and winning the second set 6-2.
"Definitely a good road trip and that will help them be prepared when we play in similar conditions when we go to the conference tournament down in south Texas," Prudhomme added.
The men will kick off WAC play in two weeks in Las Cruces, N.M., with three matches from March 29-31.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Barnabas Koncz / 0 [ORU]
32
#2 Singles Match
12
76
Andre Russo / 0 [ORU]
52
#3 Singles Match
12
76
Marcello Moreira / 0 [ORU]
52
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Nikola Boskov / 0 [ORU]
11
#5 Singles Match
12
76
Eddy Leardini / 0 [ORU]
60
#6 Singles Match
12
76
Scott Hjelm / 0 [ORU]
62
Order of Finish:
4,1,5,3,6,2
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