Completed Event: Men's Tennis versus Utah on February 28, 2026 , Win , 5, to, 2
M Tennis
vs Utah
W 5-2
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, February 9
Stockton, Calif.
8:30 a.m.
Grand Canyon
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Pacific
Photo by: Elizabeth Tinajero
Tigers defeat GCU 4-2
2/9/2020 1:38:00β―PM | Men's Tennis
Cvitanovic picks up 1st singles win since knee rehab
STOCKTON, Calif. β The Grand Canyon men's tennis team suffered a 4-2 loss at Pacific on Sunday.
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Originally scheduled for Saturday at Stanford, the dual became a true road match for the Lopes in Stockton on Sunday. Pacific (1-4) used the home-court advantage to take the doubles point and three singles matches for the win.
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In doubles, the Tigers won the point with victories on the bottom two courts. GCU senior Valentin Lang and junior Freddie Grant were defeated 6-3 while Lopes senior Justin Cvitanovic and freshman David Weber lost a close 7-5 match at No. 3. GCU senior Lorenzo Fucile's and freshman Can Franke's match at No. 1 was stopped in a tiebreaker with the score at 6-6.
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GCU earned two singles wins, one of them coming fromΒ Cvitanovic, who played his first singles match in more than a year after coming back from an ACL injury last season.
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Cvitanovic had played in three doubles matches so far this season. In his first singles match, he defeated Pacific's John Horoz Garner 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.
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The other point for GCU (0-10) came from Lang, the fellow Frenchman who won in straight sets at No. 2 for his second win of the season.
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Pacific won three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the win while Fucile's match at No. 1 was left unfinished in the third set with the GCU senior leading 4-1.
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The Lopes will enjoy next week off and return to action in Waco, Texas, with matches against No. 12 Baylor and Omaha on Feb. 22 and 23, respectively.
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Originally scheduled for Saturday at Stanford, the dual became a true road match for the Lopes in Stockton on Sunday. Pacific (1-4) used the home-court advantage to take the doubles point and three singles matches for the win.
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In doubles, the Tigers won the point with victories on the bottom two courts. GCU senior Valentin Lang and junior Freddie Grant were defeated 6-3 while Lopes senior Justin Cvitanovic and freshman David Weber lost a close 7-5 match at No. 3. GCU senior Lorenzo Fucile's and freshman Can Franke's match at No. 1 was stopped in a tiebreaker with the score at 6-6.
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GCU earned two singles wins, one of them coming fromΒ Cvitanovic, who played his first singles match in more than a year after coming back from an ACL injury last season.
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Cvitanovic had played in three doubles matches so far this season. In his first singles match, he defeated Pacific's John Horoz Garner 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.
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The other point for GCU (0-10) came from Lang, the fellow Frenchman who won in straight sets at No. 2 for his second win of the season.
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Pacific won three singles matches in straight sets to clinch the win while Fucile's match at No. 1 was left unfinished in the third set with the GCU senior leading 4-1.
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The Lopes will enjoy next week off and return to action in Waco, Texas, with matches against No. 12 Baylor and Omaha on Feb. 22 and 23, respectively.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
1234
2740
Ross Watson / 0 [PAC]
661UF
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Philip Hjorth / 0 [PAC]
32
#3 Singles Match
12
02
Akram El Sallaly / 0 [PAC]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
11
Tadiwa Chinamo / 0 [PAC]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
66
John Horoz Garner / 0 [PAC]
43
#6 Singles Match
12
35
Coby McCaig / 0 [PAC]
67
Order of Finish:
4,3,2,5,6
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