Lopes drop doubleheader at Arizona

Tuesday, January 19

Tucson, Ariz.

12 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Arizona

1/19/2021 5:25:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Boleratzky wins in singles in GCU debut

By: Jerob Moon

The Grand Canyon men's tennis team dropped a pair of matches on Tuesday at Arizona to wrap up a marathon slate of four dual matches in four days to begin the season.

Match 1: Arizona 7, GCU 0

In the first match of the day, the Wildcats (2-0) blanked the Lopes (0-4) at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center in Tucson.

In double, Arizona took the three matches and the early 1-0 lead. Senior Valentin Lang and Jakub Novak lost 6-1 at No. 1 while senior pair Justin Cvitanovic and Freddie Grant lost 6-0 at No. 2. Newcomer duo Wolmar Boris-Moller and Loic Van Zeggelaar fought hard in their 6-4 loss at No. 3.

In singles, Arizona took all six matches in straight sets, including 6-2 and 6-3 results in the first sets. The match was clinched at No. 6 with a 6-2, 7-5 win by Arizona's Herman Hoyeraal over GCU's Van Zeggelaar. In other matches, Grant competed in a 6-3, 7-5 loss, nearly forcing a tiebreaker in the second set.

Match 2: Arizona 6, GCU 1

The Wildcats completed a sweep of the day's team matches with a 6-1 win over the Lopes on Tuesday afternoon.

The Lopes shuffled their lineup with new doubles partners at each position. Freshman Jonathan Da Silva competed in his first match as a Lope with fellow freshman Stanislas De Samucewicz at No. 1, falling 6-2. Cvitanovic and junior Maxim Kirsch competed at No. 2 in a 6-2 loss while freshmen Wyatt Anderson and Oliver Boleratzky each made their first GCU appearances at No. 3 losing 6-2.

Boleratzky provided the highlight of the day for GCU, winning in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 at No. 6 to get the Lopes on the scoreboard for the first time.

The Wildcats controlled the rest of the match, winning in straight sets at the other five courts. Da Silva stayed at No. 1 while Anderson, De Samucewicz and Kirsch all made their singles debuts for GCU at Nos. 3, 4 and 5.

The Lopes will be back in action this weekend with a pair of matches in Boise, Idaho, against Montana and Boise State on Jan. 23-24.