The Grand Canyon men's tennis team will head back to California this week for the Southern California Intercollegiates event hosted by USC.
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It will be a special trip for the Lopes, as they return to the David X. Marks Tennis Stadium where they competed in the NCAA tournament against the Trojans in March.
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This will be the final fall event for the men's team before GCU begins its WAC regular-season and tournament title defenses in the spring.
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The men are coming off a strong performance at the ITA Southwest Regional at Pepperdine last weekend. Sophomore
Jiri Novak and junior
Mariano Argote each picked up singles wins in the main 128-player draw. Novak defeated UC San Diego's Zach Emert 7-6, 5-7, 7-5 while Argote won 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 over Hawaii's Blaz Seric.
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In the consolation draw, sophomore
Loic Van Zeggelaar advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Cody Castro of Hawaii while fifth-year
Freddie Grant took down UCSD's Tristan Taylor 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-5).
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