GCU faces New Mexico in home opener


Grand Canyon Lopes (1-7)	vs.	New Mexico Lobos (1-1)

The Grand Canyon men's tennis team is back in action after a successful road trip to California over the weekend. GCU will host New Mexico after defeating Sacramento State for the team's first win of the season on Saturday.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

LATE HOME OPENER: After a postponement to the original home opener on Feb. 15-16, the Lopes men will finally be able to host an opponent at the GCU Tennis Facility. The Wednesday dual will mark the latest in the season that GCU has played its first game at home since moving to Division I.
FOUR AWAY: Senior Valentin Lang not only clinched the win for the Lopes against Sacramento State with a straight-set win at No. 1 over the weekend, he also won his 45th career singles match. Lang sits just four wins away from tying former teammate and fellow countryman Mathieu Rajaonah for the third most singles wins in the GCU DI era.
DOUBLES SUCCESS: For the first time this season, the Lopes were able to take the doubles point over the weekend against the Hornets. Justin Cvitanovic and Mariano Argote won easily, 6-1, at No. 2 while Freddie Grant and Loic Van Zeggelaar won 6-3 at No. 3 to clinch the point. The Lopes nearly made it a sweep with Lang and Jiri Novak's match being abandoned when the GCU pair led 5-4.

SCOUTING

New Mexico began the season in February and will play its first six matches of the season on the road. The Lobos started their season exactly as GCU did, facing BYU and Utah on the road. New Mexico defeated BYU 4-3 and lost to Utah 6-1. After it faces the Lopes, New Mexico will play against Oregon and Arizona State in Tempe next week.

As a team, New Mexico has taken the doubles point in both of their matches, winning at courts two and three in each match. In singles, the team has gone 3-7 with wins coming from Dominic West, Stephan Holis and Rafael Abdulsalam.

WHAT'S NEXT

GCU will host Utah State on March 9 at 11 a.m at the GCU Tennis Facility.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

SCOUTING

WHAT'S NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Mariano Argote

Justin Cvitanovic

Freddie Grant

Valentin Lang

Jiri Novak

Mathieu Rajaonah

Loic Van Zeggelaar

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