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Grand Canyon University Athletics
GCU hosts UC Riverside in midweek match
4/12/2021 4:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Lopes back home after clinching WAC regular season title
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| Grand Canyon Lopes (4-12) |
vs. | UC Riverside Highlanders (1-7) |
The Grand Canyon men's tennis team will host UC Riverside in a midweek match at the GCU Tennis Facility on Tuesday. The Lopes are coming off a 7-0 shutout of Seattle U on the road over the weekend as GCU clinched their second straight WAC regular season title.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- WAC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS: A 7-0 sweep of Seattle U on Saturday wrapped up conference play for the Lopes finished 3-0 and clinched a second straight regular season title. GCU was scheduled to play UTRGV on Sunday but the Vaqueros opted out of the rest of the season earlier in the week. The Lopes share the title with New Mexico State as the Aggies finished 3-1 but the Lopes hold the head-to-head tiebreaker and will be the No. 1 seed in the WAC Tournament in two weeks.
- WINNING STREAK: Some Lopes are riding impressive winning streaks. The No. 1 doubles pair Valentin Lang and Jiri Novak have won their last seven matches while Jonathan Da Silva and Lang have each won four matches in a row in singles.
- SENIOR DAY COMING UP: After hosting UC Riverside tomorrow the Lopes will look forward to Senior Day on April 24. GCU will face Northern Arizona on April 24 and will honor three seniors Lang, Justin Cvitanovic and Freddie Grant.
SCOUTING
UC Riverside sits at 1-7 on the season with their lone win coming against Division II Concordia Irvine on April 6. After facing the Lopes, UCR will wrap up the regular season with four conference matches in California. In their last match against UC Irvine, the Highlanders lost the doubles point but won three of the first four singles matches to hold a 3-2 lead but Irvine came back and won the final two singles matches to win 4-3.WHAT'S NEXT
- GCU will host Northern Arizona in the regular season finale on April 24.
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