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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, March 19
Las Cruces, N.M.
11:30 a.m.
Grand Canyon
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Tight WAC opener goes to Lamar
3/19/2022 10:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Doubles point decides 4-3, neutral-site defeat
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Grand Canyon men's tennis team dropped its WAC opener in a 4-3, neutral-site battle against Lamar on Saturday.
The doubles point proved to be the difference as Lamar (10-6, 2-0 WAC) took the point and split the six singles matches with GCU (2-12, 0-1 WAC).
In doubles, the Lopes fell behind with a 6-2 loss by graduate Freddie Grant and sophomore Loic Van Zeggelaar at Court 2 but responded with a 6-4 win by junior Mariano Argote and freshman Martim Marujo. The point came down to Court 3, where sophomores Wyatt Anderson and Grzegorz Rudnicki lost 7-6 in a 7-2 tiebreaker.
Up 1-0, Lamar quickly extended its lead in singles with a straight-set win at No. 6, but the Lopes responded with a 6-2, 7-5 win by Grant at Court 2.
After Lamar countered with a win at No. 3 to make it a 3-1 match, the Lopes fought back again with a three-set win by Marujo. In his first conference match, the Portugal native won the first set 6-3 and then battled back from a second-set loss to win 6-2 in the third.
Lamar clinched the team win with a three-set win at the top singles court over Argote, but GCU sophomore Stanislas De Samucewicz wrapped up the day on a good note with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 win at No. 5.
The men will face rival New Mexico State on Sunday to wrap up the first WAC pod at 9 a.m. (Phoenix time).
The doubles point proved to be the difference as Lamar (10-6, 2-0 WAC) took the point and split the six singles matches with GCU (2-12, 0-1 WAC).
In doubles, the Lopes fell behind with a 6-2 loss by graduate Freddie Grant and sophomore Loic Van Zeggelaar at Court 2 but responded with a 6-4 win by junior Mariano Argote and freshman Martim Marujo. The point came down to Court 3, where sophomores Wyatt Anderson and Grzegorz Rudnicki lost 7-6 in a 7-2 tiebreaker.
Up 1-0, Lamar quickly extended its lead in singles with a straight-set win at No. 6, but the Lopes responded with a 6-2, 7-5 win by Grant at Court 2.
After Lamar countered with a win at No. 3 to make it a 3-1 match, the Lopes fought back again with a three-set win by Marujo. In his first conference match, the Portugal native won the first set 6-3 and then battled back from a second-set loss to win 6-2 in the third.
Lamar clinched the team win with a three-set win at the top singles court over Argote, but GCU sophomore Stanislas De Samucewicz wrapped up the day on a good note with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 win at No. 5.
The men will face rival New Mexico State on Sunday to wrap up the first WAC pod at 9 a.m. (Phoenix time).
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
123
Daniel Sancho Arbizu / 0 [LU]
466
643
#2 Singles Match
12
Juan Jose Rodriguez / 0 [LU]
25
67
#3 Singles Match
123
Joshua Taylor / 0 [LU]
362
636
#4 Singles Match
12
Martin Garcia-Ripoll / 0 [LU]
67
46
#5 Singles Match
123
Filippo Salsini / 0 [LU]
664
746
#6 Singles Match
12
Brandon Do / 0 [LU]
66
03
Order of Finish:
6,2,4,3,1,5
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