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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, April 9
Abilene, Texas
10:30 a.m.
Grand Canyon
4
vs
3
UT Rio Grande Valley
Photo by: Skyler Coblentz
Dramatic win concludes regular season
4/9/2022 3:34:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Lopes overcome early deficit after doubles matches to beat UTRGV
ABILENE, Texas – The Grand Canyon men's tennis team wrapped up the regular season with a dramatic 4-3, neutral-site win over UT Rio Grande Valley on Saturday.
The Lopes (5-14, 3-3 WAC) dropped a competitive doubles point to UTRGV (5-15, 2-3 WAC) but came back in singles with four wins on Courts 2 through 6 for the comeback win.
In doubles, UTRGV jumped out of the gate with a 6-4 win over GCU senior Freddie Grant and sophomore Adrien Coulome at No. 3. Sophomores Loic Van Zeggelaar and Stanislas De Samucewicz responded with a 6-4 win at Court 2 before UTRGV clinched the 1-0 lead with a close 6-4 win over the GCU pair of junior Mariano Argote and freshman Martim Marujo.
Down early, the Lopes didn't give in and tied up the match in singles with a quick 6-2, 6-4 win by Marujo, who finished with a 4-2 record in conference play. The Lopes took the lead with straight-set wins by De Samucewicz and Coulome at the bottom two courts.
Down 3-1, UTRGV evened the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Argote at No. 1 and a 6-4, 6-3 win over Grant at No. 2.
The dual match came down to Van Zeggelaar at Court 4. The GCU sophomore took the first set easily over UTRGV's Alberto Mello 6-1 but dropped the second set 7-5. In the third set, Van Zeggelaar prevailed 6-3 to give GCU the win.
The Lopes will enjoy next week off before heading to Lamar for the WAC Tournament on April 22-24.
The Lopes (5-14, 3-3 WAC) dropped a competitive doubles point to UTRGV (5-15, 2-3 WAC) but came back in singles with four wins on Courts 2 through 6 for the comeback win.
In doubles, UTRGV jumped out of the gate with a 6-4 win over GCU senior Freddie Grant and sophomore Adrien Coulome at No. 3. Sophomores Loic Van Zeggelaar and Stanislas De Samucewicz responded with a 6-4 win at Court 2 before UTRGV clinched the 1-0 lead with a close 6-4 win over the GCU pair of junior Mariano Argote and freshman Martim Marujo.
Down early, the Lopes didn't give in and tied up the match in singles with a quick 6-2, 6-4 win by Marujo, who finished with a 4-2 record in conference play. The Lopes took the lead with straight-set wins by De Samucewicz and Coulome at the bottom two courts.
Down 3-1, UTRGV evened the match with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Argote at No. 1 and a 6-4, 6-3 win over Grant at No. 2.
The dual match came down to Van Zeggelaar at Court 4. The GCU sophomore took the first set easily over UTRGV's Alberto Mello 6-1 but dropped the second set 7-5. In the third set, Van Zeggelaar prevailed 6-3 to give GCU the win.
The Lopes will enjoy next week off before heading to Lamar for the WAC Tournament on April 22-24.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
Kvantaliani, Misha / 0 [UTRGV]
67
45
#2 Singles Match
12
Izurieta, Carlo / 0 [UTRGV]
66
43
#3 Singles Match
12
Hutchings, George / 0 [UTRGV]
24
66
#4 Singles Match
123
Mello, Alberto / 0 [UTRGV]
173
656
#5 Singles Match
12
Whitehead, Sam / 0 [UTRGV]
33
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Lawrance, Chris / 0 [UTRGV]
22
66
Order of Finish:
3,5,6,2,1,4
Players Mentioned
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