Lopes travel to Santa Clara


Grand Canyon Lopes (2-6)	vs.	Santa Clara Broncos (4-3)
		Saturday, Feb. 18 11 a.m.

The Grand Canyon men's tennis team will head out on a quick one match road trip to Santa Clara. The men's team will be part of a GCU doubleheader at Santa Clara with the women's team facing the Broncos at 3:30 p.m.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

WAC AWARDS SWEEP: The Lopes were well represented in the WAC weekly awards sweeping the singles and doubles honors. Sophomore Jonathan Da Silva was named the WAC Singles Player of the Week after going 1-1 at the No. 1 singles position with a win over UC Riverside's Antreas Djakouris 6-1, 6-4. GCU freshman duo Willam Alsterback and Alfred Almasi were named the WAC Doubles Players of the Week after going 1-1 and defeating a UCR pair 6-1.
ADDED MATCH: The Lopes announced the addition of a road match against cross town rival Arizona State on Feb. 24. The Lopes will be part of the eight team ASU Invite after the season opening match was canceled back in January due to rain.
FIRST ROAD WIN: The Lopes will look for their first true road win this weekend. GCU defeated Portland State in a neutral site match on Jan. 22 but the team is 0-5 in true road matches this season.

SCOUTING

Santa Clara has won two of their last three games including a 4-0 win over WAC opponent Seattle U on Feb. 4. The Broncos also boast wins over San Diego State, UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego. Santa Clara is 2-0 at home this year with a home match against UC Davis on Friday proceeding the match against GCU on Saturday. Graduate student Christian Lerby has been perfect in singles with a 5-0 record at courts two and three.

WHAT'S NEXT

GCU will face Arizona State at the Kiwanis Tennis Center in Tempe on Feb. 24 as part of the ASU 8-Team Invite.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

SCOUTING

WHAT'S NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Alfred Almasi

Jonathan Da Silva

Grand Canyon University Athletics