Lopes, Sun Devils meet in Tempe


Grand Canyon Lopes (2-7)	vs.	Arizona State Sun Devils (4-2)
		Friday, Feb. 24 9:30 a.m.

The Grand Canyon men's tennis team will travel across town to Tempe to take on Arizona State in a neutral site match at the Kiwanis Tennis Center. The Lopes and Sun Devils are meeting after their regular season opener on Jan. 15 was canceled due to weather.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

DA SILVA AT NO. 1: Sophomore Jonathan Da Silva has been on the rise in singles this year. The GCU sophomore has moved up to the top singles position after playing at court two in the first six matches of the season. Da Silva won his first singles match at the top court defeated UC Riverside's Antreas Djakouris 6-1, 6-3 on Feb. 8.
GHEDIN STRONG SHOWING: GCU has also seen production at the bottom of the singles lineup as freshman Mattia Ghedin has earned a spot at court six. The freshman from Treviso, Italy won his last match over the weekend against Santa Clara defeating Nick Cmager in straight sets. On the season Ghedin is 2-1 in singles with a pair of unfinished matches.
UPCOMING HOMESTAND: When the calendar turns to March the Lopes will have a trio of home matches at the GCU Tennis Facility. GCU will face Air Force and Nebraska Omaha on march 12 and 14 before facing Montana State on March 22.

SCOUTING

Arizona State has started the season at 4-2 with three of those wins coming at home. The Sun Devils will be hosting an eight-team invite at the Kiwanis Tennis Center with GCU facing Arizona State before the event officially kicks off. Junior Jacob Bullard and freshman Roi Ginat lead the team with 5-1 singles records while three separate doubles team each have two wins so far this season.

WHAT'S NEXT

GCU travel to UNLV next week on March 3.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

SCOUTING

WHAT'S NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Jonathan Da Silva

Mattia Ghedin

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