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Sunday, April 2
Las Cruces, N.M.
12 p.m.
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New Mexico State
Lopes fall to Aggies in close 4-3 loss
4/2/2023 8:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Doubles point is the difference in close GCU loss
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Grand Canyon men's tennis team wrapped up the opening weekend of conference play with a close 4-3 loss to New Mexico State on Sunday.
The doubles point proved to be the difference as the Lopes (4-11, 0-2 WAC) split the six singles matches after the Aggies (3-14, 1-1 WAC) took the doubles point.
Doubles was close as the Aggies won two matches of three matches in tiebreakers. The Lopes fell at the top court 6-1 before dropping a pair of 7-6 matches at courts two and three.
Down 1-0 the Lopes immediately responded with a 6-0, 6-4 win by freshman David Wekesa. After the Aggies won at court six the Lopes tied up the match at 2-2 with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win by sophomore Martim Marujo at court two.
New Mexico State clinched the team win with a pair of three-set wins over sophomore Jonathan Da Silva and freshman Paolo Rosati at Nos. 1 and 3. The Lopes wrapped up the match with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 by freshman Alfred Almasi at court four.
The Lopes will be back in action on the road next weekend at Seattle U on April 8 at 6 p.m.
The doubles point proved to be the difference as the Lopes (4-11, 0-2 WAC) split the six singles matches after the Aggies (3-14, 1-1 WAC) took the doubles point.
Doubles was close as the Aggies won two matches of three matches in tiebreakers. The Lopes fell at the top court 6-1 before dropping a pair of 7-6 matches at courts two and three.
Down 1-0 the Lopes immediately responded with a 6-0, 6-4 win by freshman David Wekesa. After the Aggies won at court six the Lopes tied up the match at 2-2 with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win by sophomore Martim Marujo at court two.
New Mexico State clinched the team win with a pair of three-set wins over sophomore Jonathan Da Silva and freshman Paolo Rosati at Nos. 1 and 3. The Lopes wrapped up the match with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 by freshman Alfred Almasi at court four.
The Lopes will be back in action on the road next weekend at Seattle U on April 8 at 6 p.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
123
365
Corey Clarke / 0 [NMSU]
637
#2 Singles Match
123
366
Jordy Visser / 0 [NMSU]
634
#3 Singles Match
123
662
Roko Stipetic / 0 [NMSU]
746
#4 Singles Match
123
647
Itay Feigin / 0 [NMSU]
365
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Yehor Opanasenko / 0 [NMSU]
04
#6 Singles Match
12
32
Luca Fe D'Ostiani / 0 [NMSU]
66
Order of Finish:
5,6,2,1,3,4
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