Regular season concludes at home

Saturday, April 22

Phoenix, Ariz.

10 a.m.

Grand Canyon

Northern Arizona

Photo by: Sebastian Molinar

4/21/2023 3:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Lopes host Lumberjacks for final tuneup match before WAC Tournament

By: Jerob Moon


Grand Canyon Lopes (6-12)	vs.	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (20-2)
		Saturday, April 22 10 a.m.

The Grand Canyon men's tennis team will conclude the regular season with a home match at the GCU Tennis Facility against Northern Arizona on Sunday morning.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

WAC TOURNAMENT: Next week's WAC Tournament is set and the Lopes enter as the No. 3 seed under first year head coach Derek Siddiqui. The Lopes picked up wins over Seattle U and UT Rio Grande Valley to jump in the standings. A win for the Lopes against No. 6 seed New Mexico State will take them to the semifinals against No. 2 Abilene Christian.
REMATCH UPCOMING: The Lopes and Aggies will meet again in the WAC Tournament after a close 4-3 match in the regular season. The Aggies won by a singles point after taking the doubles point and splitting the six singles matches with the Lopes. Martim Marujo, Alfred Almasi and David Wekesa all picked up singles wins for the Lopes in the match.
NO.5 SUCCESS: The Lopes have found success at the No. 5 singles position with four wins in the last five matches. Wekesa picked up three straight wins before freshman William Alsterback moved into the lineup and picked up a win over UTRGV last weekend.

SCOUTING

Northern Arizona is in the midst of one of their best seasons in program history sitting at 20-2 entering the final regular season match. The Lumberjacks have dominated opponents all season long finishing 7-0 in Big Sky play with their only two losses to ranked opponents Denver and Arizona. Sophomore Piotr Galus leads the team with an 18-3 singles record at court two and three while also teaming up with senior Alex Groves in doubles with a 16-3 record.