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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, March 30
Arlington, Texas
9 a.m.
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UT Arlington
Lopes take doubles, push Mavs to brink in loss
3/30/2024 3:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
GCU is 1st WAC opponent to play UT Arlington within 1 point
ARLINGTON, Texas — Grand Canyon played defending WAC champion UT Arlington tight in a 4-3 loss on Saturday afternoon.
The Lopes (6-12, 1-1 WAC) had their three-match winning streak snapped but played the Mavericks as close as any WAC team has.
UT Arlington (7-7, 1-0 WAC) is in its second season in the WAC. In its seven prior matches against WAC teams in regular-season or conference tournament play, the Mavericks never had an opponent play within a point of them until the Lopes did on Saturday at UT Arlington. Cumulatively, the Mavericks defeated WAC opposition 40-4 and swept GCU 7-0 last season.
GCU decisively took the doubles point with a 6-2 win on Court 2 and a 6-3 win on Court 3. The Lopes made it a clean sweep of doubles with a hard-fought win on the top court by graduate Gerhard Sullwald and sophomore David Wekesa winning the set 7-6 after a 7-5 tiebreaker.
The Lopes have claimed the doubles point in five consecutive matches and 10 of 18 this season.
In singles play, UT Arlington took the match lead by winning on Courts 4 and 6 in two sets.
Playing on the top court for the fifth time this season, graduate Pablo Carretero Salvador recovered from being shut out 6-0 in the first set to win 6-4 and force a third set. He fell 6-2 in the third set to give a third singles victory to UT Arlington.
The Mavericks clinched the match with another three-set thriller on Court 4. Lopes junior Jonathan Da Silva won 7-6 before UT Arlington fought back to win the second and third sets 6-3.
GCU finished out the match strong with wins on Court 2 and 3. Wekesa improved his team-leading record to 10-4 on the season and 9-2 on the third court with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 win. Sullwald moved from Court 1 to Court 2 for just the second time in the last 10 matches and defeated his opponent 3-6, 7-6, 7-5.
The Lopes are midway through abbreviated conference play with the final two matches at home on April 7 (Abilene Christian) and April 12 (Seattle U).
The Lopes (6-12, 1-1 WAC) had their three-match winning streak snapped but played the Mavericks as close as any WAC team has.
UT Arlington (7-7, 1-0 WAC) is in its second season in the WAC. In its seven prior matches against WAC teams in regular-season or conference tournament play, the Mavericks never had an opponent play within a point of them until the Lopes did on Saturday at UT Arlington. Cumulatively, the Mavericks defeated WAC opposition 40-4 and swept GCU 7-0 last season.
GCU decisively took the doubles point with a 6-2 win on Court 2 and a 6-3 win on Court 3. The Lopes made it a clean sweep of doubles with a hard-fought win on the top court by graduate Gerhard Sullwald and sophomore David Wekesa winning the set 7-6 after a 7-5 tiebreaker.
The Lopes have claimed the doubles point in five consecutive matches and 10 of 18 this season.
In singles play, UT Arlington took the match lead by winning on Courts 4 and 6 in two sets.
Playing on the top court for the fifth time this season, graduate Pablo Carretero Salvador recovered from being shut out 6-0 in the first set to win 6-4 and force a third set. He fell 6-2 in the third set to give a third singles victory to UT Arlington.
The Mavericks clinched the match with another three-set thriller on Court 4. Lopes junior Jonathan Da Silva won 7-6 before UT Arlington fought back to win the second and third sets 6-3.
GCU finished out the match strong with wins on Court 2 and 3. Wekesa improved his team-leading record to 10-4 on the season and 9-2 on the third court with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 win. Sullwald moved from Court 1 to Court 2 for just the second time in the last 10 matches and defeated his opponent 3-6, 7-6, 7-5.
The Lopes are midway through abbreviated conference play with the final two matches at home on April 7 (Abilene Christian) and April 12 (Seattle U).
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
62
Torres Espinosa, / 0 [UTA]
466
#2 Singles Match
123
377
Teramo, Dante / 0 [UTA]
665
#3 Singles Match
123
736
Caffarena, Solano / 0 [UTA]
664
#4 Singles Match
12
53
Barot, Meethre / 0 [UTA]
76
#5 Singles Match
123
733
Medus, Andres / 0 [UTA]
666
#6 Singles Match
12
43
Sasso, Pedro / 0 [UTA]
66
Order of Finish:
6,4,1,5,3,2
Players Mentioned
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