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Wednesday, October 21
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10/26/2026 11:03:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Loizas claims singles title; Jankoski/Pade surge through doubles bracket
LAS VEGAS — Grand Canyon men's tennis closed the Mountain West Fall Championships with a sweep of the event's titles, highlighted by junior Andreas Loizas winning the singles championship and two GCU doubles teams advancing to an all-Lopes final.
With the MW titles, Loizas and the winning doubles team of junior Daniel Jankowski and senior Charlie Pade earned spots at the ITA Conference Masters Championships on Nov. 5-8 in Rome, Georgia.
Loizas, who is from Greece, defetaed New Mexico's Alberto Perez 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the championship match on Sunday at UNLV.
"It was definitely a really tough match, especially mentally after you play a whole week of matches," Loizas told MW+. "You have to stay in as much as you can. You have to stay positive. That's what I did well, and then I gave myself a chance to come around and win the third set."Â
Jankowski and Pade defeated teammates Calin Apostol, a freshman from Romania, and Heremana Courte, a sophomore from New Caledonia, in the all-Lopes doubles final. Each GCU pair won three matches on consecutive days to reach the Saturday final, which went to a tiebreaker that Jankowski and Pade won 10-7. After dropping the first set 6-4, Jankowski and Pade bounced back for a 6-2 win in the second set.
"I think we got off to a pretty slow start, but the boys on our team played pretty well," Jankowski told MW+. "We were just telling ourselves, 'Just keep playing solid. If they keep it up for two hours, it's too good.' Eventually, it turned out in our favor."
Paded added to MW+, "It was pretty cool to play a couple of good mates and fellow teammates. We had trained together played doubles points together all the time. The energy's always good in training, and today was the same."
Loizas, the sixth seed, defeated Air Force's Daniel Tonkal 6-3, 7-6 to advance to the round of 16. Second-seeded freshman Nikos Lehmann earned a 6-2, 6-2 win against Nevada's Greg Valente, while sophomore Daniel Jankoski defeated Nevada's Ibrahim Snoussi 6-2, 6-4. Senior Brice Patoux also advanced with a 6-4, 6-0 victory against UNLV's Joel Gibson.
Freshman Victor Lima fell to UC Davis' Cyrus Ahmad 6-4, 7-6, senior Charlie Pade dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to UC Davis' Ivan Savkin and freshman Calin Apostol fell to UNLV's Yazid Lahjomri 6-4, 6-2.
In doubles, Patoux and Lehmann defeated Air Force's Sebastian Mazur and Kai Stolaruk 8-3, while Apostol and sophomore Heremana Courte earned an 8-3 victory against Air Force's Tonkal and Jaden Woller-Li.
Jankoski and Pade advanced by walkover against Nevada's Axel Huysmans and Sebastiano Cressi.
Top-seeded Loizas and Lima were edged 8-7 by UNLV's Gibson and Samuel Pohl.
Loizas rolled past UC Davis' Perry DiGiulio 6-1, 6-2, while Lehmann defeated UC Davis' Nadaul Cheam in a pair of tiebreak sets, 7-6, 7-6.
Jankoski fell to top-seeded Marko Maksimovic of UNLV 6-2, 6-3, while Patoux was edged by fourth-seeded Rémy Trégourès of Nevada 7-6, 6-4.
GCU also advanced two doubles teams to the semifinals giving them a chance for a Lopes-only final.
Jankoski and Pade knocked off third-seeded Lahjomri and Aubin Rouillon of UNLV 8-7. Apostol and Courte followed with an 8-6 victory against New Mexico's Connor Dils and Juan Rodriguez.
Patoux and Lehmann were eliminated by Hawai'i's Kent Mueller and Simon Knezevic 8-7.
Lehmann's singles run ended in the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to seventh-seeded Savkin of UC Davis.
GCU made history with both doubles teams making it to the finals where they would have a chance to secure the first ever Mountain West title for the program.
Jankoski and Pade defeated Hawai'i's Mueller and Knezevic 7-6, 6-1 in their semifinal.
Apostol and Courte were equally impressive, defeating UNLV's Gibson and Pohl 6-1, 6-3 to set up an all-GCU doubles final.
The victory moved Loizas into the Mountain West singles championship match and improved his tournament record to 4-0.
Jankoski and Pade secured the first Mountain West Fall Championship after defeating teammates Apostol and Courte 4-6, 6-2, (10-7).
After taking the first set 6-4, Loizas dropped the second 6-2 before responding with a 6-2 victory in the deciding set.
The win completed a 5-0 singles week for Loizas and gave GCU the Mountain West singles championship for the first time.
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With the MW titles, Loizas and the winning doubles team of junior Daniel Jankowski and senior Charlie Pade earned spots at the ITA Conference Masters Championships on Nov. 5-8 in Rome, Georgia.
Loizas, who is from Greece, defetaed New Mexico's Alberto Perez 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the championship match on Sunday at UNLV.
"It was definitely a really tough match, especially mentally after you play a whole week of matches," Loizas told MW+. "You have to stay in as much as you can. You have to stay positive. That's what I did well, and then I gave myself a chance to come around and win the third set."Â
Jankowski and Pade defeated teammates Calin Apostol, a freshman from Romania, and Heremana Courte, a sophomore from New Caledonia, in the all-Lopes doubles final. Each GCU pair won three matches on consecutive days to reach the Saturday final, which went to a tiebreaker that Jankowski and Pade won 10-7. After dropping the first set 6-4, Jankowski and Pade bounced back for a 6-2 win in the second set.
"I think we got off to a pretty slow start, but the boys on our team played pretty well," Jankowski told MW+. "We were just telling ourselves, 'Just keep playing solid. If they keep it up for two hours, it's too good.' Eventually, it turned out in our favor."
Paded added to MW+, "It was pretty cool to play a couple of good mates and fellow teammates. We had trained together played doubles points together all the time. The energy's always good in training, and today was the same."
Wednesday
GCU opened the tournament with four singles victories and three doubles wins.Loizas, the sixth seed, defeated Air Force's Daniel Tonkal 6-3, 7-6 to advance to the round of 16. Second-seeded freshman Nikos Lehmann earned a 6-2, 6-2 win against Nevada's Greg Valente, while sophomore Daniel Jankoski defeated Nevada's Ibrahim Snoussi 6-2, 6-4. Senior Brice Patoux also advanced with a 6-4, 6-0 victory against UNLV's Joel Gibson.
Freshman Victor Lima fell to UC Davis' Cyrus Ahmad 6-4, 7-6, senior Charlie Pade dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to UC Davis' Ivan Savkin and freshman Calin Apostol fell to UNLV's Yazid Lahjomri 6-4, 6-2.
In doubles, Patoux and Lehmann defeated Air Force's Sebastian Mazur and Kai Stolaruk 8-3, while Apostol and sophomore Heremana Courte earned an 8-3 victory against Air Force's Tonkal and Jaden Woller-Li.
Jankoski and Pade advanced by walkover against Nevada's Axel Huysmans and Sebastiano Cressi.
Top-seeded Loizas and Lima were edged 8-7 by UNLV's Gibson and Samuel Pohl.
Thursday
Loizas and Lehmann continued their singles runs with victories in the round of 16.Loizas rolled past UC Davis' Perry DiGiulio 6-1, 6-2, while Lehmann defeated UC Davis' Nadaul Cheam in a pair of tiebreak sets, 7-6, 7-6.
Jankoski fell to top-seeded Marko Maksimovic of UNLV 6-2, 6-3, while Patoux was edged by fourth-seeded Rémy Trégourès of Nevada 7-6, 6-4.
GCU also advanced two doubles teams to the semifinals giving them a chance for a Lopes-only final.
Jankoski and Pade knocked off third-seeded Lahjomri and Aubin Rouillon of UNLV 8-7. Apostol and Courte followed with an 8-6 victory against New Mexico's Connor Dils and Juan Rodriguez.
Patoux and Lehmann were eliminated by Hawai'i's Kent Mueller and Simon Knezevic 8-7.
Friday
Loizas defeated UNLV's Lahjomri 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals to book his spot in the semifinal match.Lehmann's singles run ended in the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to seventh-seeded Savkin of UC Davis.
GCU made history with both doubles teams making it to the finals where they would have a chance to secure the first ever Mountain West title for the program.
Jankoski and Pade defeated Hawai'i's Mueller and Knezevic 7-6, 6-1 in their semifinal.
Apostol and Courte were equally impressive, defeating UNLV's Gibson and Pohl 6-1, 6-3 to set up an all-GCU doubles final.
Saturday
Loizas continued his unbeaten singles run by defeating Savkin 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinals.The victory moved Loizas into the Mountain West singles championship match and improved his tournament record to 4-0.
Jankoski and Pade secured the first Mountain West Fall Championship after defeating teammates Apostol and Courte 4-6, 6-2, (10-7).
Sunday
Loizas completed his championship run with a three-set victory against New Mexico's Alberto Perez.After taking the first set 6-4, Loizas dropped the second 6-2 before responding with a 6-2 victory in the deciding set.
The win completed a 5-0 singles week for Loizas and gave GCU the Mountain West singles championship for the first time.
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