PHOENIX, Ariz. – Wrapping up a packed three game home stand, GCU took on the Tritons of UC San Diego while looking to keep their undefeated home streak alive. They went on to nearly sweep every court in a decisive 6-1 victory.
In doubles play the Lopes came out ready following their big victory the day before against Boise State.
The ranked Sophomore duo of
Tristan Berard and
Andreas Loizas got back to their winning ways finishing their match in around just 20 minutes defeating Andrew Beceiro and Prathinav Chunduru 6-1.
The doubles point was clinched by junior
Brice Patoux and sophomore
Daniel Jankoski 6-3 as they extended their streak as a duo to three games.
Going into singles play GCU started out hot winning the first set on almost every single court.
Berard had his most dominant showing of the year against the Tritons only losing one set winning 6-1, 6-0.
Over on Court 4, sophomore
Diordan Macababbad got back to his winning ways with a decisive first set victory of 6-1 before wrapping up the final set with a comeback victory of 6-4.
Jankoski, who has only lost one match of his last nine, got the decider for the Lopes over on Court 3. He defeated Trevor Nguyen of UC San Diego 6-4 in the first set before winning 7-6 in a tiebreaker in the second set.
With the win clinched the Lopes played out the rest of the matches with Loizas getting the win 7-6, 6-2 while junior
Charlie Pade clinched his match 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.
The Lopes have a couple days off before going up against UC Riverside at home on February 25th.