Lopes control UC Riverside at home

Wednesday, February 25

Phoenix, Ariz.

12 p.m.

Grand Canyon

UC Riverside

Photo by: David Kadlubowski

2/25/2026 10:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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7-0 sweep moves Grand Canyon to 12-1 as they stay undefeated on the year

By: Tyler Killgore

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The now 54th ranked GCU men's tennis team played their fourth match in five days as they took on the Highlanders of UC Riverside at GCU Tennis Facility. The Lopes dominated from start to finish not losing a single set.

GCU got doubles play started with a familiar theme as the sophomore duo of Tristan Berard and Andreas Loizas (ranked 90th as a doubles team) got it started with a 6-0 sweep.

Sophomore Daniel Jankoski and Junior Brice Patoux finished the job as they defeated Andrew Lavine and Noris Nedelcovici 6-2 clinching the doubles point.

Over in singles the Lopes went right to work starting Patoux, who coming off his lone loss of the season was looking for a win. He did just that, defeating Lucas Mszyca 6-1, 6-0.

with Jankoski who only lost two games total in his two set match. The Australian won 6-1, 6-1 securing the point for the Lopes over on Court 4.

Heading over to Court 2, Loizas who has recently found his form since moving to the 2's court, swiftly got the win over UC Riverside 6-1, 6-4.

With the match already clinched, over on Court 1 Berard, who had won his last six, added another to the column. He defeated Lu Ibarrondo Suarez 6-1, 6-4.

Sophomore Diordan Macababbad got his first victory on Court 3 6-4, 6-2 against the Highlanders as he moved to 9-4 on the season in singles. On Court 6 the Mountain West Player of the Week, Charlie Pade, secured the seventh point for the Lopes, winning his match 6-4, 7-6 (8-6 in tiebreakers).

GCU will head to Vegas on Friday as they take on UNLV before facing the Utah Utes at a neutral site match in Vegas.