Box Score The Chicago State men's tennis team lost to Grand Canyon 5-2 Saturday morning at the Thompson Family Tennis Center in Beaumont, Texas. With the win, GCU improves to 4-13 overall and 2-2 in the WAC after wins over Seattle U and Chicago State this weekend while the Cougars drop to 8-13 overall and 0-4 in league play after a pair of weekend losses.
The Antelopes earned the double point with a sweep of the three matches but
Pedro Alvarez started strong for the Cougars in singles, earning a straight-set 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 1 but GCU would win the next four matches to clinch the win, while CSU's
Hugo Hidalgo Vega capped the match with a three-set victory. Complete results below.
"These guys did everything they could to win this match," head coach
Jack Barton said. "Doubles came down to too many unforced errors, but it wasn't a lack of effort. Conditions were tough today. Hugo (Hidalgo Vega), Jakov (Suler) and Jakub (Zamorski) fought to extend the match after Pedro (Alvarez) won. The guys battled hard. They played well enough to win, but GCU really hung tough today."
The men's tennis team will take next weekend off and return to the court in the final WAC pod of the season, facing Lamar Friday, April 8 and Seattle U on Saturday, April 9 in Abilene, Texas hosted by Abilene Christian.
Chicago State University vs Grand Canyon
3/26/2022 at Beaumont, Texas
(Thompson Family Tennis Center)
Grand Canyon 5, Chicago State University 2
Singles competition
1.
Pedro Alvarez (CSU) def. Jiri Novak (GCU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Mariano Argote (GCU) def.
Jakov Suler (CSU) 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Freddie Grant (GCU) def.
Jesus Perez Plaza (CSU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
4. Martim Marujo (GCU) def. J Sanchez Pradillo (CSU) 6-2, 6-3
5.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSU) def. Van Zeggelaar, Loic (GCU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
6. De Samucewicz, Stan (GCU) def.
Jakub Zamorski (CSU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
Doubles competition
1. Mariano Argote/Martim Marujo (GCU) def. J Sanchez Pradillo/
Pedro Alvarez (CSU) 6-4
2. Jiri Novak/Van Zeggelaar, Loic (GCU) def.
Jesus Perez Plaza/
Jakub Zamorski (CSU) 7-6 (8-6)
3. Freddie Grant/Adrien Coulome (GCU) def.
Jakov Suler/
Max Sandoval (CSU) 6-2
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,4,3,2,6,5)
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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