Men’s tennis opened their spring season on Jan. 13 with a win in a match at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. This is only the third time the Shockers have faced GCU, the first meeting happening in 1985 and the most recent meeting in 2018. The Shockers won both of these matches.
They beat Grand Canyon 6-1 on Friday with dominant singles play all around. Sophomore Kristof Minarik (6-2; 6-2), redshirt junior Alex Richards (6-3; 6-2), freshman Alejandro Jacome (6-3; 6-3) and freshman Richey King (6-4; 7-5) won their matches in straight sets.
Minarik and Richards dropped the team’s first doubles match to David Wekesa and Jonathan Da Silva (4-6) to give GCU their lone win of the night.