BEAUMONT, Texas - Seattle U men's tennis opened its second Western Athletic Conference (WAC) cluster of the season in Beaumont, Texas, against Grand Canyon in a neutral site match at the Thompson Family Tennis Center. Despite doubles and singles victories from sophomore Julian Worn, GCU came away with a 5-2 victory.
Worn paired with freshman Veselin Kiselkov (6-2) to earn their sixth victory as a pairing over Mariano Argote and Martim Marujo but the Redhawks were unable to take the doubles point. freshman Michael Frank and junior Lars Schmassmann (1-6) teamed up for the first time this season against Jiri Novak and Loic Van Zeggelaar, while freshman Oliver Hall and Filip Stipic (2-6) faced off against Freddie Grant and Adrien Coulome.
In singles play, Worn (6-2, 6-3) earned his seventh victory of the season over Novak on court one, while Stipic (7-6, 6-4) picked up his team leading 11th victory of the season against Argote. Frank (6-7, 2-6) took on Marujo on court four, while Kiselkov (5-7, 6-3, 0-1 (6-10)) batted against Grant and Schmassmann (5-7, 2-6) fell to Van Zegelaaar. Hall rounds out the singles match as he dropped his match against Stan De Samucewicz 5-7, 1-6 on court six.
The Redhawks conclude their second WAC cluster on Saturday at 7 a.m. pacific time against New Mexico State in the Thompson Family Tennis Center.
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Worn paired with freshman Veselin Kiselkov (6-2) to earn their sixth victory as a pairing over Mariano Argote and Martim Marujo but the Redhawks were unable to take the doubles point. freshman Michael Frank and junior Lars Schmassmann (1-6) teamed up for the first time this season against Jiri Novak and Loic Van Zeggelaar, while freshman Oliver Hall and Filip Stipic (2-6) faced off against Freddie Grant and Adrien Coulome.
In singles play, Worn (6-2, 6-3) earned his seventh victory of the season over Novak on court one, while Stipic (7-6, 6-4) picked up his team leading 11th victory of the season against Argote. Frank (6-7, 2-6) took on Marujo on court four, while Kiselkov (5-7, 6-3, 0-1 (6-10)) batted against Grant and Schmassmann (5-7, 2-6) fell to Van Zegelaaar. Hall rounds out the singles match as he dropped his match against Stan De Samucewicz 5-7, 1-6 on court six.
The Redhawks conclude their second WAC cluster on Saturday at 7 a.m. pacific time against New Mexico State in the Thompson Family Tennis Center.
Stay connected with Seattle U men's tennis and get all the latest team updates by downloading the GoSeattleU mobile app available now for free in the App Store or Google Play.