SEATTLE – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley men's tennis team had their three-match win streak snapped after falling 0-7 to Grand Canyon University on Saturday at the Amy Yee Tennis Center.
 
Grand Canyon (14-10, 3-1 WAC) got off to the early 1-0 lead as they swept through doubles. They followed with six wins on the singles courts to put the match away.
 
UTRGV (5-19, 2-2 WAC) had a pair of their matches go three sets as Elliot Johnstone and Clément Sarradin went the distance in their matches.
 
Johnstone won his first set 7-5 against Lorenzo Fucile before falling 3-6 in the second set and 3-6 in the third. Sarradin also won his first set 7-5 against Adrian Legarreta on court four before falling 5-7 in the second set and 5-10 in the tiebreaker.
 
UTRGV will be back at it tomorrow when they close out conference play against New Mexico State at 2 p.m.
 
Singles
1. Francois Musitelli (GCU) def. Koby Jansen (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-3
2. Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU) def. Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV) 6-1, 6-2
3. Lorenzo Fucile (GCU) def. Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
4. Adrian Legarreta (GCU) def. Clément Sarradin (UTRGV) 5-7, 7-5, 10-5
5. Justin Cvitanovic (GCU) def. Andres Hernandez (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-1
6. Valentin Lang (GCU) def. Mateo Schmit (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Adrian Legarreta/Philip Kuehnen (GCU) def. Yehonatan Kaufman/Mateo Schmit (UTRGV) 6-3
2. Mathieu Rajaonah/Gregoire Balenci (GCU) def. Elliot Johnstone/Andres Hernandez (UTRGV) 6-3
3. Lorenzo Fucile/Valentin Lang (GCU) def. Koby Jansen/Clement Sarradin (UTRGV) 6-0


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