KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's tennis team dropped its second Western Athletic Conference match of the season after falling 0-7 to Grand Canyon University (GCU) on Friday at Plaza Tennis Center.
 
UTRGV (8-10, 0-2 WAC) fell behind early in the match as GCU (14-4, 2-0 WAC) swept through doubles. The duo of freshman Zane Kohrs and senior Elliot Johnstone forced a tiebreaker on court two but fell 7-5.
 
In singles, GCU won on every court to close out the match. Sophomore Dennis Boisseau took the opening set from Mathieu Rajaonah 6-3 on court one before falling in the final two sets. 
 
UTRGV will return home on Tuesday, April 3, when it hosts Laredo Community College at 1:30 p.m. at the Orville Cox Tennis Center in its final home match of the season.
 
Complete Results
Singles (2,4,3,5,6,1)
1. Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU) def. Dennis Boisseau (UTRGV) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
2. Lorenzo Fucile (GCU) def. Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-1
3. Gregoire Balenci (GCU) def. Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-4
4. Lucas Grego (GCU) def. Clément Sarradin (UTRGV) 6-3, 6-3
5. Justin Cvitanovic (GCU) def. Zane Kohrs (UTRGV) 6-1, 6-1
6. Freddie Grant (GCU) def. Mateo Schmit (UTRGV) 7-5, 6-2

Doubles (1,3,2)
1. Mathiue Rajaonah/Lorenzo Fucile (GCU) def. Mateo Schmit/Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV) 6-1
2. Gregoire Balenci/Justin Cvitanovic (GCU) def. Zane Kohrs/Clément Sarradin (UTRGV) 7-6 (5)
3. Lucas Grego/Freddie Grant (GCU) def. Michael Loyd/Elliot Johnstone (UTRGV) 7-5