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LIVE STATS FOR THE TOURNAMENT
Grand Canyon will be providing live stats during the tournament to make for a better fan experience from home. If you cannot make it out to the tournament in person, the live stats links will be available on the tournament central website.
2018 WAC MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT BRACKET ANNOUNCED
The Western Athletic Conference has announced the bracket for the 2018 WAC Men's Tennis Tournament on April 27-29 at the Mesa Tennis Center in Mesa, Ariz.
Kansas City looks to defend last year's tournament title as the top seed as they finished the season with a perfect 5-0 record in WAC play. They will have an extra day of rest since they have earned a first round bye before they take on the winner between the No. 4 and No. 5 seed in the semifinals.
NM State will join Kansas City with a ticket straight to the semifinals as the No. 2 seed going into the tournament. NM State finished conference play with a 4-1 record. They will have to wait until the quarterfinal match up between seeds No. 3 and No. 6 finishes before they know who they will be playing.
As the host institution, Grand Canyon enters the tournament as the third see with a conference record of 3-2 and will be competing April 27th in the quarterfinals.
Taking the fourth seed position is Seattle U with a conference record of 2-3 and will take on the fifth seeded UT Rio Grande Valley (1-4) in the first match in the quarterfinals on the opening day of the tournament.
Rounding out the seeding is Chicago State who went 0-5 in the two conference clusters and will take on Grand Canyon in the second match of the quarterfinals.
The tournament begins Friday, April 27th with both of the first round matches beginning at 1 p.m. local time. Admission and parking is free for this event.
2018 WAC Men's Tennis Tournament
Mesa Tennis Center | Mesa, Ariz
Friday, April 27
Match One: No. 4 Seattle U vs. No. 5 UT Rio Grande Valley, 1 p.m.
Match Two: No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Chicago State, 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 28
Match Three: No. 1 Kansas City vs. Winner Match One, 1 p.m.
Match Four: No. 2 NM State vs. Winner Match Two, 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 29
Match Five: Winner Match Three vs. Winner Match Four, 1 p.m.
Tournament Location Change (AGAIN)
The tournament will still be hosted by Grand Canyon, but it will be held at the Mesa Tennis Center instead of competing at the Phoenix Tennis Center.
Players of the Week- April 9-15
NM State's singles player Christofer Goncalves and Kansas City's doubles team Airam Castellano and Alex Pozo have been named the Western Athletic Conference Tennis Players of the Week, respectively, for April 9-15.
Goncalves, a senior from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, went 2-0 with an unfinished match over the weekend. This is the third-straight season he has gone undefeated in league play and the second at the top singles position. Goncalves first defeated his opponent from Kansas City in three sets 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 before he defeated Grand Canyon's top singles player 7-6, 6-3. His match on Sunday against DePaul's competitor was left unfinished with it tied one set apiece with the third set knotted at 6-3, 6-7 (8-6) 1-1.
Castellano, a senior from Gran Canaria, Spain, and teammate Pozo, a senior from St. Louis, Mo. went 2-0 over the weekend in the final WAC cluster helping their team claim the regular season title and the first seed position going into the tournament. First they defeated NM State's top duo 6-1 and finished the weekend with a 6-3 victory over the UT Rio Grande Valley's top pair. Castellano and Pozo went 5-0 in WAC play and have won seven of their past nine matches.
Other male singles nominees: Grand Canyon's Lucas Grego defeated NM State's fifth flight 6-3, 6-2 before defeating Chicago State's fourth flight 7-5, 6-4… Kansas City's Alex Pozo went 2-0 as the second flight defeating NM State's competitor 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 and UT Rio Grande Valley's athlete 6-2, 6-3… Seattle U's Colton Weeldreyer was victorious over Chicago State's third flight 6-2, 7-5 and UT Rio Grande Valley's third flight 3-6, 6-0, 6-3… UT Rio Grande Valley's Yehonatan Kaufman went 2-1 as the second flight first defeating Chicago State 6-2, 6-4 before falling to Kansas City 6-2, 6-3 and bouncing back with a 7-6, 6-0 win.
Other male doubles nominees: Grand Canyon's Mathieu Rajaonah/Lorenzo Fucile was downed by NM State's top flight 7-6 (7-5) before bouncing back to defeat Chicago State's top duo 6-3… NM State's Stijn de Haan/Mauri Benitez went 2-1 as the second flight pair beginning their weekend with a 7-5 loss to Kansas City but turning it around with a 6-4 win over Grand Canyon and 6-2 win over DePaul… Seattle U's Arshak Ghazaryan/Emilio Monroy won by default in the third flight against Chicago State but also defeated UT Rio Grande Valley's third flight pair 6-3… UT Rio Grande Valley's Yehonatan Kaufman/Elliot Johnstone competed as the second flight and defeated Chicago State 6-4, lost 6-2 to Kansas City and was victorious over Seattle U 7-5.
2018 WAC Tournament
The 2018 WAC Men's and Women's Tennis Tournaments will be hosted by Grand Canyon on April 27-29 in Phoenix. All six teams will compete in the Tournament as the first round will be No. 4 seed against No. 5 seed and No. 3 seed takes on No. 6 seed. No. 1 and No. 2 seeds earn a ticket straight to the semifinals. The winner of the tournament will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the WAC representative. The reigning tournament champion for the men and women is Kansas City as they defeated NM State 4-3 in men's and 4-1 in women's in the Championship match last year.
2017 ITA REGIONALS
The ITA Regional Championships will feature some of the top men's and women's players across the country. Over 8,000 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, Junior and Community Colleges compete across 85 ITA Regional Championships around the country.
Region/Host
Northwest: Pacific
Southwest: Pepperdine
Mountain: BYU
Texas: Texas A&M
Central: Minnesota
Midwest: Michigan
Northeast: Yale
Ohio Valley: Tennessee
Atlantic: Liberty
Carolina: Duke
Southern: LSU
Southeast: Georgia Tech
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - The 2018 Tennis National Championships will take place in Winston Salem, N.C at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex. Wake Forest will be the host May 17-28.
May 17-28
Location: Winston Salem, N.C
Host: Wake Forest