Tucson, Ariz. – The Wildcats won their first dual match on Sunday 6-1, against UC Riverside. In the afternoon, the Wildcats won their highly anticipated dual match 5-2 against Grand Canyon University. In the first two home dual matches of the season, the Wildcats finished with an 10-2 singles record and a 4-2 in doubles play. 
 
The strong showing at the Robson Tennis Center today, highlights the depth on the Wildcats roster. 
 
All of the Wildcats got the chance to get in on the fun, early this Spring Season. Sophomores Igor Karpovets and Carlos Hassey finished Sunday winning both of their singles matches. Fellow sophomore, Filip Malbasic showed his grit in a comeback win against Valentin Lang (GCU) by a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Senior Jonas Maier showed up to play today, winning both of his singles and doubles matches. The freshman Conner Olsen went undefeated on the day winning his singles and doubles match. After falling down 0-2, freshman Jonas Ziverts came back to control the rest of the match and delivered a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU). 
 
 "Really proud of our team and happy to come away with two wins today." said head coach Clancy Shields. "Hats off to GCU, they pushed us to the limit and their guys battled us to the end. We started off a little shaky with some nerves, but found a way to sink our teeth into the math. Really excited to have three of our new guys get wins today. We were able to get Jonas, Stewart, and Conner all wins today. They will be critical to our success the rest of the season. Happy they could help get us off on the right foot."           
 
The Wildcats will continue their season on Jan. 26, 2019 when they travel to Starkville, Miss. to face off against the Seahawks.
 
Results
 
Singles 
1. Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Kyle McCann (UCR) 6-3, 6-4
2. Reguant (ARIZ) def. Nabil Abdallah (UCR) 6-1, 6-0
3. Maier (ARIZ) def. Gilbert Chung (UCR) 6-2, 6-4
4. Hassey (ARIZ) def. Vignesh Subramanyan (UCR) 6-0, 6-1
5. David Ramirez (UCR) def. Block (ARIZ) 6-3, 7-6 (10-8)
6. Olsen (ARIZ) def. Andreas Whelan-Mered (UCR) 6-3, 4-6 (1-0)
1. Karpovets (ARIZ) def. Lorenzo Fucile (GCU) 7-6, 6-7, 2-2 (10-5)
2. Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Valentin Lang (GCU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Lucas Grego (GCU) def. Reguant (ARIZ) def. 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
5. Maier (ARIZ) def. Justin Cvitanovic (GCU) 7-5, 6-0
6. Hassey (ARIZ) def. Jakub Novak (GCU) 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Block/Karpovets (ARIZ) def. McCann/Engstrom (UCR) 6-4
2. Malbasic/Hassey (ARIZ) def. Abdallah/Chung (UCR) 6-1
3. Maier/Olsen (ARIZ) def. Subramanyan/Andreas Whelan-Mered (UCR) 6-2
1. Fucile/Rajaonah(GCU) def. Hassey/Karpovets (ARIZ) 6-2
2. Maier/Reguant(ARIZ) def. Lang/Novak (GCU) 6-1
3. Grego/Grant (GCU) def. Ziverts/Malbasic (ARIZ) 6-2
 
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