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Men's Tennis

ACU Returns To GSAC Tournament Finals

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Indian Wells, CA- No. 11 Arizona Christian Men's Tennis is headed to the GSAC Tournament Final for the second year in a row.  The Firestorm advanced to the GSAC Tournament championship match after defeating Hope International 5-0 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Thursday.

After sweeping doubles action, ACU only needed to win two matches in singles to secure the victory over the Royals (6-15).

Junior Alberto Lapiedra and Junior Daniel Superlano won the first match for ACU in the number two doubles match.  Junior Enzo Douillac and Sophomore Jesse Miritello gave the Firestorm the 2-0 lead after falling behind 4-2 before rebounding to win 9-7 on court one.  Senior Marcelo Balderrama and Senior Santiago Galeffi pushed the ACU lead to 3-0 after winning the number three doubles match.

Moving on to singles, Superlano (6-0, 6-3) and Senior Luka Stanivukovic (6-2, 6-1) won their singles matches to secure the victory for Arizona Christian.

The Firestorm (17-6) will play for the GSAC Tournament Championship on Friday against No. 16 Westmont- a rematch of the 2017 championship match.  First serve is scheduled for 9:00 am.

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