Lopes obtain strong start to fall season

Grand Canyon men’s tennis sent four Lopes to the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, California, junior Diordan Macabbad and sophomore Calin Apostol each posted three singles victories while GCU found consistent success in doubles throughout the three-day event. GCU opened Friday against the California with a sweep of the two doubles matches. Junior Charlie Pade and Apostol rolled to a 4-0 win against Leo Cattaneo and Melchoir Delloye, while sophomore Heremana Courte and Macabbad edged Winston Lee and Andrea Meduri 4-3. Cal answered by taking all four singles matches, although Pade and Courte each pushed their opponents to match…