ABILENE – Abilene Christian men's tennis launches its WAC season this weekend with home matches against Grand Canyon at 6 p.m. on Friday and Seattle at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Friday's match was pushed back from a noon start due to high winds.
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The Wildcats enter the weekend at 9-9 this season.
Daniel Morozov,
Cesar Barranquero and
Savan Chhabra have seven singles wins each to lead the team. The Wildcats are 11-3 this season at No.2 singles, where Morozov has a 7-1 mark.
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ACU also has found success at No. 1 doubled, going 12-5 on the season. Barranquero and
Dario Kmet are 7-2 in that slot.
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The Cats are 2-1 against Grand Canyon, having won 7-0 at home in 2022.
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GCU is 4-9 this season but has an impressive win over Air Force under its belt. Alfred Amasi leads the team with five singles wins, mostly at line three.
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ACU beat Seattle in New Mexico last season, 7-0 and is 2-0 all-time against the Redhawks.
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Seattle is 4-6 after a 6-1 win over Colorado College last weekend. The Redhawks play at New Mexico State before coming to Abilene.
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Yu-han Hseih leads SU with a 4-2 singles mark with most of his success coming at No. 5 singles. Clement Hamel and Veselin Kiselkov have forged a 5-2 doubles mark, all at first doubles.
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