ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - James Bell secured the match clincher for Santa Clara men's tennis against Grand Canyon on Saturday at the Linda Estes Tennis Center in a neutral site match in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
On court four, Bell defeated Adrien Coulome in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 with the Broncos up 3-2 on the team score. The two teams played out the match where the Broncos dropped the last match of the afternoon for the final score of 4-3.
Bell also had a hand in clinching the doubles point where he was paired with Mann Shah on court two. The Bronco duo took down Freddie Grant and Loic Van Zeggelaar 7-6 (9-7) to claim the doubles point.
Just as they did a day earlier against New Mexico, the Broncos (3-1) won the first singles match, to go up 2-0 when Guillaume Dalmasso beat Martim Marujo 6-4, 6-4 on court three. However, unlike the New Mexico match, the Broncos were able get some key singles wins to come out from the trip with a split.
Grand Canyon (0-8) got their first point winning on court six before Arthur Neuhaus put the Broncos up 3-1 with his win on court two over Freddie Grant 6-4, 6-3.
The Broncos lost the next match before Bell clinched the match for Santa Clara.
NEXT UP
The Broncos play at UC Davis on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Santa Clara 4, Grand Canyon 3
Feb 12, 2022 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Linda Estes Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Novak, Jiri (GCU) def. Mann Shah (SCUM) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
2. Arthur Neuhaus (SCUM) def. Grant, Freddie (GCU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Guillaume Dalmasso (SCUM) def. Marujo, Martim (GCU) 6-4, 6-4
4. James Bell (SCUM) def. Coulome, Adrien (GCU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
5. Van Zeggelaar, Loic (GCU) def. Nick Cmager (SCUM) 6-4, 6-2
6. De Samucewicz, Stan (GCU) def. Ryan Ali (SCUM) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Arthur Neuhaus/Guillaume Dalmasso (SCUM) def. Novak, Jiri/Coulome, Adrien (GCU) 6-4
2. Mann Shah/James Bell (SCUM) def. Grant, Freddie/Van Zeggelaar, Loic (GCU) 7-6 (9-7)
3. De Samucewicz, Stan/Rudnicki, Grzegorz (GCU) def. Nick Cmager/Matthew Rodriguez (SCUM) 6-4
Match Notes
Santa Clara 3-1
Grand Canyon 0-8
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,6,2,5,4,1)
