RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside men's tennis dropped a close 4-3 match to Grand Canyon on Sunday afternoon at the SRC Tennis Courts.

Daniel Velek improved to 3-3 in doubles action, teaming up with Nolan McCaig for the first time all season for a dominating 6-1 win on court one. Joshua Roth and Antreas Djakouris faced a bit more adversity on court two, but pulled out the 7-6 (5) win for UCR's fifth doubles win of the year. 

Antreas Djakouris kept his perfect singles record intact with a straight-set win on court one. Velek battled back from a loss in the second set to pick up the win in his first appearance on court three. 

Roth faced another battle in singles play, but fell 7-6 (5), 4-6, 4-6 on court four. 

UC Riverside is back in action on Monday, March 7 at UC San Diego.   

Doubles
Daniel Velek/Nolan McCaig (UCR) def. Argote/Marujo (GCU) - 6-1
Joshua Roth/Antreas Djakouris (UCR) def. Novak/Coulome (GCU) - 7-6 (5)
Grant/Van Zegge (GCU) def. Andreas Whelan-Merediz/Justin Lamy (UCR) - 7-6 (7)

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
Antreas Djakouris (UCR) def. Jiri Novak (GCU) - 6-2, 6-0
Mariano Argote (GCU) def. Nolan McCaig (UCR) - 6-2, 6-2
Daniel Velek (UCR) def. Freddie Grant (GCU) - 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Martim Marujo (GCU) def. Joshua Roth (UCR) - 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4
Loic van Zeggelaar (GCU) def. Justin Lamy (UCR) - 6-2, 6-2
Stanislaus de Samucewicz (GCU) def. Andreas Whelan-Merediz (UCR) - 6-3, 6-3

Order of finish: 5, 1, 2, 6, 3, 4