Utah Set to Take on GCU and UNLV This Weekend

Saturday, February 28

Las Vegas, NV

2:00 PM

University of Utah

Grand Canyon

2/25/2026 1:33 PM | Men's Tennis

SALT LAKE CITY— The Utah Utes men's tennis team will head to Las Vegas, Nevada where they will take on Grand Canyon and UNLV.

MATCH INFORMATION
Utah (3-7, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Grand Canyon (11-1, 1-0 MW)
DATE | TIME: Saturday, February 28 | 2 p.m. MT
LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada. | Frank and Vicki Feritta Tennis Complex
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MATCH INFORMATION
Utah (3-7, 0-0 Big 12) vs. UNLV (6-4, 0-0 MW)
DATE | TIME: Sunday, March 1 | 2 p.m. MT
LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada. | Frank and Vicki Feritta Tennis Complex
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SCOUTING THE LOPES
Grand Canyon is coming off a 13-7 overall record in the 2025 season. Grand Canyon went 12-3 in home games. The Lopes sees a returner in junior Brice Patoux, who had won 10 of his singles matches last season and was named All-WAC first team. Grand Canyon is currently 11-1 in their official 2026 season.

SCOUTING THE REBELS
UNLV is coming off a 7-12 overall record in the 2025 season. UNLV went 1-5 in conference matches last season. The Rebels sees a returner in senior Vitaliy Horovoy, who had an overall singles record of 11-5. Horovoy went 6-0 when competing in the No. 5 spot. Grand Canyon is currently 6-4 in their official 2026 season.

THE UTES
The Utah men's tennis program returns seniors Max Relic and Dante Teramo. The Utes also welcome back junior Emmett Potter. Utah has one sophomore returning to the squad in Charles Frey. The Utes welcome five newcomers with two transfers in Lorenzo Esquici and Simeon Terziev and three new true freshmen in AJ Deem, Oliver Mesicek, and Balthazar Huss.

NEWCOMER MAKING WAVES
The new sophomore transfer Simeon Terziev is making waves in his first season as an Ute. Terziev has a 6-1 overall singles record. Simeon is on a six game winning streak after clinching a singles victory against Old Dominion in the Battle In Boro.

LAST TIME OUT
The Utah men's tennis team fell 4-3 against Old Dominion in their last game of the Battle In Boro. The Utes started off strong clinching doubles points. In singles play, Utah put up a fight winning in the No. 1 and No. 4 spots. Old Dominion clinched the victory by winning the remainder of the singles matches.

HEAD COACH ROELAND BRATEANU
The Utah men's tennis team welcomed back Roeland Brateanu for his twelfth season as head coach. Brateanu coached the team to a historic 2022-2023 season, earning their first Pac-12 Regular Season Title. Prior to that season, Brateanu led the team to an 18-0 record in the 2021 season and finished ranked in No. 50 in the Oracle/ITA finale ranking. Brateanu currently holds a 186-113 overall record at Utah.

NEXT UP
The Utes will travel back to Salt Lake City for a home match against Montana State on Saturday, March 7th.

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