DALLAS – Top seeded Grand Canyon earned a third consecutive tournament title in the women’s draw, and No. 3 seed Abilene Christian captured its second men’s tournament championship since 2022 on the final day of the 2025 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tennis Tournament contested inside the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on the campus of SMU.

The top seeded GCU women earned a second straight shutout during the championship match, claiming a crucial doubles point after Bella Crossman and Dania Deaifi won 6-3 at the second court and Gala Arangio and Karina Hofbauer took a 6-4 victory at first doubles for the 1-0 GCU lead. Deaifi was the first singles winner, wrapping up a 6-1, 6-2 triumph at the fourth court. Crossman extended the lead for the Lopes to 3-0 after a 6-3, 6-2 win at the third court. Arangio clinched the team win with a 6-3, 6-1 result at the second singles court.
 
Deaifi was selected as the women’s tournament's Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the all-tournament team by GCU teammates Arangio, Crossman and Hofbauer. Lucia Araoz and Nika Novikova represented UT Arlington on the all-tournament squad. Abilene Christian’s Alice Klinteby and Tarleton State’s Maria Castano rounded out the women’s all-tournament selections.
 
On the men’s side, ACU battled to a 1-0 lead following doubles after Merse Deli and Daniel Morozov picked up a 6-3 win at first doubles and Ethan Scribner and Alejandro Verdasco secured the doubles point thanks to a 7-6 (7-1) victory at the second court. Diordan Macababbad tied the match for GCU with a 6-3, 6-3 result at number five singles, but Morozov pushed ACU back in front with a 6-2, 7-5 triumph at the top court. Brice Patoux squared the match 2-2 for GCU with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) showing at second singles. ACU put the match away with comebacks from Benjamin McDonald at the sixth court (4-6, 6-1, 6-2) and Tomas Tischner at the fourth singles court (4-6, 6-4, 6-1).

Morozov captured men’s tournament Most Outstanding Player honors to lead five ACU players on the all-tournament team, joined by Wildcat teammates McDonald, Scribner, Tischner and Verdasco. Andreas Loizas, Macababbad and Patoux represented GCU on the all-tournament team.
 
2025 WAC Tennis Tournament
April 17-19
Arlington Tennis Center/Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex
Arlington, Texas/Dallas, Texas
 
WOMEN'S SCHEDULE
 
Saturday, April 19 (at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas)
Match 5 (Championship): No. 1 Grand Canyon 4, No. 3 UT Arlington 0

Doubles 1: Gala Arangio, Karina Hofbauer (GCU) def. Valeriia Ivanovskaia, Mialy Ranaivo (UTA), 6-4
Doubles 2: Bella Crossman, Dania Deaifi (GCU) def. Ioana Dumitrescu, Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA), 6-3
Doubles 3: Lucia Araoz, Nika Novikova (UTA) def. Valentina Del Marco, Peyton Duckett (GCU), 6-3
 
Singles 1: Karina Hofbauer (GCU) vs. Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA), 6-4, 3-2 (UF)
Singles 2: Gala Arangio (GCU) def. Valeriia Ivanovskaia (UTA), 6-3, 6-1
Singles 3: Bella Crossman (GCU) def. Mialy Ranaivo (UTA), 6-3, 6-2
Singles 4: Dania Deaifi (GCU) def. Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA), 6-1, 6-2
Singles 5: Angelina Mihajlovic (GCU) vs. Nika Novikova (UTA), 5-7, 4-5 (UF)
Singles 6: Peyton Duckett (GCU) vs. Lucia Araoz (UTA), 2-6, 6-2 (UF)

2025 WAC Women’s Tennis All-Tournament Team
Alice Klinteby (Abilene Christian)
Maria Castano (Tarleton State)
Lucia Araoz (UT Arlington)
Nika Novikova (UT Arlington)
Gala Arangio (Grand Canyon)
Bella Crossman (Grand Canyon)
Karina Hofbauer (Grand Canyon)
Dania Deaifi (Grand Canyon) Most Outstanding Player

Thursday, April 17
Match 1: No. 4 Abilene Christian 4, No. 5 Seattle U 2

Doubles 1: Alice Klinteby, Masha Vrsalovic (ACU) def. Lamija Avdic, Natalia Michta (SU), 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles 2: Angela Del Campo, Hebe Toyos (ACU) vs. Daria Nazarenko, Jade Quintana (SU), UF
Doubles 3: Maria Cascos, Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Liliya Dimova, Lola Tavcar (SU), 6-4
 
Singles 1: Lamija Avdic (SU) def. Masha Vrsalovic (ACU), 6-1, 6-1
Singles 2: Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Natalia Michta (SU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
Singles 3: Angela Del Campo (ACU) def. Liliya Dimova (SU), 7-5, 6-2
Singles 4: Maria Cascos (ACU) vs. Daria Nazarenko (SU), UF
Singles 5: Alice Klinteby (ACU) def. Larissa Teramura (SU), 6-3, 6-2
Singles 6: Lola Tavcar (SU) def. Eva Arranz (ACU), 7-5, 6-3

Match 2: No. 3 UT Arlington 4, No. 6 Utah Tech 0

Doubles 1: Valeriia Ivanovskaia, Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) def. Maya Inouye, Mariana Zurita (UTU), 6-1
Doubles 2: Ioana Dumitrescu, Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) vs. Olivia Bustos, Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU), UF
Doubles 3: Lucia Araoz, Nika Novikova (UTA) def. Laura Coulome, Nutsa Tsintsadze (UTU), 6-3

Singles 1: Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) vs. Mariana Zurita (UTU), UF
Singles 2: Valeriia Ivanovskaia (UTA) vs. Olivia Bustos (UTU), UF
Singles 3: Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) vs. Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU), UF
Singles 4: Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA) def. Nutsa Tsintsadze (UTU), 6-4, 6-3
Singles 5: Nika Novikova (UTA) def. Maya Inouye (UTU), 6-1, 6-3
Singles 6: Lucia Araoz (UTA) def. Laura Coulome (UTU), 6-2, 6-2

Friday, April 18
Match 3: No. 1 Grand Canyon 4, No. 4 Abilene Christian 0
 
Doubles 1: Gala Arangio, Karina Hofbauer (GCU) def. Alice Klinteby, Masha Vrsalovic (ACU), 6-4
Doubles 2: Bella Crossman, Dania Deaifi (GCU) def. Angela Del Campo, Hebe Toyos (ACU), 6-2
Doubles 3: Maria Cascos, Olivia Sears (ACU) def. Valentina Del Marco, Peyton Duckett (GCU), 6-3
 
Singles 1: Karina Hofbauer (GCU) vs. Masha Vrsalovic (ACU), 6-1, 4-6, 1-2 (UF)
Singles 2: Gala Arangio (GCU) def. Olivia Sears (ACU), 6-2, 6-4
Singles 3: Bella Crossman (GCU) def. Angela Del Campo (ACU), 6-3, 6-4
Singles 4: Dania Deaifi (GCU) def. Maria Cascos (ACU), 6-2, 6-2
Singles 5: Angelina Mihajlovic (GCU) vs. Alice Klinteby (ACU), 2-6, 3-2 (UF)
Singles 6: Peyton Duckett (GCU) vs. Eva Arranz (ACU), 6-7, 2-5 (UF)
 
Match 4: No. 3 UT Arlington 4, No. 2 Tarleton State 2
 
Doubles 1: Valeriia Ivanovskaia, Mialy Ranaivo (UTA) def. Noelia Lorca, Ximena Morales (TSU), 6-4
Doubles 2: Maretha Burger, Emma Persson (TSU) def. Ioana Dumitrescu, Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA), 6-4
Doubles 3: Maria Castano, Clara Sobius (TSU) def. Lucia Araoz, Nika Novikova (UTA), 7-6 (7-5)
 
Singles 1: Ana Paula Jimenez (UTA) def. Emma Persson (TSU), 6-0, 6-3
Singles 2: Valeriia Ivanovskaia (UTA) def. Noelia Lorca (TSU), 6-3, 6-3
Singles 3: Duru Kuscu (TSU) vs. Mialy Ranaivo (UTA), 3-6 (UF)
Singles 4: Ioana Dumitrescu (UTA) def. Ximena Morales (TSU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Singles 5: Maria Castano (TSU) def. Nika Novikova (UTA), 6-1, 6-0
Singles 6: Lucia Araoz (UTA) def. Clara Sobius (TSU), 6-1, 6-3


MEN'S SCHEDULE
 
Saturday, April 19 (at Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas)
Match 3 (Championship): No. 3 Abilene Christian 4, No. 1 Grand Canyon 2
 
Doubles 1: Merse Deli, Daniel Morozov (ACU) def. Jonathan Da Silva, Brice Patoux (GCU), 6-3
Doubles 2: Ethan Scribner, Alejandro Verdasco (ACU) def. Diordan Macababbad, Nikita Volonski (GCU), 7-6 (7-1)
Doubles 3: Andreas Loizas, Paolo Rosati (GCU) def. Matheus Lima, Benjamin McDonald (ACU), 6-4
 
Singles 1: Daniel Morozov (ACU) def. Nikita Volonski (GCU), 6-2, 7-5
Singles 2: Brice Patoux (GCU) def. Dennie Dutine (ACU), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
Singles 3: Andreas Loizas (GCU) vs. Merse Deli (ACU), 7-5, 3-6, 5-3 (UF)
Singles 4: Tomas Tischner (ACU) def. Jonathan Da Silva (GCU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Singles 5: Diordan Macababbad (GCU) def. Martin Delnido (ACU), 6-3, 6-3
Singles 6: Benjamin McDonald (ACU) def. Finbar McGarvey (GCU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

2025 WAC Men’s Tennis All-Tournament Team
Andreas Loizas (Grand Canyon)
Diordan Macababbad (Grand Canyon)
Brice Patoux (Grand Canyon)
Benjamin McDonald (Abilene Christian)
Ethan Scribner (Abilene Christian)
Tomas Tischner (Abilene Christian)
Alejandro Verdasco (Abilene Christian)
Daniel Morozov (Abilene Christian) Most Outstanding Player
 
Friday, April 18
Match 1: No. 1 Grand Canyon 4, No. 4 Seattle U 0
 
Doubles 1: Jonathan Da Silva, Brice Patoux (GCU) def. Yu-Han Hsieh, Yuan Lu (SU), 6-4
Doubles 2: Diordan Macababbad, Nikita Volonski (GCU) vs. Veselin Kiselkov, Jun Sasagawa (SU), 2-5 (UF)
Doubles 3: Andreas Loizas, Paolo Rosati (GCU) def. Jayden Harrison, Filip Stipic (SU), 6-1

Singles 1: Nikita Volonski (GCU) vs. Filip Stipic (SU), 6-3, 1-2 (UF)
Singles 2: Brice Patoux (GCU) def. Veselin Kiselkov (SU), 6-2, 6-2
Singles 3: Andreas Loizas (GCU) def. Jun Sasagawa (SU), 6-1, 6-3
Singles 4: Jonathan Da Silva (GCU) vs. Yuan Lu (SU), 3-6, 3-2 (UF)
Singles 5: Diordan Macababbad (GCU) def. Michael Frank (SU), 6-1, 6-0
Singles 6: Paolo Rosati (GCU) vs. Dario Ristovski (SU), 7-5, 0-1 (UF)
 
Match 2: No. 3 Abilene Christian 4, No. 2 UT Arlington 2
 
Doubles 1: Meethre Barot, Pedro Sasso (UTA) def. Merse Deli, Daniel Morozov (ACU), 6-3
Doubles 2: Federico Garbero, Dan Perez-Caraballo (UTA) def. Ethan Scribner, Alejandro Verdasco (ACU), 6-4
Doubles 3: Andres Medus, Mattia Ricci (UTA) vs. Matheus Lima, Benjamin McDonald (ACU), UF
 
Singles 1: Daniel Morozov (ACU) def. Meethre Barot (UTA), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Singles 2: Andres Medus (UTA) def. Dennis Dutine (ACU), 6-3, 6-2
Singles 3: Merse Deli (ACU) def. Mattia Ricci (UTA), 6-4, 6-4
Singles 4: Tomas Tischner (ACU) def. Pedro Sasso (UTA), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Singles 5: Yazid Lahjomri (UTA) vs. Martin Delnido (ACU), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (UF)
Singles 6: Benjamin McDonald (ACU) def. Federico Garbero (UTA), 6-2, 1-6, 7-6