Women's Tennis Open PacWest Tourney Today

The Grand Canyon University women’s tennis team opens the Pacific West Conference tournament today with a match against Hawai’i Hilo.

“The girls are really excited to compete hard at the PacWest tourney,” said head coach Greg Prudhomme. “They know what is at stake and are prepared to fight for their highest seeding in the tournament at No. 3 in many years.”

The Antelopes, ranked No. 15 nationally and No. 3 in the west region, enter the Championships seeded third and are coming off a regular season where they finished 14-3.

GCU defeated the Vulcans, 8-1, when the two met on Feb. 9 in Glendale, Ariz. Hawai’i Hilo is seeded sixth in the tourney and No. 10 in the west region poll.

Grand Canyon is led by Katharina Mittag. She is ranked sixth in Division II and has a record of 9-4. Mittag has joined with Stephanie Haldeman to post a 12-1 record in doubles, winning their last 10 straight matches.

Cecilia Vergnet and Frederique Van de Velde are currently ranked seventh in Division II in doubles. The two have gone 10-5 this season.

The PacWest Championships will run from today through Saturday and will be hosted by BYU-Hawai’i in Laie, Hawai’i.

Complete PacWest Schedule (All Times are AZ time)

April 14

PacWest Quarterfinals

Match #1 – No. 8 Dominican (CA) vs. No. 1 BYU-Hawaii - 11:30 a.m.

Match #4 – No. 4 Academy of Art vs. No. 5 Chaminade - 1:45 p.m.

Match #6 – No. 6 Hawai‘i Hilo vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon - 4 p.m.

Match #7 – No. 7 Dixie State vs. No. 2 Hawai‘i Pacific - 6:15 p.m.

April 15

PacWest Semifinals

Match #1 Winner vs. Match #2 Winner - 11:30 a.m.

Match #3 Winner vs. Match #4 Winner - 4 p.m.

PacWest Consolation Semifinals

Match #1 Loser vs. Match #2 Loser - 1:45 p.m.

Match #3 Loser vs. Match #4 Loser - 6:15 p.m.

April 16

PacWest Championship - 12 p.m.

3rd Place - 2:30 p.m.

5th Place - 5 p.m.

7th Place - 4:30 p.m.

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