'Lopes Close Out Busy Week With Dominate Wins

Sunday, February 12

Glendale, AZ (Arrowhead Country Club)

9 a.m.

Grand Canyon

Sonoma State

Mittag won 6-0, 6-0 today.

2/12/2012 4:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis

The Grand Canyon University tennis teams completed a stellar week of play today; both winning handily at Arrowhead Country Club in Glendale, Ariz. Combined the two teams amassed an 11-1 mark this week.

The women, ranked No. 14 in the nation and No. 3 in the West Region, defeated Sonoma State 8-1 today. The win improved the ‘Lopes to 5-1 overall.

Katharina Mittag dominated her match at No. 1 singles, winning 6-0, 6-0 over the Seawolves’ Megan White. Mittag is ranked No. 25 in the nation and No. 7 in the West Region. White entered today ranked No. 13 in the West.

Justine Majan won 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 4 singles match, improving to 6-0 for the season.

GCU 8 SSU 1 (complete results)
Current Women’s Statistics

The men, ranked No. 21 in the nation and No. 2 in the West Region, defeated Metro State 9-0 this morning. Metro is currently ranked No. 5 in the Central Region.

Stephane Murray ran his record to 4-0 at the No. 1 singles slot, defeating Lucio Cangiano, the No. 1 player in the Central region, 6-0, 6-1. Murray is ranked No.4 in the West.

The doubles team of Bastien Tonus and Ahmad Saleem, ranked No.2 in the West, won for the sixth-straight time today. They recorded an 8-5 win over Metro’s Adrian Delvaux and Alec Parmenter, ranked No. 7 in the Central.

GCU 9 MSC 0 (complete results)
Current Men’s Statistics

“The men and women finished with strong wins in their sixth match in the last five days,” said head coach Greg Prudhomme. “I can't believe the heart that both of the teams showed this week. For some of the players it’s the most matches they have ever played in this short period of time. We were the favored team in both matches today, but both teams were beat up a little going into it and I knew our opponents were ready to put up a good fight. I was confident that we could get the wins today, but I didn't know it would be 9-0 and 8-1.”

The women and men will next be in action when they travel to San Diego, Calif. to take on Point Loma on Feb. 23. The following day they will travel to Los Angeles, Calif. to face Azusa Pacific. Point Loma and Azusa Pacific, current NAIA schools, will join the Pacific West Conference next season.