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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, April 1
Chicago, Ill.
2:15 p.m.
Grand Canyon
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GCU defeats UTRGV 6-1
4/1/2016 7:57:00β―PM | Women's Tennis
CHICAGO, Ill. β The Grand Canyon women's tennis team began its final weekend of play in the Western Athletic Conference with a win over UT Rio Grande Valley. The Lopes won eight of the nine matches played against the Vaqueros to improve to 8-8 this season.
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"The women played one of their best matches of the season," head coach Greg Prudhomme said. "We got off to a great start in doubles and we were able to carry the momentum into singles. UTRGV is a very good team and they compete really hard so it was big for us to come away with eight wins."
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The Lopes swept all three matches in doubles play starting with a win on Court 2 from Alexandra Petrzalkova and Kylie Waschuk defeating UTRGV 6-1. Tatum Prudhomme and Susan Baklini clinched the match for GCU with a 6-2 win on Court 1. Completing the sweep on Court 3 was Lana Macukat and Lana Rinaldi with the 6-4 victory.
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UTRGV was only able to pick up a win on Court 1 in singles but the Lopes played exceptional tennis starting with a win on Court 5 as Rinaldi pulled out the 6-0, 7-5 win. Macukat followed up with an impressive performance on Court 4 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory to give GCU the 3-0 lead. Baklini clinched the match for GCU on Court 3 with a 6-3, 6-3 win. Marie Deleval stepped in on Court 6 and came away with a 6-4, 6-4 win and the final victory of the day came on Court 2 from Petrzalkova in a three-set win. Petrzalkova took the first set 6-4 and after dropping the second set 7-5, Petrzalkova came out on top in the final set 6-4 for GCU's sixth win of the season.
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GCU will play its final conference match tomorrow against Missouri-Kansas City.Β
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"The women played one of their best matches of the season," head coach Greg Prudhomme said. "We got off to a great start in doubles and we were able to carry the momentum into singles. UTRGV is a very good team and they compete really hard so it was big for us to come away with eight wins."
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The Lopes swept all three matches in doubles play starting with a win on Court 2 from Alexandra Petrzalkova and Kylie Waschuk defeating UTRGV 6-1. Tatum Prudhomme and Susan Baklini clinched the match for GCU with a 6-2 win on Court 1. Completing the sweep on Court 3 was Lana Macukat and Lana Rinaldi with the 6-4 victory.
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UTRGV was only able to pick up a win on Court 1 in singles but the Lopes played exceptional tennis starting with a win on Court 5 as Rinaldi pulled out the 6-0, 7-5 win. Macukat followed up with an impressive performance on Court 4 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory to give GCU the 3-0 lead. Baklini clinched the match for GCU on Court 3 with a 6-3, 6-3 win. Marie Deleval stepped in on Court 6 and came away with a 6-4, 6-4 win and the final victory of the day came on Court 2 from Petrzalkova in a three-set win. Petrzalkova took the first set 6-4 and after dropping the second set 7-5, Petrzalkova came out on top in the final set 6-4 for GCU's sixth win of the season.
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GCU will play its final conference match tomorrow against Missouri-Kansas City.Β
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