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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, April 1
Kansas City, MO
10 AM
Grand Canyon
4
vs
3
UT Rio Grande Valley
GCU remains undefeated in the WAC with 4-3 win over UTRGV
4/1/2017 3:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
KANSAS CITY – The GCU women's tennis team improved to 4-0 in the WAC on Saturday afternoon with a 4-3 win over UT Rio Grande Valley. The Lopes have now won five matches in a row and will clinch the WAC Championship with a win over Missouri-Kansas City tomorrow.
"The women's team came up with another gritty win today," head coach Greg Prudhomme commented. "We knew it would be a tough match so it was good that we were mentally prepared for it. We got off to a good start by getting the doubles point and then had good momentum by winning four of the five first sets that were played [in singles competition] ."
Doubles competition began with a GCU victory on Court 2 by Lana Rinaldi and Emilia Occhipinti. They won by a score of 6-4 and clinched the doubles point for the Lopes due to a forfeit on Court 3 by UTRGV. Tatum Prudhomme and Susan Baklini fell in a tiebreaker, losing 7-6, on Court 1.
In singles play, the bottom of the lineup got it done for GCU. The Lopes had another advantage as UTRGV was forced to forfeit on Court 6, putting Grand Canyon up 2-0 as a team. On Court 5, Occhipinti quickly won her match by scores of 6-4, 6-3. She improves to 14-0 for the season.
Occhipinti's doubles partner, Rinaldi, clinched the match for GCU. She battled with Darzyan of UTRGV on Court 4 for three sets, eventually winning by a score of 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
"Lana [Rinaldi] was able to take charge of her third set early on and won a convincing 6-1 to finish off the match for us," Prudhomme added. "It was a great win and the girls are going to have another tough one tomorrow."
The Lopes will play for the WAC Championship tomorrow afternoon against Missouri-Kansas City. UMKC is also undefeated in WAC play and has an overall record of 7-7 this season.
Grand Canyon Women 4, UT Rio Grande Valley 3
Apr 01, 2017 at Kansas City, MO (Plaza)
Singles competition
1. Anastasia Belyaeva (UTRGV) def. Tatum Prudhomme (WGCU) 6-1, 7-5
2. Dominique Esparza (UTRGV) def. Alexandra Petrzalkova (WGCU) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6-0)
3. Dominique Ibarra (UTRGV) def. Susan Baklini (WGCU) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1
4. Lana Rinaldi (WGCU) def. Marine Darzyan (UTRGV) 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-1
5. Emilia Occhipinti (WGCU) def. Chloe Leclere (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-3
6. Marie Deleval (WGCU) def. No player (UTRGV) 1-0
Doubles competition
1. Marine Darzyan/Dominique Ibarra (UTRGV) def. Tatum Prudhomme/Susan Baklini (WGCU) 7-6
2. Lana Rinaldi/Emilia Occhipinti (WGCU) def. Dominique Esparza/Anastasia Belyaeva (UTRGV) 6-4
3. Alexandra Petrzalkova/Celina Buhr (WGCU) def. No player/No player (UTRGV) 1-0
Match Notes
UT Rio Grande Valley 3-14
Grand Canyon Women 10-5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,1,3,2,4)
"The women's team came up with another gritty win today," head coach Greg Prudhomme commented. "We knew it would be a tough match so it was good that we were mentally prepared for it. We got off to a good start by getting the doubles point and then had good momentum by winning four of the five first sets that were played [in singles competition] ."
Doubles competition began with a GCU victory on Court 2 by Lana Rinaldi and Emilia Occhipinti. They won by a score of 6-4 and clinched the doubles point for the Lopes due to a forfeit on Court 3 by UTRGV. Tatum Prudhomme and Susan Baklini fell in a tiebreaker, losing 7-6, on Court 1.
In singles play, the bottom of the lineup got it done for GCU. The Lopes had another advantage as UTRGV was forced to forfeit on Court 6, putting Grand Canyon up 2-0 as a team. On Court 5, Occhipinti quickly won her match by scores of 6-4, 6-3. She improves to 14-0 for the season.
Occhipinti's doubles partner, Rinaldi, clinched the match for GCU. She battled with Darzyan of UTRGV on Court 4 for three sets, eventually winning by a score of 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
"Lana [Rinaldi] was able to take charge of her third set early on and won a convincing 6-1 to finish off the match for us," Prudhomme added. "It was a great win and the girls are going to have another tough one tomorrow."
The Lopes will play for the WAC Championship tomorrow afternoon against Missouri-Kansas City. UMKC is also undefeated in WAC play and has an overall record of 7-7 this season.
Grand Canyon Women 4, UT Rio Grande Valley 3
Apr 01, 2017 at Kansas City, MO (Plaza)
Singles competition
1. Anastasia Belyaeva (UTRGV) def. Tatum Prudhomme (WGCU) 6-1, 7-5
2. Dominique Esparza (UTRGV) def. Alexandra Petrzalkova (WGCU) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6-0)
3. Dominique Ibarra (UTRGV) def. Susan Baklini (WGCU) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1
4. Lana Rinaldi (WGCU) def. Marine Darzyan (UTRGV) 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-1
5. Emilia Occhipinti (WGCU) def. Chloe Leclere (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-3
6. Marie Deleval (WGCU) def. No player (UTRGV) 1-0
Doubles competition
1. Marine Darzyan/Dominique Ibarra (UTRGV) def. Tatum Prudhomme/Susan Baklini (WGCU) 7-6
2. Lana Rinaldi/Emilia Occhipinti (WGCU) def. Dominique Esparza/Anastasia Belyaeva (UTRGV) 6-4
3. Alexandra Petrzalkova/Celina Buhr (WGCU) def. No player/No player (UTRGV) 1-0
Match Notes
UT Rio Grande Valley 3-14
Grand Canyon Women 10-5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,1,3,2,4)
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