The Grand Canyon women's tennis team wrapped up a busy four-day stretchΒ with a 6-1 home loss to Cal Poly on Sunday.
After playing two matches on Thursday and Friday in Hawaii, the Lopes (2-8) had to head straight back to Phoenix to face the Mustangs at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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For the second straight match, freshman
Natasha Puehse and sophomoreΒ
Jana Weiss competed at No. 1 and won their match 6-3. The Mustangs (8-2) still won the doubles point with a 6-2 victoryΒ over senior
Emilia Occhipinti and juniorΒ
Martina Lo Pumo at No. 2 and a 6-0 win over juniorsΒ
Autum Prudhomme and
Ludovica Infantino at No. 3.
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In singles, GCU saw Infantino move up to No. 4 and pick up a convincing 6-3, 6-3 win. Prudhomme,Β at No. 6, forced a third set in her match by taking the second setΒ 6-3 after dropping the first set 4-6. She lost the third-set tiebreaker in a tightly contested 12-10 game.
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Cal Poly tookΒ care of the rest of the match, winning the remaining four singles matches in straight sets. The dual-match win was clinched at No. 5 by Cal Poly's Melissa LaMette,Β winning 6-2, 6-3.
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The Lopes will be back in action next weekend when they travel to San Diego State on March 7.
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