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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, February 13
Tucson, Ariz.
12 p.m.
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Singles play helps Arizona edge GCU
2/13/2021 6:00:00β―PM | Women's Tennis
Wildcats erase early 2-0 Lopes lead in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. β The Grand Canyon women's tennis team was edged 4-3 by Arizona on Saturday in Tucson at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.
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GCU (0-4) took advantage of an incomplete lineup for Arizona (5-1) to win by default at the No. 3 doubles position and the No. 6 singles position. Arizona won 6-3 over Natasha Puehse and Jana Weiss at No. 1, but the senior duo of Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme won the final match 6-3 at No. 2 to take a 1-0 lead with the doubles point.
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Heading into singles, the Lopes earned another free point with Prudhomme picking up a win by default at No. 6. Arizona responded in singles to erase the 2-0 GCU lead with two quick straight-set wins at Nos. 4 and 5.
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Tied 2-2, the match came down to the final three singles matches. Occhipinti, at No. 2, lost her first set 6-3 and battled to a tiebreaker in the second before Arizona's Jelena Lukic escaped with a 9-7 win for a 3-2 Wildcats dualΒ lead.
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Puehse and the Lopes responded to tie the match with a hard-fought win at No. 1. The sophomore from Scottsdale, Arizona, lost her first set 6-4, but responded with a 7-6 (7-1) win in the second. It was smooth sailing from there with Puehse controlling the third set, winning 6-3 for her third straight singles win.
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The deciding match for both teams came down to No. 3 with Weiss and Arizona's Tayla Zandberg. The Austrian battled in the first two sets, losing the first 7-5Β before winning 7-5 in the second. In the third set, Weiss ranΒ out of steam, losing 6-1 forΒ a 4-3 Arizona win.
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GCU will be back in action in two weeks, when the team travels to Des Moines, Iowa, for matches against Omaha on Feb. 27 and Drake on Feb. 28.
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GCU (0-4) took advantage of an incomplete lineup for Arizona (5-1) to win by default at the No. 3 doubles position and the No. 6 singles position. Arizona won 6-3 over Natasha Puehse and Jana Weiss at No. 1, but the senior duo of Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme won the final match 6-3 at No. 2 to take a 1-0 lead with the doubles point.
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Heading into singles, the Lopes earned another free point with Prudhomme picking up a win by default at No. 6. Arizona responded in singles to erase the 2-0 GCU lead with two quick straight-set wins at Nos. 4 and 5.
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Tied 2-2, the match came down to the final three singles matches. Occhipinti, at No. 2, lost her first set 6-3 and battled to a tiebreaker in the second before Arizona's Jelena Lukic escaped with a 9-7 win for a 3-2 Wildcats dualΒ lead.
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Puehse and the Lopes responded to tie the match with a hard-fought win at No. 1. The sophomore from Scottsdale, Arizona, lost her first set 6-4, but responded with a 7-6 (7-1) win in the second. It was smooth sailing from there with Puehse controlling the third set, winning 6-3 for her third straight singles win.
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The deciding match for both teams came down to No. 3 with Weiss and Arizona's Tayla Zandberg. The Austrian battled in the first two sets, losing the first 7-5Β before winning 7-5 in the second. In the third set, Weiss ranΒ out of steam, losing 6-1 forΒ a 4-3 Arizona win.
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GCU will be back in action in two weeks, when the team travels to Des Moines, Iowa, for matches against Omaha on Feb. 27 and Drake on Feb. 28.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
123
476
663
#2 Singles Match
12
36
67
#3 Singles Match
123
571
756
#4 Singles Match
12
21
66
#5 Singles Match
12
22
66
#6 Singles Match
1
WD
0
Order of Finish:
6,4,5,2,1,3
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