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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, February 27
Des Moines, Iowa
11 a.m.
Grand Canyon
5
vs
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Omaha
Singles play leads Lopes to win
2/27/2021 7:28:00β―PM | Women's Tennis
GCU takes five of six singles matches after losing doubles point
DES MOINES, Iowa β The Grand Canyon women's tennis team picked up their first win of the season defeating Omaha 5-2 in a neutral site match.
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The Lopes (1-4) were down early 1-0 after doubles but rallied winning five of the six singles matches.
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"The girls strong team spirit pulled them through today after being down after doubles," head coach Greg Prudhomme said. "They all fought with a great attitude and supported one another.
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In doubles Omaha (5-5) took the point with a narrow win at the top position. The Mavericks defeated Taylor Andersen and Joely Lomas 6-2 at No. 3 but Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme came back with a 6-3 win at No. 2.
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The point all came down to Natasha Puehse and Jana Weiss who pushed their match to a tiebreaker. Omaha's Madison Gallegos and Ines Absisan prevailed winning in 7-6 (7-4).
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Down 1-0 the Lopes regrouped and won four of the six first sets in singles. Freshman Andersen won her first singles match of her collegiate career defeating Omaha's Lillian Tiemeyer 6-2, 6-0. The Lopes would build on that momentum with straight set wins by Weiss and Lomas at courts three and five.
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Up 3-1 the dual-match win was clinched by senior captain Occhipinti who swept Absisan 6-1, 6-4. That singles win was the 43rd of her career which ties her with Tatum Prudhomme for the most singles wins in GCU's D-I era.
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Autum Prudhomme would provide the exclamation point for GCU winning the final singles match of the day in a 10-point tiebreaker 6-4, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3).
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The Lopes will look for a weekend sweep when they face Drake on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Phoenix time.
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The Lopes (1-4) were down early 1-0 after doubles but rallied winning five of the six singles matches.
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"The girls strong team spirit pulled them through today after being down after doubles," head coach Greg Prudhomme said. "They all fought with a great attitude and supported one another.
Β
In doubles Omaha (5-5) took the point with a narrow win at the top position. The Mavericks defeated Taylor Andersen and Joely Lomas 6-2 at No. 3 but Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme came back with a 6-3 win at No. 2.
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The point all came down to Natasha Puehse and Jana Weiss who pushed their match to a tiebreaker. Omaha's Madison Gallegos and Ines Absisan prevailed winning in 7-6 (7-4).
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Down 1-0 the Lopes regrouped and won four of the six first sets in singles. Freshman Andersen won her first singles match of her collegiate career defeating Omaha's Lillian Tiemeyer 6-2, 6-0. The Lopes would build on that momentum with straight set wins by Weiss and Lomas at courts three and five.
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Up 3-1 the dual-match win was clinched by senior captain Occhipinti who swept Absisan 6-1, 6-4. That singles win was the 43rd of her career which ties her with Tatum Prudhomme for the most singles wins in GCU's D-I era.
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Autum Prudhomme would provide the exclamation point for GCU winning the final singles match of the day in a 10-point tiebreaker 6-4, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3).
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The Lopes will look for a weekend sweep when they face Drake on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Phoenix time.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
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#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
12
66
32
#2 Singles Match
12
14
66
#3 Singles Match
12
31
66
#4 Singles Match
123
650
471
#5 Singles Match
12
14
66
#6 Singles Match
12
20
66
Order of Finish:
6,1,3,5,2,4
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