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vs W15 Lincoln
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, February 5
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
11 a.m.
Grand Canyon
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at
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Cal Poly
Lopes drop road match to Cal Poly
2/5/2021 4:03:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Puehse wins second straight singles match
The Grand Canyon women's tennis team dropped a road match at Cal Poly on Friday afternoon.
The Mustangs (1-0) who returned three of the team's top four singles players from a 9-2 shortened 2020 season took control of the match early with the doubles point and went on to win five of the six singles matches.
In doubles the GCU (0-3) senior duo of Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme won their first match of the year together winning a close 7-5 match at No. 2. In the other two matches both teams were tied at 4-4 with the deuce point going the way of Cal Poly. With that 5-4 lead the Mustangs closed out doubles wins at Nos. 1 and 3 with 6-4 scores.
In singles sophomore Natasha Puehse, the reigning WAC Singles Player of the Week backed up that award with her second straight win at No. 1. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native took the first set 6-4 but stumbled in the second falling 1-6. Puehse would regroup and take the final set 6-3 over Cal Poly's Dominique Stone.
The Mustangs would control the rest of the singles matches with straight set wins on the other five courts. Junior Jana Weiss lost her match with close 6-4, 6-4 set scores while Joely Lomas nearly forced a tiebreaker in her second set falling 7-5.
The Lopes will back on the road on Feb. 13 when they travel to Tucson to face Arizona. The Lopes and Wildcats met earlier this season with Arizona winning 5-2 on Jan. 23.
The Mustangs (1-0) who returned three of the team's top four singles players from a 9-2 shortened 2020 season took control of the match early with the doubles point and went on to win five of the six singles matches.
In doubles the GCU (0-3) senior duo of Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme won their first match of the year together winning a close 7-5 match at No. 2. In the other two matches both teams were tied at 4-4 with the deuce point going the way of Cal Poly. With that 5-4 lead the Mustangs closed out doubles wins at Nos. 1 and 3 with 6-4 scores.
In singles sophomore Natasha Puehse, the reigning WAC Singles Player of the Week backed up that award with her second straight win at No. 1. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native took the first set 6-4 but stumbled in the second falling 1-6. Puehse would regroup and take the final set 6-3 over Cal Poly's Dominique Stone.
The Mustangs would control the rest of the singles matches with straight set wins on the other five courts. Junior Jana Weiss lost her match with close 6-4, 6-4 set scores while Joely Lomas nearly forced a tiebreaker in her second set falling 7-5.
The Lopes will back on the road on Feb. 13 when they travel to Tucson to face Arizona. The Lopes and Wildcats met earlier this season with Arizona winning 5-2 on Jan. 23.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
123
616
Dominique Stone / 0 [CPW]
463
#2 Singles Match
12
32
Kim Bhunu / 0 [CPW]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
44
Melissa LaMette / 0 [CPW]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
13
Delanie Dunkle / 0 [CPW]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
25
Emily Ackerman / 0 [CPW]
67
#6 Singles Match
12
34
Grace Olyphant / 0 [CPW]
66
Order of Finish:
4,2,5,3,1,6
Players Mentioned
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