Upcoming Event: Women's Tennis versus ITA All-American Championships on September 17, 2026
W Tennis
vs ITA All-American Championships
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Tuesday, March 23
Phoenix, Ariz.
3 p.m.
Grand Canyon
vs
Idaho State
GCU hosts Idaho State for 2
3/22/2021 4:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Lopes honor seniors on Wednesday
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| Grand Canyon Lopes (4-7) |
vs | Idaho State Bengals (7-4) |
| Tuesday-Wednesday, March 23-24 3 p.m., 11 a.m. |
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THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- 1ST IN THE WAC: The Lopes started off WAC play with two wins over conference newcomers Dixie State and Tarleton. The Lopes extended their 7-0 mark in WAC regular-season openers and now are tied atop the WAC standings with New Mexico State.
- STREAKING: In their four-match winning streak, the Lopes have seen Natasha Puehse and Emilia Occhipinti win their last four singles matches at the Nos. 1 and 2 singles positions. Puehse extended her team-leading 7-4 singles record while Occhipinti rebounded from an 0-4 start to go 6-1 in her last seven matches.
- SENIOR DAY: The Lopes will honor four seniors - Occhipinti, Autum Prudhomme, Joely Lomas and Mathilde Lirzin - before Wednesday's match against Idaho State. The four seniors have combined to win 65 singles matches and 72 doubles matches.
SCOUTING
Idaho State boasts a 7-4 record with more than half of those wins coming against non Division I opponents. The two matches against GCU will be the final tuneup for the Bengals before Big Sky play begins at Northern Arizona.Freshmen Hana Cho and Lola O'Lideadha are tied for the singles lead with seven wins each. Cho has played at the top three positions while O'Lideadha has played at the bottom three. Lola with her sister, Sol, own the team lead in doubles wins with an 8-1 record across all three doubles positions. The sisters have won eight matches in a row after dropping their season-opening match to Utah in a tiebreaker.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Lopes will continue WAC play in Edinburg, Texas, with matches against Seattle U and UT Rio Grande Valley on April 1-2.
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