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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, April 1
Edinburg, Texas
11:30 a.m.
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UT Rio Grande Valley
GCU sweeps UTRGV for 6th straight win
4/2/2021 12:00:00β―AM | Women's Tennis
Lopes move into 1st place in WAC race
EDINBURG, TexasΒ β The Grand Canyon women's tennis team won its sixth match in a row on Thursday with a 7-0 victory at UT Rio Grande Valley.
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The Lopes (7-7, 3-0 WAC) dominated the Vaqueros (3-13, 1-2 WAC) winning all nine matches in doubles and singles to keep pace with New Mexico State, which also won Thursday. The Aggies' Friday morning loss put GCU alone in first place.
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In doubles, GCU picked up wins on all three courts. Senior Joely Lomas and freshman Taylor Andersen won their seventh match in a row with a 6-2 win at No. 3. Sophomore Natasha Puehse and junior Jana Weiss finished quickly behind with a 6-1 win at No. 1 to clinch the doubles point for GCU. Senior duo Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme wrapped up doubles with their seventh win in a row, a 6-4 decision on Court 2.
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The Lopes kept the momentum going with all six singles wins coming in straight sets. Occhipinti won her ninth singles match of the season at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against UTRGV singles leader Katarina Sasaroga. Lomas prevailed in a second-set tiebreaker after taking the first set 6-2 at No. 4 while Prudhomme clinched the team triump with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 5.
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Leading 4-0, the Lopes finished the match stronglyΒ with Andersen winning 6-3, 6-4 at Court 6Β and Weiss wrapping up her sixth singles win in a row with a 6-3, 7-5 scoreline. At No. 1, Puehse who had finished first in the last three matches, was the final one to prevail ThursdayΒ in a 7-6, 7-6 win.
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The Lopes wrap up the Edinburg, Texas, visit with a neutral-site match against Seattle U (0-11, 0-3 WAC) at 2 p.m. (Phoenix time).
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The Lopes (7-7, 3-0 WAC) dominated the Vaqueros (3-13, 1-2 WAC) winning all nine matches in doubles and singles to keep pace with New Mexico State, which also won Thursday. The Aggies' Friday morning loss put GCU alone in first place.
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In doubles, GCU picked up wins on all three courts. Senior Joely Lomas and freshman Taylor Andersen won their seventh match in a row with a 6-2 win at No. 3. Sophomore Natasha Puehse and junior Jana Weiss finished quickly behind with a 6-1 win at No. 1 to clinch the doubles point for GCU. Senior duo Emilia Occhipinti and Autum Prudhomme wrapped up doubles with their seventh win in a row, a 6-4 decision on Court 2.
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The Lopes kept the momentum going with all six singles wins coming in straight sets. Occhipinti won her ninth singles match of the season at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against UTRGV singles leader Katarina Sasaroga. Lomas prevailed in a second-set tiebreaker after taking the first set 6-2 at No. 4 while Prudhomme clinched the team triump with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 5.
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Leading 4-0, the Lopes finished the match stronglyΒ with Andersen winning 6-3, 6-4 at Court 6Β and Weiss wrapping up her sixth singles win in a row with a 6-3, 7-5 scoreline. At No. 1, Puehse who had finished first in the last three matches, was the final one to prevail ThursdayΒ in a 7-6, 7-6 win.
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The Lopes wrap up the Edinburg, Texas, visit with a neutral-site match against Seattle U (0-11, 0-3 WAC) at 2 p.m. (Phoenix time).
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
12
77
66
#2 Singles Match
12
66
43
#3 Singles Match
12
67
35
#4 Singles Match
12
67
26
#5 Singles Match
12
76
54
#6 Singles Match
12
66
34
Order of Finish:
2,4,6,5,3,1
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