Completed Event: Men's Tennis versus Utah on February 28, 2026 , Win , 5, to, 2
M Tennis
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W 5-2
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Lopes earn 3 WAC weekly awards
1/26/2022 2:26:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
Both teams well represented in WAC honors
Both Grand Canyon tennis teams were well represented in the weekly WAC awards earning three of the four honors.
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Graduate student Freddie Grant and sophomore Santa Strombacha were both named WAC Singles Player of the Week while fifth-year duo Autum Prudhomme and Fabienne Schmidt were named WAC Doubles Players of the Week.
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Grant picked up two straight wins for the men over the weekend in a pair of close team losses. In a neutral site match against Creighton, Grant Creighton's Matthew Lanahan after despite dropping the first set winning 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6), 7-5. The next day against host Air Force Grant won 6-4, 6-1 against the Falcons' Nick Vroman.
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The women swept the WAC weekly awards after a strong showing at the CSUF Spring Invitational, a non-dual match event. In singles Strombacha went 3-0 in her matches. On the first day, the GCU sophomore defeated Cal State Fullerton's Juliette Daries 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. The final two days were straight set wins for Strombacha over Jessica Tsukiji from UC Irvine 6-2, 6-3 and a 6-2, 6-3 win over San Jose State's Oleksandra Andrieieva.
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In doubles the Lopes also put in a strong result with Prudhomme and Schmidt going 2-1 over the weekend. After dropping the first match of the event, the GCU duo defeated Cal State Fullerton's Natalie Duffy and Mariia Nikitash with a 6-1 win and took down UCI's Emily Fowler and Mia Totah 6-2.
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The women will be off till next week while the men are back in action this weekend with matches at BYU on Jan. 28 and Idaho State on Jan. 30.
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Graduate student Freddie Grant and sophomore Santa Strombacha were both named WAC Singles Player of the Week while fifth-year duo Autum Prudhomme and Fabienne Schmidt were named WAC Doubles Players of the Week.
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Grant picked up two straight wins for the men over the weekend in a pair of close team losses. In a neutral site match against Creighton, Grant Creighton's Matthew Lanahan after despite dropping the first set winning 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6), 7-5. The next day against host Air Force Grant won 6-4, 6-1 against the Falcons' Nick Vroman.
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The women swept the WAC weekly awards after a strong showing at the CSUF Spring Invitational, a non-dual match event. In singles Strombacha went 3-0 in her matches. On the first day, the GCU sophomore defeated Cal State Fullerton's Juliette Daries 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. The final two days were straight set wins for Strombacha over Jessica Tsukiji from UC Irvine 6-2, 6-3 and a 6-2, 6-3 win over San Jose State's Oleksandra Andrieieva.
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In doubles the Lopes also put in a strong result with Prudhomme and Schmidt going 2-1 over the weekend. After dropping the first match of the event, the GCU duo defeated Cal State Fullerton's Natalie Duffy and Mariia Nikitash with a 6-1 win and took down UCI's Emily Fowler and Mia Totah 6-2.
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The women will be off till next week while the men are back in action this weekend with matches at BYU on Jan. 28 and Idaho State on Jan. 30.
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