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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, February 18
Albuquerque, NM
12 p.m.
Grand Canyon
at
New Mexico
Road trip takes Lopes to New Mexico
2/17/2022 5:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis
GCU continues road-heavy nonconference slate
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| Grand Canyon Lopes (2-1) |
vs. | New Mexico Lobos (5-1) |
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- TRANSFER SUCCESS: So far in the young season, the Lopes have seen solid contributions from incoming transfers Fabienne Schmidt and Santa Strombacha. Schmidt, a graduate transfer from Austin Peay, has won all three of her singles matches at No. 2 and has taken home WAC Singles and Doubles Player of the Week honors. Strombacha, a sophomore from Arizona, has also started 3-0 in singles at No. 3 and was named WAC Singles Player of the Week on Jan. 26
- DOUBLES CLINCHED: In the three matches the Lopes have played, doubles has played a key factor in the wins. Against UC Riverside, the doubles point was the key in a 4-3 comeback win and against UC Irvine the Lopes used the momentum from the early 1-0 lead to shutout the Anteaters 5-0.
- HISTORY VS. LOBOS: GCU is looking for its first ever win against New Mexico. The Lopes and Lobos have met seven times, three of those coming in GCU's Division I history. Last March, GCU learned from a 4-3 loss and went on to win nine of the final 10 matches of the regular season.
SCOUTING
New Mexico has started strong with a 5-1 record through the first three weeks of dual-match play. The Lobos have already beaten fellow WAC opponents Abilene Christian and New Mexico State in back-to-back 5-2 wins on Feb. 6 and 12.Hsuan Huang has won all five of her singles matches in positions four to six in singles while Yue Chen and Myu Kageyama are 5-1 at the top doubles spot.
WHAT'S NEXT
- GCU will host Tarleton at the GCU Tennis Facility in the WAC opener on March 4.
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