Upcoming Event: Men's Tennis versus MW Fall Qualifier on October 3, 2025
M Tennis
vs MW Fall Qualifier
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, February 4
Irvine, Calif.
11 a.m.
Grand Canyon
at
UC Irvine
Both teams head to California
2/3/2022 4:55:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
Lopes face UC Irvine; women also face UC Riverside
Both Grand Canyon tennis teams will head to California for a weekend road trip.
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The men and women will play at UC Irvine on Friday with the women playing at 11 a.m. and the men following at 2:30 p.m. The women will then travel to UC Riverside on Saturday for a noon start.
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The men are coming off last weekend's trip, where they lost 6-1 to BYU and 4-0 to Idaho State. Against the Cougars, GCU sophomore Loic Van Zeggelaar picked up a 6-1, 6-4 singles win at the No. 5 position while three singles matches were left unfinished against the Bengals.
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The women last competed at the Cal State Fullerton Spring Invitational, a non-dual match event, in late January. The Lopes picked up six wins in singles and four wins in doubles against players from Cal State Fullerton, San Jose State and UC Irvine.
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Individually at the event, Lopes sophomore Santa Strombacha was named WAC Singles Player of the Week while fifth-year senior Autum Prudhomme and graduate Fabienne Schimdt were named WAC Doubles Players of the Week. Strombacha won all three of her singles matches, starting with a three-set win over Fullerton's Juliette Daries before winning her final two matches in straight sets.
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In doubles, Prudhomme and Schmidt bounced back after a 6-3 loss to win their final two matches of the weekend, 6-1 and 6-2.
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The men and women will play at UC Irvine on Friday with the women playing at 11 a.m. and the men following at 2:30 p.m. The women will then travel to UC Riverside on Saturday for a noon start.
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The men are coming off last weekend's trip, where they lost 6-1 to BYU and 4-0 to Idaho State. Against the Cougars, GCU sophomore Loic Van Zeggelaar picked up a 6-1, 6-4 singles win at the No. 5 position while three singles matches were left unfinished against the Bengals.
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The women last competed at the Cal State Fullerton Spring Invitational, a non-dual match event, in late January. The Lopes picked up six wins in singles and four wins in doubles against players from Cal State Fullerton, San Jose State and UC Irvine.
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Individually at the event, Lopes sophomore Santa Strombacha was named WAC Singles Player of the Week while fifth-year senior Autum Prudhomme and graduate Fabienne Schimdt were named WAC Doubles Players of the Week. Strombacha won all three of her singles matches, starting with a three-set win over Fullerton's Juliette Daries before winning her final two matches in straight sets.
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In doubles, Prudhomme and Schmidt bounced back after a 6-3 loss to win their final two matches of the weekend, 6-1 and 6-2.
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Players Mentioned
Kendra Potts Post Match Press Conference | GCU vs NAU 9.7.25
Monday, September 08
"Your Life Arizona" Featuring Vice President of Athletics Jamie Boggs
Friday, September 05
Kaleb Smith | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Dusty Stromer | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04