Completed Event: Women's Tennis at Northern Arizona on March 20, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 7
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at Northern Arizona
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, April 14
Phoenix, Ariz.
10 a.m.
Grand Canyon
5
vs
2
Chicago State
Lopes down Cougars at home
4/14/2022 2:17:00 PM | Women's Tennis
GCU stays undefeated in WAC play
The Grand Canyon women's tennis team continued its hot play with a 5-2 win over Chicago State on Thursday at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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With the win by the Lopes (7-8, 3-0 WAC), they moved closer to repeating as the WAC regular-season champion. If New Mexico State loses to Seattle U on Friday, GCU will earn at least a share of the title. If the Aggies win, it will set up a potential winner-take-all match on Saturday with both teams sitting at a 3-0 record.
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Against the Cougars (6-15, 0-3 WAC), the Lopes took the doubles point with wins on the top two courts. Senior duo Autum Prudhomme and Fabienne Schmidt improved to 9-5 on the season with a quick 6-0 win at No. 2. The doubles point was clinched by the GCU top duo of junior Natasha Puehse and sophomore Santa Strombacha with a 6-2 win at No. 1. The GCU pair has now won eight straight games for a 10-3 record. The Cougars picked up a win at Court 3 after the point was clinched.
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In singles, the Lopes started strongly with five first-set wins. Puehse, at Court 1, and Prudhomme, at Court 5, had quick 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0 wins to extend the GCU lead to 3-0. Shortly after those victories, Schmidt wrapped up the dual-match win with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at Court 2.
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With GCU leading 4-0, Strombacha put the finishing touches on the match with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3. Chicago State countered with a pair of three-set wins over senior Jana Weiss and freshman Sara Rakim at Courts 4 and 6 to conclude the match.
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GCU and New Mexico State will meet in the final WAC match of the regular season on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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With the win by the Lopes (7-8, 3-0 WAC), they moved closer to repeating as the WAC regular-season champion. If New Mexico State loses to Seattle U on Friday, GCU will earn at least a share of the title. If the Aggies win, it will set up a potential winner-take-all match on Saturday with both teams sitting at a 3-0 record.
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Against the Cougars (6-15, 0-3 WAC), the Lopes took the doubles point with wins on the top two courts. Senior duo Autum Prudhomme and Fabienne Schmidt improved to 9-5 on the season with a quick 6-0 win at No. 2. The doubles point was clinched by the GCU top duo of junior Natasha Puehse and sophomore Santa Strombacha with a 6-2 win at No. 1. The GCU pair has now won eight straight games for a 10-3 record. The Cougars picked up a win at Court 3 after the point was clinched.
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In singles, the Lopes started strongly with five first-set wins. Puehse, at Court 1, and Prudhomme, at Court 5, had quick 6-1, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0 wins to extend the GCU lead to 3-0. Shortly after those victories, Schmidt wrapped up the dual-match win with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at Court 2.
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With GCU leading 4-0, Strombacha put the finishing touches on the match with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3. Chicago State countered with a pair of three-set wins over senior Jana Weiss and freshman Sara Rakim at Courts 4 and 6 to conclude the match.
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GCU and New Mexico State will meet in the final WAC match of the regular season on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the GCU Tennis Facility.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Katarina Drazic / 0 [CSU]
10
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Kristina Pukhaeva / 0 [CSU]
24
66
#3 Singles Match
12
Diana Borodina / 0 [CSU]
23
66
#4 Singles Match
123
Sofiya Sedovich / 0 [CSU]
641
460
#5 Singles Match
12
Lizi Morgoshia / 0 [CSU]
20
66
#6 Singles Match
123
Katarina Dukic / 0 [CSU]
166
643
Order of Finish:
1,5,2,3,6,4
Players Mentioned
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