Lopes travel to Northern Arizona


Grand Canyon Lopes (0-4)	vs.	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (0-1)
	Live Stats	Friday, Jan. 27 11 a.m.

The Grand Canyon women's tennis team will head back on the road this weekend for a match in Flagstaff against Northern Arizona.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

STROMBACHA SINGLES SUCCESS: Junior Santa Strombacha has been on a roll with two singles wins in the last three matches. Against UC San Diego, Strombacha won in straight sets and followed that up with a 6-2, 6-0 win against Cal Poly last week. The GCU junior leads the Lopes with a 2-1 record in singles at the No. 2 position.
FOCUSED ON DOUBLES: Doubles has been a focus for the Lopes as they are looking for their first doubles point of the year. The team mixed up the lineup in its last match against Arizona with freshman Anali Kocevar moving up to the top position with senior Natasha Puehse. Strombacha moved to Court 2 with sophomore Valentina Del Marco.
NEXT MATCH BACK HOME: The Lopes will be back in action soon at the GCU Tennis Facilit for a midweek battle on Feb. 8 against UC Riverside at 2:30 p.m. It will be the first of two matches at home in the month, Weber State will come to town on Feb. 26.

SCOUTING

Northern Arizona will open its home schedule against the Lopes this week after falling to Arizona State on the road to start its season on Jan. 19. The Lumberjacks have a strong team at home, where they carry a 23-match winning streak into this season. The Lumberjacks had a banner season last year, clinching a share of the Big Sky regular-season title before advancing to the NCAA tournament for the third straight season. NAU is the team to beat in the Big Sky, earning six of the nine first-place votes in the preseason poll. Junior Sofia Markova returns this year after a 13-4 record in singles in her debut season with the Lumberjacks.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

SCOUTING

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Players Mentioned

Valentina Del Marco

Anali Kocevar

Natasha Puehse

Santa Strombacha

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