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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, March 4
Phoenix, Ariz.
5:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon
2
vs
5
Baylor
Photo by: Jayden Todd
Lopes fall to Baylor at home
3/4/2023 10:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis
GCU impresses with doubles point, singles win
The Grand Canyon women's tennis team fell 5-2 to Baylor at GCU Tennis Facility on Saturday night.
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The Lopes (4-6) started the match strong by taking the doubles point. Under the lights at home, the Lopes won the final two doubles matches to take a 1-0 dual lead. After Baylor won 6-1 at Court 3, the Lopes answered at Court 2 with graduate Madeline Lamoreaux and freshman Anali Kocevar winning 6-4. In the final doubles match at Court 1, senior Natasha Puehse and junior Santa Strombacha won 6-4.
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Down 1-0,Baylor (8-6) responded early in singles with straight-set wins over Kocevar and sophomore Valentina Del Marco to take a 2-1 lead. At Court 4, GCU freshman Dania Deaifi responded from a 6-2 first-set loss by winning  6-4 in the second set before running out of steam in a 6-0 third set to give Baylor a 3-1 lead.
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The Lopes responded with Lamoreaux defeating Baylor's Paula Baranano in three sets. The Utah transfer had one her of biggest wins of the season, taking the 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 match to tighten Baylor's team lead to 3-2.
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Baylor clinched the dual-match win with a three-set victory over Puehse at Court 2. The GCU senior took the first set 7-6 and nearly won the second but fell 7-5. Baylor's Alina Shcherbinina won the final set 6-0 to put the Bears up 4-2 and clinch the dual win.
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It was a similar situation at Court 1, where Strombacha also fell in three sets. The GCU junior lost her first set but responded with a 6-2, second-set win. The final set was competitive and Strombacha lost 6-4 to complete the match.
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The Lopes will be back in action at home next Saturday against Air Force.
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The Lopes (4-6) started the match strong by taking the doubles point. Under the lights at home, the Lopes won the final two doubles matches to take a 1-0 dual lead. After Baylor won 6-1 at Court 3, the Lopes answered at Court 2 with graduate Madeline Lamoreaux and freshman Anali Kocevar winning 6-4. In the final doubles match at Court 1, senior Natasha Puehse and junior Santa Strombacha won 6-4.
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Down 1-0,Baylor (8-6) responded early in singles with straight-set wins over Kocevar and sophomore Valentina Del Marco to take a 2-1 lead. At Court 4, GCU freshman Dania Deaifi responded from a 6-2 first-set loss by winning  6-4 in the second set before running out of steam in a 6-0 third set to give Baylor a 3-1 lead.
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The Lopes responded with Lamoreaux defeating Baylor's Paula Baranano in three sets. The Utah transfer had one her of biggest wins of the season, taking the 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 match to tighten Baylor's team lead to 3-2.
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Baylor clinched the dual-match win with a three-set victory over Puehse at Court 2. The GCU senior took the first set 7-6 and nearly won the second but fell 7-5. Baylor's Alina Shcherbinina won the final set 6-0 to put the Bears up 4-2 and clinch the dual win.
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It was a similar situation at Court 1, where Strombacha also fell in three sets. The GCU junior lost her first set but responded with a 6-2, second-set win. The final set was competitive and Strombacha lost 6-4 to complete the match.
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The Lopes will be back in action at home next Saturday against Air Force.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2,1
#1 Singles Match
123
Isabella Harvison / 0 [BU]
626
264
#2 Singles Match
123
Alina Shcherbinina / 0 [BU]
676
750
#3 Singles Match
12
Anita Sahdiieva / 0 [BU]
66
32
#4 Singles Match
123
Liubov Kostenko / 0 [BU]
646
260
#5 Singles Match
123
Paula Baranano / 0 [BU]
465
617
#6 Singles Match
12
Daniella Dimitrov / 0 [BU]
66
32
Order of Finish:
3,6,4,5,2,1
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