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Saturday, April 8
Abilene, Texas
9 a.m.
Grand Canyon
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Abilene Christian
Photo by: Taylor Hansen
Road trip concludes with 6-1 win
4/8/2023 2:39:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Lopes improve to 5-3 in WAC play
ABILENE, Texas – The Grand Canyon women's tennis team wrapped up its weekend road trip with a 6-1 win at Abilene Christian on Saturday.
The Lopes (11-9, 5-3 WAC) were in control from the start, taking the doubles point with wins at the top two courts before winning five of six singles matches on this home stretch of the regular season.
GCU took the 1-0 lead in doubles with wins at Courts 1 and 2. Lopes senior Natasha Puehse and junior Santa Strombacha improved to 6-1 in WAC play with a 6-3 win at the No. 1 court. The point was clinched for the Lopes with a 6-4 win by graduate Madeline Lamoreaux and freshman Anali Kocevar at Court 2, improving to 5-1 in conference play. Abilene Christian (9-12, 3-4 WAC) won at Court 3 to wrap up doubles play.
Singles was all Lopes early, as freshman Dani Deaifi at Court 3 and Puehse at Court 1 dropped just three combined games in 6-0, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-1 respective wins to push GCU's lead to 3-0.
The clinching win came at Court 5 by Lamoreaux, who won 6-4, 6-2 to improve to 15-4 in singles play with a 6-0 record in WAC play.
With the dual-match win in hand with a 4-0 lead, the Lopes ended the day with two more wins on the final three singles courts. Strombacha won in straight sets at Court 2 while Kocevar defeated ACU's Maria Cascos 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4.
ACU picked up a win at the final match at Court 6, where GCU freshman Hebe Toyos was unable to prevail in a third-set tiebreaker, falling 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-5.
The Lopes will wrap up the regular season next weekend with a trip to New Mexico State on April 16.
The Lopes (11-9, 5-3 WAC) were in control from the start, taking the doubles point with wins at the top two courts before winning five of six singles matches on this home stretch of the regular season.
GCU took the 1-0 lead in doubles with wins at Courts 1 and 2. Lopes senior Natasha Puehse and junior Santa Strombacha improved to 6-1 in WAC play with a 6-3 win at the No. 1 court. The point was clinched for the Lopes with a 6-4 win by graduate Madeline Lamoreaux and freshman Anali Kocevar at Court 2, improving to 5-1 in conference play. Abilene Christian (9-12, 3-4 WAC) won at Court 3 to wrap up doubles play.
Singles was all Lopes early, as freshman Dani Deaifi at Court 3 and Puehse at Court 1 dropped just three combined games in 6-0, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-1 respective wins to push GCU's lead to 3-0.
The clinching win came at Court 5 by Lamoreaux, who won 6-4, 6-2 to improve to 15-4 in singles play with a 6-0 record in WAC play.
With the dual-match win in hand with a 4-0 lead, the Lopes ended the day with two more wins on the final three singles courts. Strombacha won in straight sets at Court 2 while Kocevar defeated ACU's Maria Cascos 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4.
ACU picked up a win at the final match at Court 6, where GCU freshman Hebe Toyos was unable to prevail in a third-set tiebreaker, falling 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-5.
The Lopes will wrap up the regular season next weekend with a trip to New Mexico State on April 16.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Masha Vrsalovic / 0 [ACU]
01
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Maryjoe Crisologo / 0 [ACU]
21
#3 Singles Match
12
66
Olivia Sears / 0 [ACU]
02
#4 Singles Match
12
66
Maria Cascos / 0 [ACU]
34
#5 Singles Match
12
66
Andrea Guerrero / 0 [ACU]
42
#6 Singles Match
123
665
Eva Arranz / 0 [ACU]
2710
Order of Finish:
3,1,5,2,4,6
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