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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, February 25
Waco, Texas
9 a.m.
Grand Canyon
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Baylor
Late comeback sinks Lopes
2/25/2024 4:15:00β―PM | Women's Tennis
Baylor completes rally after trailing GCU 3-1 at home
WACO, Texas β The Grand Canyon women's tennis team had its six-match winning streak snapped with Baylor rallying to a 4-3 home win on Sunday.
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The Lopes (9-2) took the doubles point and held a 3-1 lead, but Baylor (6-4) completed a late comeback with wins on the bottom three singles courts.
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The doubles point and the early lead was secured by GCU with wins on the top and bottom courts. Graduate Natasha Puehse and senior Santa Strombacha won 6-3 at the No. 1 court while GCU freshmen duo Iva Sepa and Elizaveta Morozova won 6-3 at No. 3.
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Puehse and Strombacha improved to 8-2 while Sepa and Morozova continued their strong play with a 6-0 record. Court 2 was left unfinished with junior Valentina Del Marco and freshman Valeriia Krokhotina trailing 5-4.
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Leading 1-0, the Lopes leaned on their success at the top of the singles lineup. After Baylor tied up the match with a straight-set win over Sepa at Court 3, Puehse and Strombacha answered back with wins at the top two courts. Puehse won 6-2, 6-1 to improve to 10-0 at the No. 1 position while Strombacha won 6-4, 6-1 and now sits at 9-0.
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With the GCU lead at 3-1, the Lopes only needed to win one more singles match to clinch the win. Baylor had other plans, winning the final three singles matches to complete the comeback.
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The Bears tied the match at 3-3 with a pair of straight-set wins over Morozova and Krokhotina at Courts 4 and 6, respectively . That left one match to play with GCU junior Lailaa Bashir at Court 5.
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Bashir returned to the GCU lineup for her first singles match since Feb. 9 and jumped out to an early advantage with a 6-2 first-set win. Baylor's Zuzanna Kubacha regrouped and won the final two sets, 6-2, 6-3, to complete the comeback.
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The Lopes will be back on the road this weekend with matches at Air Force and Colorado State on Friday and Saturday.
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The Lopes (9-2) took the doubles point and held a 3-1 lead, but Baylor (6-4) completed a late comeback with wins on the bottom three singles courts.
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The doubles point and the early lead was secured by GCU with wins on the top and bottom courts. Graduate Natasha Puehse and senior Santa Strombacha won 6-3 at the No. 1 court while GCU freshmen duo Iva Sepa and Elizaveta Morozova won 6-3 at No. 3.
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Puehse and Strombacha improved to 8-2 while Sepa and Morozova continued their strong play with a 6-0 record. Court 2 was left unfinished with junior Valentina Del Marco and freshman Valeriia Krokhotina trailing 5-4.
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Leading 1-0, the Lopes leaned on their success at the top of the singles lineup. After Baylor tied up the match with a straight-set win over Sepa at Court 3, Puehse and Strombacha answered back with wins at the top two courts. Puehse won 6-2, 6-1 to improve to 10-0 at the No. 1 position while Strombacha won 6-4, 6-1 and now sits at 9-0.
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With the GCU lead at 3-1, the Lopes only needed to win one more singles match to clinch the win. Baylor had other plans, winning the final three singles matches to complete the comeback.
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The Bears tied the match at 3-3 with a pair of straight-set wins over Morozova and Krokhotina at Courts 4 and 6, respectively . That left one match to play with GCU junior Lailaa Bashir at Court 5.
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Bashir returned to the GCU lineup for her first singles match since Feb. 9 and jumped out to an early advantage with a 6-2 first-set win. Baylor's Zuzanna Kubacha regrouped and won the final two sets, 6-2, 6-3, to complete the comeback.
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The Lopes will be back on the road this weekend with matches at Air Force and Colorado State on Friday and Saturday.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
66
21
#2 Singles Match
12
66
41
#3 Singles Match
12
20
66
#4 Singles Match
12
42
66
#5 Singles Match
123
623
266
#6 Singles Match
12
33
66
Order of Finish:
3,1,2,6,4,5
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