Completed Event: Women's Tennis at Northern Arizona on March 20, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 7
W Tennis
at Northern Arizona
L 0-7
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 4:15:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Baylor completes rally after trailing GCU 3-1 at home
WACO, Texas – 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Lopes will be back on the road this weekend with matches at Air Force and Colorado State on Friday and Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Lopes will be back on the road this weekend with matches at Air Force and Colorado State on Friday and Saturday.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
66
Miska Kadleckova / 0 [BU]
21
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Sierra Berry / 0 [BU]
41
#3 Singles Match
12
20
Liubov Kostenko / 0 [BU]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
42
Isabella Harvison / 0 [BU]
66
#5 Singles Match
123
623
Zuzanna Kubacha / 0 [BU]
266
#6 Singles Match
12
33
Danielle Tuhten / 0 [BU]
66
Order of Finish:
3,1,2,6,4,5
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