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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, March 2
Fort Collins, Colo.
12:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon
4
at
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Colorado State
Photo by: Wesley Kurz
Road trip concludes with GCU win
3/2/2024 7:20:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Lopes improve to 11-2 with win at Colorado State
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Grand Canyon women's tennis team wrapped up the weekend roadtrip with a 4-1 win over Colorado State on Saturday afternoon.
The Lopes (11-2) kept their winning ways going with by clinching the doubles point for the eighth straight match along with strong play in singles from the middle and bottom of the lineup.
In doubles the Lopes earned the point with wins on the top two courts. At court two junior Valentina Del Marco and Valeriia Krokhotina snapped a two-match losing streak with a 6-1 win. That set the stage for graduate Natasha Puehse and senior Santa Strombacha to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win at the No. 1 court. The top GCU doubles pair are now 10-2 this season.
With the early lead in hand the Lopes pressed their advantage over the Rams (4-5) a trio of first sets. GCU freshman Elizaveta Morozova was the first to finish with a 6-1, 6-3 win at court three to put the Lopes up 2-0. Colorado State countered with a three-set win at court six over GCU's Dania Deaifi while two other matches also when to a third set.
The Lopes were able to swing momentum into their favor with a hard-fought win by Strombacha at court two. The GCU senior had to go to a tiebreaker in both sets and prevailed 7-6, 7-6.
Up 3-1 the Lopes needed just one more win with three matches still in progress. That win came at court five with Krokhotina prevailing in three sets 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. GCU freshman Iva Sepa and Puehse had their matches left unfinished at courts four and one in the third set.
The Lopes will enjoy a bye week before their final nonconference match of the season against Northern Arizona on March 14 in Phoenix.
The Lopes (11-2) kept their winning ways going with by clinching the doubles point for the eighth straight match along with strong play in singles from the middle and bottom of the lineup.
In doubles the Lopes earned the point with wins on the top two courts. At court two junior Valentina Del Marco and Valeriia Krokhotina snapped a two-match losing streak with a 6-1 win. That set the stage for graduate Natasha Puehse and senior Santa Strombacha to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win at the No. 1 court. The top GCU doubles pair are now 10-2 this season.
With the early lead in hand the Lopes pressed their advantage over the Rams (4-5) a trio of first sets. GCU freshman Elizaveta Morozova was the first to finish with a 6-1, 6-3 win at court three to put the Lopes up 2-0. Colorado State countered with a three-set win at court six over GCU's Dania Deaifi while two other matches also when to a third set.
The Lopes were able to swing momentum into their favor with a hard-fought win by Strombacha at court two. The GCU senior had to go to a tiebreaker in both sets and prevailed 7-6, 7-6.
Up 3-1 the Lopes needed just one more win with three matches still in progress. That win came at court five with Krokhotina prevailing in three sets 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. GCU freshman Iva Sepa and Puehse had their matches left unfinished at courts four and one in the third set.
The Lopes will enjoy a bye week before their final nonconference match of the season against Northern Arizona on March 14 in Phoenix.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
1234
7630
Lennon,Zara / 0 [CSU]
632UF
#2 Singles Match
12
77
Buzkova,Radka / 0 [CSU]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
66
Weekley,Sarah / 0 [CSU]
13
#4 Singles Match
1234
6610
Avelar,Luana / 0 [CSU]
743UF
#5 Singles Match
123
666
Richterova,Sarka / 0 [CSU]
724
#6 Singles Match
123
632
Zhadzinskaya,Viktor / 0 [CSU]
266
Order of Finish:
3,6,2,5
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