Completed Event: Women's Tennis at Northern Arizona on March 20, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 7
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, April 18
Arlington, Texas
9 a.m.
Grand Canyon
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Abilene Christian
Photo by: WAC
Sweep puts Lopes in WAC Tournament championship
4/18/2025 9:33:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Top seed GCU sweeps Abilene Christian, faces 3rd-seeded UT Arlington for title
ARLINGTON, Texas — The top-seeded Grand Canyon women's tennis team dominated No. 4 seed Abilene Christian in a WAC Tournament semifinal sweep Friday to advance to the championship dual Saturday against host and No. 3 seed UT Arlington.
With only two two players returning this season, the Lopes are in position to win their third consecutive WAC Tournament title and reach the NCAA Tournament again if they win the Saturday dual starting at 8 a.m. (Phoenix time) with the Mavericks. Due to weather forecasts, the championship site was moved indoors to SMU's Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas.
"Execution, focus, playing the conditions well, playing together as a team, united and believing," GCU head coach Dané Vorster said of the victory in her first WAC Tournament competition.
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GCU (12-10) came out strong to capture the doubles point Friday, getting wins on Courts 1 and 2. Bella Crossman, the Lopes freshman from Torrumbarry Australia, and her junior partner Dania Deaifi cruised to a 6-2 win in their Court 2 match to secure a 1-0 GCU lead after sophomore Gala Arangio and freshman Karina Hofbauer won first for the Lopes, 6-4, on Court 1.
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In singles. GCU continued to dominate with closeout wins on Courts 2, 3 and 4. Arangio, who is from Argentina, beat Abilene Christian's Olivia Sears 6-2, 6-4 on Court 2. Crossman continued her strong play, winning 6-3 , 6-4 on Court 3 for a 3-0 Lopes lead. GCU wrapped up the sweep on Court 4, where Deaifi breezed past Maria Cascos 6-2, 6-2. Each singles win was crucial with the Lopes trailing in each of the three unfinished singles matches.
"She's had a hell of a season," Vorster said of Crossman. "She's held her own at her spot in the lineup and clinched the match for us today."
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UT Arlington advanced to the WAC Tournament championship by knocking second-seeded Tarleton State, 4-2, on the Mavericks' home courts at Arlington Tennis Center. GCU has not face UT Arlington since ending last year's regular season with a 6-1 home win.
The championship can be watched on a WAC International stream here, beginning at 8 a.m. (Phoenix time).
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With only two two players returning this season, the Lopes are in position to win their third consecutive WAC Tournament title and reach the NCAA Tournament again if they win the Saturday dual starting at 8 a.m. (Phoenix time) with the Mavericks. Due to weather forecasts, the championship site was moved indoors to SMU's Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas.
"Execution, focus, playing the conditions well, playing together as a team, united and believing," GCU head coach Dané Vorster said of the victory in her first WAC Tournament competition.
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GCU (12-10) came out strong to capture the doubles point Friday, getting wins on Courts 1 and 2. Bella Crossman, the Lopes freshman from Torrumbarry Australia, and her junior partner Dania Deaifi cruised to a 6-2 win in their Court 2 match to secure a 1-0 GCU lead after sophomore Gala Arangio and freshman Karina Hofbauer won first for the Lopes, 6-4, on Court 1.
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In singles. GCU continued to dominate with closeout wins on Courts 2, 3 and 4. Arangio, who is from Argentina, beat Abilene Christian's Olivia Sears 6-2, 6-4 on Court 2. Crossman continued her strong play, winning 6-3 , 6-4 on Court 3 for a 3-0 Lopes lead. GCU wrapped up the sweep on Court 4, where Deaifi breezed past Maria Cascos 6-2, 6-2. Each singles win was crucial with the Lopes trailing in each of the three unfinished singles matches.
"She's had a hell of a season," Vorster said of Crossman. "She's held her own at her spot in the lineup and clinched the match for us today."
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UT Arlington advanced to the WAC Tournament championship by knocking second-seeded Tarleton State, 4-2, on the Mavericks' home courts at Arlington Tennis Center. GCU has not face UT Arlington since ending last year's regular season with a 6-1 home win.
The championship can be watched on a WAC International stream here, beginning at 8 a.m. (Phoenix time).
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
1234
Masha Vrsalovic / 0 [ACU]
162UF
641UF
#2 Singles Match
12
Olivia Sears / 0 [ACU]
24
66
#3 Singles Match
12
Angela Del Campo / 0 [ACU]
34
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Maria Cascos / 0 [ACU]
22
66
#5 Singles Match
123
Alice Klinteby / 0 [ACU]
62UF
23UF
#6 Singles Match
123
Eva Arranz / 0 [ACU]
75UF
62UF
Order of Finish:
2,3,4
Players Mentioned
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