Lopes advance to MW Fall Championships final - Grand Canyon University Athletics

Wednesday, October 21

Las Vegas, Nev.

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Mountain West Fall Qualifier

10/26/2026 11:34:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Crossman, Arangio reach doubles championship; Crossman makes singles semfinals

By: Tyler Killgore

LAS VEGAS, Nev — Grand Canyon women's tennis put together several deep runs at the Mountain West Fall Championships in Las Vegas, highlighted by junior Isabella Crossman reaching the singles semifinals and teaming with senior Gala Arangio for a run to Saturday's doubles championship match.

Wednesday

Crossman and freshman Claudia Sofia Martinez Solis gave GCU a strong start in singles play, winning their first-round matches.

The seventh-seeded Crossman opened with a 6-3, 6-2 victory against Nevada's Petra Janigova, while Martinez Solis defeated eighth-seeded Makeilah Nepomuceno of Hawai'i 6-4, 6-2.

Arangio fell to third-seeded Nikol Mircheva of UNLV 6-2, 6-1, while sophomore Amalia Suciu dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision to fifth-seeded Hudson Hawkins of UNLV.

In doubles, Crossman and Arangio advanced past Wyoming's Silver Bijlsma and Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia to move into the quarterfinals.

Martinez Solis and Suciu were eliminated by Hawai'i's fourth-seeded duo of Tennielle Madis and Grete Gull, 8-5.

Thursday

Crossman continued her singles run with another straight-set victory, defeating Hawai'i's Gull 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Martinez Solis pushed New Mexico's Yu Yun "Kathy" Tsai to three sets before falling 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.

Crossman and Arangio also kept their doubles run alive, earning an 8-6 quarterfinal victory against UNLV's Sofiia Sokolvak and Kaho Oyama.

The win sent the GCU tandem into the semifinals for the next day.

Friday

Crossman delivered another strong singles performance in the quarterfinals, defeating San José State's Emma Fantousis 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.

The victory moved Crossman into the singles semifinals after three consecutive wins to open the tournament.

Crossman and Arangio also advanced in doubles, defeating Nevada's Petra Janigova and Nikol Janickovicova in the semifinals to earn a spot in the championship match for the first time in program history.

Saturday

Crossman's singles run came to an end in the semifinals against third-seeded Mircheva of UNLV.

After a competitive opening set, Mircheva earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory to keep Crossman out of the championship match.

Crossman and Arangio returned to the court in the doubles final against top-seeded Mircheva and Hawkins. The GCU pair battled throughout the match but fell 7-5, 6-3.