This Week in WAC Women's Tennis - Jan. 20
This Week in WAC Women's Tennis - Jan. 20
GRAND CANYON
The Grand Canyon women's team opened up their season with a tough task as they traveled to Tempe, Ariz., to take on No. 20 ranked Arizona State. The Lopes fell 0-7 with sophomore Natasha Puehse and junior Jana Weiss battling in doubles before falling 6-3. Puehse also proved tough in singles, managing a 6-4 scoreline in the second set after falling 6-2 in the first. At the No. 4 spot, senior Autum Prudhomme nearly pushed her opponent to a tiebreaker before falling 7-5 in the second set.
TARLETON
Tarleton made their debut at the Division I level against TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. The Texans fell 0-4 however, showed some promise in several matches. In doubles, freshmen Elsa Boisson and Martha Makantasi battled to a 6-3 scoreline. Meanwhile, in single Boisson led her opponent 4-2 in the No. 4 flight before going unfinished due to clinch. Jemi Aguilar also looked competitive in the first set of the No. 2 flight before falling 6-3 and 6-0 in the second set.
GRAND CANYON
The Lopes men's team has been the busiest of any WAC school, taking on BYU, Utah and Arizona twice over the past four days. Grand Canyon fell 1-6 to BYU, 0-7 to Utah, 0-7 in their first matchup with the Wildcats and 1-6 in the second meeting with U of A. Loic Van Zeggalaar was the lone Lope to collect a singles win againts BYU as he took down his opponent in the No. 6 slot, winning with a scoreline of 7-5, 6-4. Jiri Novak and Wolmar Boris-Moller also looked good as they both pushed their matches to tiebreakers.
Against Utah, Van Zeggalaar once again looked solid at No. 6, pushing his second set to a tiebreaker before falling. Valentin Lang battled at No. 1, becoming the second Lope to push the second set to a tiebreaker.
In the matches against Arizona, Oliver Boleratzky shined for the Lopes as he won in straight sets (7-5, 6-2) at No. 6 during the second match. At No. 4 in the first match, Freddie Grant was competitive as he nearly pushed to a tiebreaker in the second set.