This Week in WAC Women's Tennis - Feb. 17
This Week in WAC Women's Tennis - Feb. 17
PUEHSE, PRUDHOMME AND OCCHIPINTI NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Grand Canyon's Natasha Puehse and doubles team Autum Prudhomme and Emilia Occhipinti have been named the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference Tennis Athletes of the Week for Feb. 9 through Feb. 15.
Puehse, a sophomore from Scottsdale, Arizona, collected her third consecutive singles win during the Lopes' second run-in with Arizona. Puehse battled back from an early deficit to earn the singles point over the Wildcats' Kayla Wilkins. After falling in the opening set 4-6, she pulled even with a 7-6 win in the second set. In the third and final set, Puehse proved to have the stamina as she took the set 6-3, giving her the match win.
Prudhomme, a senior from Glendale, Ariz., and Occhipinti, a graduate student from Rasuga, Italy, helped the Lopes clinch the doubles point against Arizona on Saturday. The pair defeated Arizona's Abby Amos and Talya Zandberg in the No. 2 spot by a score of 6-3, giving the Lopes their second doubles win as they led GCU into singles play with a 1-0 lead.
Other women's singles nominees: UT Rio Grande Valley's Isabelle Bahr moved to 3-2 on the year as she took down Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Camille Townsend (6-2, 3-6, 6-3) in the No. 1 spot.
GRAND CANYON
The Lopes were in Tucson, Ariz., where they nearly pulled out an upset win over Arizona but ultimately fell 3-4. The doubles team of Autum Prudhomme and Emilia Occhipinti clinched the Lopes point in doubles play after taking down the Wildcats' Abby Amos and Talya Zandberg. Meanwhile, Natasha Puehse added a win in the No. 1 spot of singles play. Puehse beat Kayla Wilkins 4-6, 7-6 (1-7), 6-3.
SEATTLE U
The Redhawks took part in a rematch with Washington after seeing the Huskies just last week. The second time around, Alisa Sabotic battled to a 0-6, 7-6 (7-4), 0-1 (4-10) loss against UW's Yolanda Lin. Junior Hannah Grossman also looked strong, however, fell to Tara Chilton 3-6, 2-6.
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY
The UTRGV women hosted Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Credit Union. The Vaqueros fell 1-6 with their lone win coming at the No. 1 spot. Isabelle Bahr went three sets with the Islanders' Camille Townsend as she won 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Kristyna Mamicova also took her opponent to a third set but dropped the match 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.