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Mellor at WAC Tournament
Western Athletic Conference
0
Utah Tech UTU (6-16)
4
Winner Grand Canyon GCU (20-2)
Utah Tech UTU
(6-16)
0
Final
4
Grand Canyon GCU
(20-2)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Utah Tech Athletics Media Relations

Trailblazers close out season with loss to Lopes at WAC Tournament

The Trailblazers saw their season come to a close on Thursday afternoon falling 4-0 to top seed Grand Canyon at the WAC Tournament.

(Harlingen, Texas - April 18, 2024) - The Trailblazers saw their season come to a close on Thursday afternoon falling 4-0 to top seed Grand Canyon at the WAC Tournament hosted at the HEB Tennis Center at Pendleton Park.

Utah Tech (6-16) dropped the doubles point falling 6-1 at both number one and three doubles.

The duo of Ya-Chi Hsu and Ana Gutierrez Sampere were winning 4-2 at number two doubles before their match went unfinished as the Lopes went to singles leading 1-0.

In singles, Grand Canyon (20-2), who is ranked No. 62 nationally by ITA, earned wins at the number one, four and five spots as two, three and six all went unfinished.

Results
No. 1 seed Grand Canyon 4, No. 8 seed Utah Tech 0
April 18, 2024 at HEB Tennis Center at Pendleton Park (Harlingen, Texas)

Doubles competition  1. Natasha Puehse/Santa Strombacha (GCU)) def Mariana Zurita/Rachel Mellor (UTU) 6-1 2. Ya-Chi Hsu/Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU) / Valentina Del Marco/Valeriia Krokhotina (GCU) 4-2, unfinished in first set 3. Elizaveta Morozova/Iva Sepa (GCU) def. Olivia Bustos/Adithi Venkatakrishnan (UTU) 6-1 Singles competition  1. Natasha Puehse (GCU) def. Adithi Venkatakrishnan (UTU) 6-0, 6-1 2. Santa Strombacha (GCU) / Ana Gutierrez Sampere (UTU) 6-1, 4-0, unfinished 3. Iva Sepa (GCU) / Mariana Zurita (UTU) 6-3, 2-0, unfinished 4. Elizaveta Morozova (GCU) def. Rachel Mellor (UTU) 6-1, 6-0 5. Valeriia Krokhotina (GCU) def. Ya-Chi Hsu (UTU) 6-0, 6-0 6. Dania Deaifi (GCU) / Olivia Bustos (UTU) 6-4, 1-0, unfinished Match Notes: Utah Tech (6-16)
No. 62 Grand Canyon (20-2)
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