PHOENIX – Entering Sunday's match was the 5-0 Texans playing at the 5-0 Lopes in Phoenix for a chance to clinch the No. 1 seed in the WAC Tournament. Grand Canyon got the better of Tarleton State at the GCU Tennis Facility, winning 7-0 to clinch at least a share of the WAC regular season title.
 
The Texans (14-3, 5-1 WAC) had their five-match winning streak snapped, and their nine-match conference winning streak snapped dating back to last season. Tarleton dropped just their third match overall this season, one in February, one in March and now one in April. Tarleton is now 6-2 on the road.
 
The Lopes (18-2, 6-0 WAC) extended their winning streak to nine matches, with their only losses coming to Power Five conference programs Arizona and Baylor. They improved to 12-1 at home this season.
 
Tarleton State still has a chance to share the WAC regular season championship. There is just one match remaining for the Texans and Lopes. If Tarleton beats Abilene Christian on Saturday and GCU loses to UT Arlington, the Texans and Lopes will share the WAC regular season title. Regardless of GCU's result, if Tarleton beats ACU on Saturday, the Texans will be the No. 2 seed in the WAC Tournament.
 
Sunday's match started with a competitive doubles point, which went in favor of Grand Canyon, marking just the third time in 17 matches that Tarleton didn't start with a 1-0 lead. GCU got the first doubles victory with a Natasha Puehse and Santa Strombacha 6-2 victory on Court 1 over Maretha Burger and Martha Makantasi. Tarleton tied it back up with a 6-3 victory on Court 2, thanks to Elsa Boisson and Ximena Morales defeating Valentina Del Marco and Valeriia Krokhotina. GCU clinched the doubles point on Court 3, as Iva Sepa and Elizaveta Morozova won 6-4 over Noelia Lorca and Emma Persson.
 
After doubles play, all six singles matches went to the Grand Canyon, four in straight sets.
 
Puehse started with a win on the top court over Persson 6-4 6-0. Then Strombacha defeated Boisson 6-2 6-0 on Court 2. Krokhotina clinched the victory for the Lopes on Court 5, winning 6-2 6-0 over Morales.
 
Tarleton's Lorca dropped just her second singles match of the season, as Morozova won on Court 4 6-0 6-3. The other two matches went three sets. Sepa defeated Makantasi 6-2 3-6 1-0 on Court 3, then Dania Deaifi won on Court 6 over Adeliya Mukhutdinova 2-6 6-4 1-0.
 
The Texans will close out the regular season on Saturday against rival Abilene Christian at 1 p.m. It will be Senior Day for Tarleton State, as they will honor and celebrate their two seniors who have done wonders for the program, Boisson and Makantasi.