GLENDALE, Ariz. --  The pairing of Stephanie Hoffmire and Brooke McBride gave the Sonoma State women's tennis a glimmer of hope that an upset of No. 14 Grand Canyon was brewing, but the Antelopes swept all six singles matches to earn a convincing 8-1 win over the Seawolves on Sunday at the Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale, Ariz.  SSU wraps up its four-day trip to Arizona after a pair of wins and losses, moving its season record to 3-2.  Grand Canyon improves to 5-1.

Hoffmire and McBride played an extremely tough match at the No. 2 doubles position, eventually winning in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-4), over Priscilla Annoual and Franziska Schmid.  It would be the only point that the Seawolves would get in the match.

Sonoma State is set to return home and face Sierra College on Friday in an exhibition match, starting at 12:30 p.m.  The Seawolves will then hit the road for four games over a 15-day span before returning home on Mar. 9 to host Western New Mexico.


#14 Grand Canyon University 8, Sonoma State 1
Feb 12, 2012 at Glendale, AZ (Paseo Racquet Center)

Doubles competition
1. #8 Katharina Mittag/Fred. Van de Velde (GCU) def. Megan White/Krista Cole (SSU) 8-4
2. Stephanie Hoffmire/Brooke McBride (SSU) def. Priscilla Annoual/Franziska Schmid (GCU) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Justine Majan/Cecilia Vergnet (GCU) def. Lauren Ha/Sheena Johnson (SSU) 8-4

Singles competition
1. #25 Mittag (GCU-WT) def. White (SS-WT) 6-0, 6-0
2. Annoual (GCU-WT) def. Cole (SS-WT) 6-0, 6-3
3. Van de Velde (GCU-WT) def. McBride (SS-WT) 6-3, 6-1
4. Majan (GCU-WT) def. Hoffmire (SS-WT) 6-2, 6-0
5. Schmid (GCU-WT) def. Johnson (SS-WT) 6-0, 6-4
6. Vergnet (GCU-WT) def. Ha (SS-WT) 6-2, 6-4