PHOENIX – Both doubles teams for NM State advanced on Friday at the GCU Invitational while Rimpledeep Kaur and Lindsay Harlas moved on in singles action.
 
Kaur and Vanessa Valdez first took down Northern Arizona's pair of Hanneke Lodewijks and Marta Lewandowska 8-4 while Harlas and Gabrielle Joyce blanked their competition from Southern Utah 8-0.
 
In flight No. 1, Kaur cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Mesa Community College's Hanna Nelson. Valdez battled NAU's Lodewijks in the same flight, but couldn't replicate the same success in singles and fell 6-1, 6-3.
 
In the second flight, Harlas downed the Lumberjack's Eirene Granville in a three-set thriller 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 while Joyce was ousted by Marie Deleval of Grand Canyon.
 
Doubles action will again open the day for contestants, followed by singles action. For a complete look at the results, click here.

GCU INVITATIONAL
Doubles
Kaur/Valdez (NMSU) def. Loedwijks/Lewandowska (NAU) – 8-4
Harlas/Joyce (NMSU) def. Marushko/Martin (SUU) – 8-0
 
Singles
Flight #1
Rimpledeep Kaur (NMSU) def. Hanna Nelson (MCC) – 6-1, 6-0
Hanneke Lodewijks (NAU) def. Vanessa Valdez (NMSU) – 6-1, 6-3
 
Flight #2
Lindsay Harlas (NMSU) def. Eirene Granville (NAU) – 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1
 
Flight #3
Marie Deleval (GCU) def. Gabrielle Joyce (NMSU) – 6-4, 3-6, 6-3