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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Tuesday, October 25
Silver City, NM
4 p.m.
Grand Canyon
3
at
2
Western New Mexico
Janae Giles and Shelby Taylor
Spikers Grab 10th Straight Win With Late Rally
10/25/2011 9:13:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
GCU trailed 2-1 after letting third-set lead slip away
Box Score
Grand Canyon’s volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat host Western New Mexico 3-2 in Silver City, N.M. Tuesday.
It was the 10th straight win for the ’Lopes, the longest stretch during coach Kris Naber’s 17-year tenure as head coach. The school-record for consecutive wins is 12, set in 1993.
Junior Shelby Taylor set a new school mark for block assists in a single match with 12. The previous record was 11, achieved by four players, most recently by senior Stephanie McBride earlier this month.
GCU (18-6) won by set scores of 18-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-22, 15-11.
The ’Lopes let a third-set 24-20 lead slip away, but quickly regained momentum by leading from start to finish in the fourth and fifth sets.
Junior outside hitter Janae Giles had 15 kills and a .353 hitting percentage. She had five kills each in the fourth and fifth sets, with just one error in 14 attempts. Sophomore outside hitter Caelen Hiller had four of her 10 kills in the fifth set. She also had one solo block, four block assists and 18 digs. Senior rightside hitter Brooke Blomenkamp had 13 kills and eight block assists.
Junior setter Kristen Preach had 44 assists and 13 digs. Freshman libero Mackenzie Phelps had 31 digs and sophomore rightside hitter Megan Davis added 21 digs.
GCU, second in the Pacific West Conference, returns to league play Saturday with a 3 p.m. contest at California Baptist. Links to the host-school provided live stats and live video will be available on the women’s volleyball schedule page.
Grand Canyon’s volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat host Western New Mexico 3-2 in Silver City, N.M. Tuesday.
It was the 10th straight win for the ’Lopes, the longest stretch during coach Kris Naber’s 17-year tenure as head coach. The school-record for consecutive wins is 12, set in 1993.
Junior Shelby Taylor set a new school mark for block assists in a single match with 12. The previous record was 11, achieved by four players, most recently by senior Stephanie McBride earlier this month.
GCU (18-6) won by set scores of 18-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-22, 15-11.
The ’Lopes let a third-set 24-20 lead slip away, but quickly regained momentum by leading from start to finish in the fourth and fifth sets.
Junior outside hitter Janae Giles had 15 kills and a .353 hitting percentage. She had five kills each in the fourth and fifth sets, with just one error in 14 attempts. Sophomore outside hitter Caelen Hiller had four of her 10 kills in the fifth set. She also had one solo block, four block assists and 18 digs. Senior rightside hitter Brooke Blomenkamp had 13 kills and eight block assists.
Junior setter Kristen Preach had 44 assists and 13 digs. Freshman libero Mackenzie Phelps had 31 digs and sophomore rightside hitter Megan Davis added 21 digs.
GCU, second in the Pacific West Conference, returns to league play Saturday with a 3 p.m. contest at California Baptist. Links to the host-school provided live stats and live video will be available on the women’s volleyball schedule page.
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