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Volleyball
at Fresno State
W 3-0
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, October 16
Orem, UT
6 p.m.
Grand Canyon
12-8 (2-5WAC)
1
at
3
Utah Valley
9-12 (4-2WAC)
1
2
3
4
F
Grand Canyon
23
25
21
22
1
Utah Valley
25
20
25
25
3
Hayleigh Friemoth had 12 kills, 11 digs and three block assists at Utah Valley Thursday.
Photo by: Darryl Webb
Competitive Lopes Fall in Four Sets at Utah Valley
10/16/2014 9:31:00 PM | Volleyball
Grand Canyon came away with a strong performance, but not quite enough for the victory in a 3-1 (25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22) loss to host Utah Valley in Orem, Utah Thursday.
GCU dropped to 12-8 on the season and 2-5 in the Western Athletic Conference. Utah Valley is 9-12 and 4-2 in the WAC.
"We competed well tonight and did some things that showed we are making a lot of strides, not just from the beginning of the season, but in the last three days of practice," said coach Kris Naber. "We've got 10 new players and they're buying into what we're wanting to do and helping create a great culture that we will build our future on."
Freshman Natalie Tardy had a match-best 17 kills. She has led or tied for the team lead in kills 10 times. Senior Hayleigh Friemoth added a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs. Sophomore setter Michelle Steagall had 43 assists and nine digs. Senior libero Mackenzie Phelps had 27 digs and upped her school career-record total to 2,274. She also had a pair of service aces. GCU had eight services aces, including three by sophomore Hannah Hankins, while Utah Valley had only one.
"When you look at the fourth set, we had 11 hitting errors to their four and we lost by three points," added Naber. "It tells me we have what it takes to be successful. We have to capitalize on our opportunities to create points instead of forcing things to happen."
There were 17 ties and 11 lead changes in the first set alone. For the match, the teams were deadlocked 26 times with 14 lead changes.
Freshman Hannah Hicks had a team-best four block assists. Friemoth added three. Sophomore Megan Byrnes had eight kills and added a pair of block assists. Steagall and frosh defensive specialist Emily Vitel had nine digs each.
GCU takes on Seattle U Saturday at 1 p.m. Fans can follow the match with live links available at www.gculopes.com.
UVU 3, GCU 1
GCU dropped to 12-8 on the season and 2-5 in the Western Athletic Conference. Utah Valley is 9-12 and 4-2 in the WAC.
"We competed well tonight and did some things that showed we are making a lot of strides, not just from the beginning of the season, but in the last three days of practice," said coach Kris Naber. "We've got 10 new players and they're buying into what we're wanting to do and helping create a great culture that we will build our future on."
Freshman Natalie Tardy had a match-best 17 kills. She has led or tied for the team lead in kills 10 times. Senior Hayleigh Friemoth added a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs. Sophomore setter Michelle Steagall had 43 assists and nine digs. Senior libero Mackenzie Phelps had 27 digs and upped her school career-record total to 2,274. She also had a pair of service aces. GCU had eight services aces, including three by sophomore Hannah Hankins, while Utah Valley had only one.
"When you look at the fourth set, we had 11 hitting errors to their four and we lost by three points," added Naber. "It tells me we have what it takes to be successful. We have to capitalize on our opportunities to create points instead of forcing things to happen."
There were 17 ties and 11 lead changes in the first set alone. For the match, the teams were deadlocked 26 times with 14 lead changes.
Freshman Hannah Hicks had a team-best four block assists. Friemoth added three. Sophomore Megan Byrnes had eight kills and added a pair of block assists. Steagall and frosh defensive specialist Emily Vitel had nine digs each.
GCU takes on Seattle U Saturday at 1 p.m. Fans can follow the match with live links available at www.gculopes.com.
UVU 3, GCU 1
Team Stats
GCU
UVU
Kills
50
62
Errors
28
15
Attempts
155
156
Hitting %
.142
.301
Points
64.0
71.0
Assists
49
60
Aces
8
1
Blocks
6.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
3
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
6
Aces
3
Blocks
2
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