Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, March 14
Antelope Gymnasium
12 p.m.
Grand Canyon
11-11
3
vs
0
UC Merced
3-9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Merced | 10 | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| Grand Canyon | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
GCU Win Streak Reaches Six With Wins Over Limestone, UC Merced
3/14/2014 2:15:00 PM | Men's Volleyball
Grand Canyon won twice for the second day in a row, defeating Limestone 3-1 and UC Merced 3-0 at Antelope Gymnasium Friday.
With the win over Limestone, 18-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-22, GCU went over the .500 mark at 12-11.
"Anytime you go 6-0 on a homestand and 4-0 on the weekend, you're pretty happy," said GCU coach Jeremy Price. "I didn't think we played particularly well (against Limestone), but when I look at the stats, I realize we were pretty solid offensively."
Senior setter Keith Smith set a career-high for assists with 63 and four players earned double-figure kills. Ben Ponnet had 22 kills and eight digs. He hit .275 (22-11-40). Gerrard Lipscombe hit .353 with 16 kills (16-4-34) and seven digs. Tanner Maxwell added a career-high 15 kills. Middle hitter Connor Dougherty had 11 kills and hit .500 (11-3-16), while middle hitter Sean Saxton had six kills on six attempts and led the team with five total blocks, including one solo.
Smith had a double-double with a team-high 11 digs.
GCU hit .314 (70-27-137) as a team, including .432 (21-5-37) in the fourth set.
Price praised the play of liberos Ben Hunt and Kyle Miller, playing for starter Jared Morrison. The pair combined for eight digs.
"I'm really proud of those guys and how they stepped up with Jared being out," said Price.
In the opener, GCU beat UC Merced by set scores of 25-10, 25-14, and 25-11.
The 'Lopes had nine service aces during the match with six players contributing to the total. The team also had 13 blocks.
To open the match, setter Michael Milstein served the first eight points for Grand Canyon, earning two service aces. Milstein also had 21 assists and four block assists. Middle hitter Christian Ward had seven kills on nine attempts with no attack errors (.778) and aided the team on six block assists. Erik Jansen had a hitting percentage of .889 (8-0-9) and four blocks, including one solo block in the second set.
"I was really pleased with Erik Jansen's performance," added Price of his senior's first significant playing time since Feb. 8. "It's good to see Christian Ward work himself back in shape after being out.
"We had 10 guys with multiple kills and that tells me we had a good team effort. That stat reflects the entire effort of the weekend."
GCU heads back into Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association play next week with matches Thursday and Friday at IPFW.
GCU 3, LC 1
GCU 3, UCM 0
With the win over Limestone, 18-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-22, GCU went over the .500 mark at 12-11.
"Anytime you go 6-0 on a homestand and 4-0 on the weekend, you're pretty happy," said GCU coach Jeremy Price. "I didn't think we played particularly well (against Limestone), but when I look at the stats, I realize we were pretty solid offensively."
Senior setter Keith Smith set a career-high for assists with 63 and four players earned double-figure kills. Ben Ponnet had 22 kills and eight digs. He hit .275 (22-11-40). Gerrard Lipscombe hit .353 with 16 kills (16-4-34) and seven digs. Tanner Maxwell added a career-high 15 kills. Middle hitter Connor Dougherty had 11 kills and hit .500 (11-3-16), while middle hitter Sean Saxton had six kills on six attempts and led the team with five total blocks, including one solo.
Smith had a double-double with a team-high 11 digs.
GCU hit .314 (70-27-137) as a team, including .432 (21-5-37) in the fourth set.
Price praised the play of liberos Ben Hunt and Kyle Miller, playing for starter Jared Morrison. The pair combined for eight digs.
"I'm really proud of those guys and how they stepped up with Jared being out," said Price.
In the opener, GCU beat UC Merced by set scores of 25-10, 25-14, and 25-11.
The 'Lopes had nine service aces during the match with six players contributing to the total. The team also had 13 blocks.
To open the match, setter Michael Milstein served the first eight points for Grand Canyon, earning two service aces. Milstein also had 21 assists and four block assists. Middle hitter Christian Ward had seven kills on nine attempts with no attack errors (.778) and aided the team on six block assists. Erik Jansen had a hitting percentage of .889 (8-0-9) and four blocks, including one solo block in the second set.
"I was really pleased with Erik Jansen's performance," added Price of his senior's first significant playing time since Feb. 8. "It's good to see Christian Ward work himself back in shape after being out.
"We had 10 guys with multiple kills and that tells me we had a good team effort. That stat reflects the entire effort of the weekend."
GCU heads back into Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association play next week with matches Thursday and Friday at IPFW.
GCU 3, LC 1
GCU 3, UCM 0
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Team Stats
UCM
GCU
Kills
16
39
Errors
20
9
Attempts
68
73
Hitting %
-.059
.411
Points
21.5
61.0
Assists
15
32
Aces
0
9
Blocks
5.5
13.0
Game Leaders
Kills
8
Aces
2
Blocks
4
Kills
7
Aces
1
Blocks
6
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
5
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Senior Reflections
Wednesday, April 15
Baptized at GCU
Tuesday, April 14
Singles off BOTH bags. ONE inning. 🤯 #baseball
Sunday, April 12
HOMER from the DRONE 🥎 #collegesoftball
Saturday, April 11