Lopes Drop 3-1 Decision At Quincy

Saturday, February 21

Quincy, IL

6 p.m.

Grand Canyon

7-6, 2-4MIVA

Quincy

9-6, 3-4MIVA

Grand Canyon

Quincy

Ryan Mather

Photo by: Darryl Webb

2/21/2015 9:23:00 PM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

After 33 ties and 15 lead changes, Grand Canyon lost two sets in extra points and later the match, 3-1, to Quincy at Pepsi Arena Friday.

Set scores were 18-25, 26-24, 30-28, 25-21. The Lopes are 7-6 overall and 2-4 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Quincy improved to 9-6 and 3-4.

"We had a couple set points in the third, but weren't able to take advantage of it," said GCU coach Jeremy Price. "I'm really pleased with the guys we had and how they competed."

Ryan Mather had a co-match high with 16 kills. He hit .343, had a match-best four aces, nine digs and was part of a team-high five blocks. "Mather had a great all-around match," added Price.

Shalev Saada had 14 kills, while Gerrard Lipscombe and Ashton King had nine and eight, respectively.

For King, it was his first start and full-match action since a Jan. 28 injury at Saint Francis. He hit .800, getting his eight kills on 10 attempts, without an error. He also had two block assists.

"The good news is Ashton is getting healthy and had a really nice match for us," added Price.

Kyle Miller had 10 digs and Michael Milstein had 40 assists.

In the second set, GCU took a 23-22 lead on a Mather kill. Quincy scored four of the next five points. The final tie was at 24-24. In the third, back-to-back Lipscombe kills gave GCU set point at 25-24. After a service error tied the set, GCU picked up another set point on a King kill. Tied after a Quincy kill, GCU had its final set point at 27-26, following a Saada kill.

The Lopes battled back from a 20-11 deficit in the fourth to get within three at 21-18, 23-20 and 24-21.

QU 3, GCU 1