Lopes Drop MIVA Match To Lindenwood

Friday, March 27

Antelope Gymnasium

6 p.m.

Grand Canyon

12-11, 4-9

Lindenwood

9-8, 4-6

Lindenwood

Grand Canyon

Tanner Maxwell came off the bench Friday and had 28 assists, four digs, one ace and one kill.

Photo by: Darryl Webb

3/27/2015 9:01:00 PM | Men's Volleyball

Box Score

Grand Canyon rallied to force a fourth set, but were unable to get to a fifth, in a 3-1 loss to visiting Lindenwood at Antelope Gymnasium Friday.

The Lopes (12-11, 4-9) lost by set scores of 25-23, 25-14, 15-25, 25-23. Lindenwood improved to 9-8 and 4-6 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.

"It's a tough loss when you lose two deuce-sets," said GCU coach Jeremy Price. "It was a very even match and I thought our third set was our best set all season."

Down two sets, GCU hit .833 in the third, getting 15 kills on 18 swings. Gerrard Lipscombe had six kills on seven attempt and three service aces in the set. Lipscombe and Ryan Mather -- who had four kills on six tries in the third -- led Grand Canyon with 16 kills each.

Both teams were efficient hitters. The Lopes hit .337 for the match, though they managed to hit just .172 and .182, respectively, in the first two sets. GCU hit .308 in the fourth. Lindenwood hit .376, including a .654 second set. The Lions hit .367 in the fourth. GCU had more blocks, 7.5-4.5 and more service aces, 7-3. The Lopes also had more service errors, 19-16. Each team had 28 digs. The Lions had a sideout percentage of 68, while the Lopes were at 65.

In the fourth set, GCU led 22-21, but a kill and service ace gave the advantage back to Lindenwood.

Lipscombe finished with four service aces for the match and hit .375 on 32 attempts. Mather hit .265 and had a team-best five digs. Christian Ward was part of a match-best four kills, including one solo, and had five kills on 10 attempts. Mather, Lipscombe and Ashton King each had three block assists. King and freshman Cody Williams each had three kills. Off the bench, Tanner Maxwell had 28 assists, one ace and four digs. Michael Milstein had 11 assists.

"I thought our guys (Maxwell, Sky Engleman and Shalev Saada) all did a good job coming off the bench," added Price.

Lindenwood's Colin Hackworth led all hitters with 22 kills. He hit .633 for the match on 30 attempts. The match had 25 ties, nine in the first and 10 in the fourth, along with six lead changes, including three in the fourth.

The teams meet again 6 p.m. Saturday at Antelope Gymnasium. Fans unable to attend can follow the action with live links at www.gculopes.com.

LU 3, GCU 1