GCU hosts CSU Bakersfield on Friday

Friday, November 3

Phoenix, Ariz.

6:00 P.M.

Grand Canyon

CSU Bakersfield

10/31/2017 9:34:00 AM | Volleyball

By: Mark Oshidari


Grand Canyon Lopes (8-15, 3-8 WAC)	vs.	CSUB Roadrunners (14-12, 7-4 WAC)
		Friday, Nov. 3 at 6:00 p.m. MST
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PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon women's volleyball team hosts CSU Bakersfield on Friday night in GCU Arena. The match-up has Western Athletic Conference tournament implications as the conference slate enters its next to last weekend.

GCU enters the week in seventh-place, just one game behind UMKC for the 6^th and final seed in the 6-team WAC Tournament. CSUB enters the week in fourth-place, but just a half game back of second-place. The Roadrunners are also one-game ahead of Seattle, who sits in fifth-place.

Last week the Lopes defeated Seattle 25-21, 25-17, 25-27, 22-25, 15-9 and fell in straight sets to Utah Valley, both matches coming on the road. In the win over the Redhawks, Teagan DeFalco recorded a double-double with a career-high 25 kills and hit at a .327 clip.

For the season, GCU is led by Claire Kovensky with 3.25 kills per set. DeFalco is second on the team with 2.84 kills per set, while Natalie Tardy is third with 1.92 kills per set.

Tardy is aiming to become the fifth Lope ever to record 1000 kills and first to do it against DI competition. She enters the match-up against CSUB with 990 kills.

GCU is the top serving team in the WAC with 1.39 aces per set. DeFalco, Emma Ahern and Kayla Redfield each have 21 aces this season.

CSUB enters the match 14-12 overall with a 7-4 mark in WAC action. Last week CSUB lost both road matches at Utah Valley and Seattle. The match-up with GCU will be CSUB's final conference road match of the season as the Roadrunners will finish up with home matches against UTRGV and NM State.

CSUB is led by Haylee Roberts with 2.66 kills per set. Sydney Haynes adds 2.37 kills per set while Briannah Mariner adds 2.23 kills per set. Emily Lopes leads the WAC with 5.68 digs per set.

After this week, the Lopes conclude regular season action hosting NM State and a Senior Day match-up with UTRGV.