No. 7 Lopes open home slate


No. 7 GCU Lopes (4-0)	VS.	Abilene Christian Wildcats (0-4)	No. 6 Cal Poly Mustangs (4-2)	Houston Baptist Huskies (3-5)	San Diego City College Knights (1-3)
		Friday, March 6 3 p.m.	Friday, March 6 5 p.m.	Saturday, March 7 12 p.m.	Saturday, March 7 2:30 p.m.

The seventh-ranked Grand Canyon beach volleyball team opens its home schedule this weekend, when the Lopes will host four opponents at the Canyon Classic.

GCU will face Abilene Christian (0-4) and No. 6 Cal Poly (4-2) on Friday and take on Houston Baptist (3-5) and San Diego City College (1-3) on Saturday at GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium.

The Lopes are coming off a successful weekend at the Hilton Head Invitational against some of the best teams in the country. In the tournament, they defeated No. 4 USC and No. 17 South Carolina. GCU also beat College of Charleston and then fell in a close match to No. 3 Florida State. Lopes junior Taylor Jarzombek and sophomore Madi Relaz are 8-0 as a pair and rank first in the NCAA for No. 5 pairs. The top GCU pair of sophomore Teagan DeFalco and junior Bella Bauman rank third among No. 1 pairs in the NCAA with a 7-1 record.

SCOUTING

Abilene Christian is 0-4 with losses against Texas A&M Kingsville, No. 16 TCU and Nebraska twice. The No. 5 pair of Lindsey Tony and Breanna Box has the only court win for the Wildcats.

No. 6 Cal Poly moved up in the rankings this week after big home wins last weekend against Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, who are ranked eighth and ninth.

RV Houston Baptist is 3-5 this season with a big win in its home opener over Stetson, which is now ranked at No. 10.

San Diego City College is 1-3 with its single win against Florida Memorial The community college played its first weekend of competition at the FIU Beach Bash.

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SCOUTING

Abilene Christian is 0-4 with losses against Texas A&M Kingsville, No. 16 TCU and Nebraska twice. The No. 5 pair of Lindsey Tony and Breanna Box has the only court win for the Wildcats.

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Players Mentioned

Bella Bauman

Teagan DeFalco

Taylor Jarzombek

Madi Relaz

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