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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, February 20
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon
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Houston Baptist
2/19/2021 9:56:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Lopes open WAC play at home against Huskies
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| Grand Canyon Lopes (0-0, 0-0 WAC) |
vs. | Houston Baptist Huskies (0-1-1, 0-1Â WAC) |
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The Grand Canyon men's soccer team opens the 2020-21 season on Saturday night against Houston Baptist. The Lopes host the Huskies at 7 p.m. at GCU Stadium in their first official competition since 2019.
The match will be streamed live on the WAC Digital Network and GCUTV.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- END OF AN ERA: GCU head coach Schellas Hyndman announced that he will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2020-21 season. Hyndman is the second-winningest active coach in Division I men's soccer with a 503-169-58 head coaching record. He was inducted into the United Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame in the offseason in recognition of his 37-season coaching career.
- PRESEASON ALL-WAC: The Lopes were selected to finish fourth in the WAC by the conference coaches' preseason poll. Sophomore defender Esai Easley was the lone GCU student-athlete selected for the Preseason All-WAC team.
- RETURNING AWARD WINNERS: GCU returns all six of it 2019 All-WAC honorable mentions in Easley, senior midfielder Justin Rasmussen, junior goalkeeper George Tasouris, junior forward Bert Wilton and senior defenders Ariel Aguas and Nick Barreiro.
SCOUTING
Houston Baptist is 0-1 in the WAC after falling 3-0 to Seattle U, the conference's preseason favorite. The Huskies were picked to finish ninth in the conference by the coaches' preseason poll, earning 28 points. HBU fought to a 0-0 tie in its first match of the season against St. Thomas.ÂHBU had four student-athletes selected as All-WAC honorable mentions in 2019: Dominick Faletto, Thomas Menke, Gianluca Natera and Daan Snellink. The Huskies return only Natera, a senior midfielder.Â
The Huskies finished 2019 in seventh place in the WAC at 5-6 (7-11 overall) and lost its first conference tournament game.
GCU leads the series against Houston Baptist 5-2. The Huskies won their last matchup 4-3 in overtime on Oct. 25, 2019.Â
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LAST TIME OUT
- GCU went 2-1 in three exhibitions last month at GCU Stadium.
For more GCU men's soccer news, notes and numbers, click here to view the match notes.
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