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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, February 4
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon
vs
Arizona
In-state matchup starts season
2/3/2021 1:45:00 PM | Women's Soccer
GCU, Arizona meet for 1st time in Cissell's official debut
Thursday, Feb. 4 | 7 p.m. | GCU Stadium |
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| Grand Canyon Lopes |
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Match Notes |
It has been 450 days since the Lopes last played a game at the 2019 WAC Tournament in Seattle, and 409 days since GCU hired head coach Chris Cissell in December of 2019.
Thursday's game will be streamed live on GCUTV and the CBS Sports App.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- EXHIBITION BLOWOUT: The Lopes unofficially started play last week with a 12-1 blowout win against Benedictine in an exhibition match. GCU scored four goals in the first eight minutes with senior forward Camryn Larson leading the Lopes with a hat trick. GCU also saw a quartet of other players score two goals each.
- SUPERSTAR TRANSFERS: Along with the 22 returnees from the 2019 squad, the Lopes also welcomed transfers Marleen Schimmer and Lindsey Prokop over the summer. Schimmer, a 16-point scorer from Arizona State, will serve in a midfielder and forward role charged with leading the GCU offense. Prokop is the reigning WAC Freshman of the Year with Cissell at Kansas City in 2019. The sophomore from Omaha, Nebraska, was second on the team with eight goals and 19 points.
- IN-STATE NONCONFERENCE: For the first time since joining Division I, the Lopes will host the other three in-state D-I programs at GCU Stadium. Along with playing Arizona, GCU will host NAU on Sunday at 2 p.m. Nonconference play will wrap up with a home-and-home series against Arizona State on Feb. 11 and 14. It will be the first matchup between the Lopes and Sun Devils since GCU's inaugural season in 1996.
SCOUTING
Arizona returns a bolstered squad from 2019 that includes 14 newcomers and 13 returners. Most notably, the Wildcats return their top two scorers, Jada Talley and Jill Aguilera, and their starting goalkeeper, Hope Hisey.Talley and Aguilera each reached the 20-point mark last season with Talley leading the team with 10 goals. Hisey led the Arizona defense with seven shutouts while starting in 17 games, including every Pac-12 match and their two NCAA tournament matches.
WHAT'S NEXT
- The Lopes will host Northern Arizona on Sunday at 2 p.m.
For more GCU women's soccer news, notes and numbers, click here to view the match notes.
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