Lopes welcome Pac-12 trio

Thursday, March 25

Phoenix, Ariz.

9 a.m.

Grand Canyon

Arizona State

Photo by: Alan Cisneros

3/24/2021 3:56:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

GCU hosts ASU, No. 18 Stanford, Utah for final home matches

By: Sierra Smith

The No. 8 Grand Canyon beach volleyball team hosts its final home matches of the season with Arizona State, No. 18 Stanford and Utah.

LOPES MOVE UP - In this week's AVCA Collegiate Beach Coaches Poll, the Lopes moved up to No. 8 in the nation. GCU is currently 7-3 and has ranked wins over No. 20 Arizona State, No. 10 TCU and No. 20 Tulane.
TOP-RANKED 4'S PAIR - At 10-0, freshman Allanis Navas and graduate student Paula Hoffmann rank No. 1 nationally for 4's pairs.
SENIOR DAY - The Lopes will honor seven players on Friday for Senior Day right before the game against Utah. The seniors include Bella Bauman, Paula Hoffmann, Natalie Honzovicova, Taylor Jarzombek, Katie Sarber, Justine Spann and Alyssa Vortouni.

Arizona State

This will be the second meeting between the Lopes and the Sun Devils this season. GCU defeated ASU 4-1 on Opening Day for its first win of the 2021 season.
ASU is coming off of a two-week break but has a two-game winning streak after beating Stephen F. Austin and Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Cactus Classic on March 6-7.

Stanford

Stanford sits at 5-3 this season with big wins over Long Beach State, who currently ranks No. 19 in the nation, and Hawaii, who ranks No. 10.
The Cardinal has a four-game winning streak going after sweeping its last two weekends of competition.

Utah

Utah is 2-8 this season with its two wins over Southeastern Louisiana and The Master's University.
The Utes and Lopes have both played UAB, Tulane and Colorado Mesa. GCU has defeated all three.