Top-seeded Lopes face Redhawks in WAC semifinal

Thursday, April 15 | 11 a.m. | WAC Tournament semifinal Las Vegas


No. 1 Grand Canyon Lopes (7-0, 7-0 WAC)	vs	No. 5 Seattle U Redhawks (6-3-1, 4-2-1 WAC)
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The 16th-ranked Grand Canyon men's soccer team makes its WAC Tournament debut as the No. 1 seed against No. 5 seed Seattle U in a Thursday morning semifinal. The 11 a.m. match will be streamed live on the WAC Digital Network.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

WAC AWARD WINNERS: GCU won three of the four major WAC awards this season with head coach Schellas Hyndman taking Coach of the Year, junior goalkeeper George Tasouris taking Defensive Player of the Year and forward Maximilian Moeller taking Freshman of the Year. The Lopes landed five student-athletes on the All-WAC first team, the most in conference history, as well as earning four honorable mentions. GCU also won its first-ever WAC regular-season title for its 7-0 season.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION: The Lopes earned their highest ranking in program history at No. 15 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll last week and checked in at No. 16 this week. GCU is also ranked No. 16 in the College Soccer News Poll, No. 22 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll and No. 4 in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index.
END OF AN ERA: GCU head coach Schellas Hyndman announced that he will retire at the conclusion of this season. Hyndman is the second-winningest active coach in Division I men's soccer with a 510-169-58 record. He was inducted into the United Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame in the offseason in recognition of his 37-season coaching career.

SCOUTING

Seattle U is the No. 5 seed in the WAC Tournament after finishing 6-3-1 and 4-2-1 in the WAC. In their first match of the tournament, the Redhawks defeated fourth-seeded UNLV 3-1 after falling behind 1-0. Seattle U's four WAC wins came against Houston Baptist, Dixie State, Air Force and Incarnate Word. The Redhawks' largest win came March 21 when they routed Incarnate Word 7-1 at home.

Senior forrward Noe Meza was the lone Redhawk named to the All-WAC first team, having recorded four goals and three assists this season. Seattle U also had three student-athletes named to the All-WAC second team: Alex Acton-Petronotis, Habib Barr and Akili Kasim.

LAST TIME OUT

GCU won 2-1 at UNLV to finish the egular season undefeated and win the WAC regular-season title.

WHAT'S NEXT?

The WAC Championship takes place at 1 p.m. Saturday at UNLV. All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+.

For more GCU men's soccer news, notes and numbers, click here to view the match notes.

Thursday, April 15 | 11 a.m. | WAC Tournament semifinal Las Vegas

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

SCOUTING

LAST TIME OUT

WHAT'S NEXT?

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Players Mentioned

Maximilian Moeller

George Tasouris

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