Lopes open WAC Tournament against Aggies

Thursday, November 17

Edinburg, Texas

9 a.m.

Grand Canyon

New Mexico State

11/16/2022 3:22:00 PM | Volleyball

GCU opens 8-team tourney with Thursday morning 1st-round match

By: Adrianna Candelaria

Thursday, Nov. 17 \| 9 a.m. (Phoenix time) \| UTRGV Fieldhouse \| Edinburg, Texas

	#6 New Mexico State AGGIES (15-11, 7-7 WAC)	vs.	#3 GRAND CANYON LOPES (16-9,10-4 WAC)

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The Grand Canyon women's volleyball team will begin WAC Tournament play against No. 6 seed New Mexico State in a Thursday morning first-round matchup.

3 THINGS TO KNOW

The Lopes are on a Division I-era record streak of six consecutive sweep victories, including their 3-0 showing over the Aggies at GCU Arena on Oct. 22. It is the longest sweep streak in program history since 1999 and the fourth-longest active sweep streak in the nation.
Since becoming a DI program in 2013, GCU is 3-17 against NMSU but carries a two-match winning streak into Thursday.
GCU seeks its first WAC Tournament title after reaching the tourney's title match in each of the past two tries.

SCOUTING NEW MEXICO STATE

The Aggies are on a three-match win streak, taking Seattle U (4-18, 0-14 WAC) in five sets on the road and sweeping Tarleton (12-17, 4-10 WAC) and Abilene Christian (7-19, 4-10 WAC) at home last week.
NMSU is led offensively in conference play by 6-foot-4 graduate outside hitter Molly Johnson with 3.4 kills per set, and(sophomore setter Rylee Fay with 7.02 assists per set, while junior libero Darian Markham leads the Aggies defensively with 4.5 digs per set.
The Aggies entered last year's WAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed, but were upset 3-2 in a quarterfinal match against No. 7 seed Utah Valley.

LAST TIME OUT

GCU vs. Utah Valley

GCU posted its sixth straight sweep of the season against UVU (25-18, 25-19, 25-19) to clinch the No. 3 seed in the WAC Tournament.
The Lopes delivered a hitting percentage of .314 for their fifth consecutive match over .300. The effort was led by graduate middle blocker Annabelle Kubinski with a .700 rip for seven kills and eight points against the Wolverines.
Freshman outside hitter Tatum Parrott dropped 12 points with 10 kills, eight digs and two service aces.