Lopes wrap regular-season WAC play at home

Thursday, November 10

Phoenix, Ariz.

6 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Seattle U

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PHOENIX, AZ - Sep 2: Grand Canyon sweeps Idaho Volleyball 3 sets to 0.(Photo by: Garrett Ohrenberg/GCU)

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GCU hosts Seattle U, Utah Valley in tourney seeding battle

By: Adrianna Candelaria

Thursday, Nov. 10 vs. Seattle U (6 p.m.) \| Saturday, Nov. 12 vs. Utah Valley (2 p.m.) \| GCU Arena

	GRAND CANYON LOPES (14-9, 8-4 WAC)	vs.
			SEATTLE U REDHAWKS (4-16, 0-12 WAC)
			UTAH VALLEY WOLVERINES (16-8, 10-2 WAC)

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After sweeping Southern Utah and Utah Tech on the road last week, the Grand Canyon women's volleyball team welcomes Seattle U and Utah Valley to GCU Arena for the final regular-season matchups. The Lopes are on a Division I-era streak of four consecutive sweep victories.

3 THINGS TO KNOW

SENIOR NIGHT: GCU will celebrate Melalnie Brecka (graduate outside hitter), Hannah Eskes (senior middle blocker), Annabelle Kubinski (graduate middle blocker), Megan Taflinger (graduate outside hitter/libero) and Giorgia Turri (junior outside hitter) at Saturday's match against Utah Valley.
ASSIST RECORD: Senior setter Klaire Mitchell broke the program's Division I-era record for assists in a three-set match with 46 last weekend against Utah Tech, giving her the top five Lopes performances in the three-set category.
SEEDING BATTLE: Although the Lopes remain in a WAC fourth-place tie with UT Arlington, their sweep streak has allowed them to move within one game of third-place Stephen F. Austin with two regular-season games remaining at home.

SCOUTING SEATTLE U

The Lopes opened the conference season with a 3-1 victory over Seattle U (25-18, 16-25, 25-17, 25-19), posting 63 kills, 60 assists and seven aces to the Redhawks' 37 kills, 34 assists and three aces.
Seattle U took UT Rio Grande Valley (22-5, 11-1 WAC), the conference leader, to four sets (25-20, 21-25, 18-25, 22-25) last week by hitting .213 with nine blocks.
Senior middle blocker Lauren McCabe leads the conference in blocks per set (1.11).

SCOUTING UTAH VALLEY

GCU has gone 1-7 against Utah Valley at home, currently carrying a one-game losing streak after falling 3-0 to the Wolverines in last year's WAC Tournament.
The Wolverines lead the WAC in aces per set (1.74), aces (155) and blocks per set (2.61). Utah Valley's ranks 21st in the nation in blocks per set this season.
Utah Valley was on a nine-match hot streak before losing 3-1 to UTRGV last week. The Wolverines now sit second in the WAC standings, trailing UTRGV by one match.