MPSF play resumes at Concordia

Friday, March 25

Irvine, Calif.

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Concordia

Photo by: Skyler Coblentz

3/24/2022 1:12:00 PM | Men's Volleyball

No. 9 GCU begins final stretch of regular season

By: Jerob Moon


No. 9 Grand Canyon Lopes (13-8)	vs	Concordia Eagles (9-9)
		Friday-Saturday, March 25-26 7 p.m. (Phoenix time) CU Arena
Match Notes		Live Stats Live Video

The No. 9 Grand Canyon men's volleyball team will resume Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play with two matches at Concordia on Friday Saturday. The Lopes are coming off four straight wins at home against nonconference opponents Harvard and Tusculum.

Livestream and live stats information for the matches can be found here.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

DOMINANT HOMESTAND: The Lopes wrapped up nonconference play with a 4-0 homestand that featured four straight sweeps for the Lopes. Against Harvard and Tusculum, GCU tallied 151 kills on .362 hitting while adding 23 blocks and 18 aces. The Lopes also limited the Crimson and the Pioneers to combined .127 hitting.
SINGLE-MATCH RECORD: In a 3-0 win over Tusculum, middle blocker Kyle Thompson was nearly perfect on offense. The GCU redshirt junior finished with nine kills on .900 hitting, which set a GCU single-game record with at least 10 attempts.
TOP-10 TEAMMATES: Outside hitters Christian Janke and Camden Gianni have been getting the job done on offense for the Lopes all season. The GCU duo is the only pair of teammates ranked in the top 10 nationally for points per set. Gianni (4.71) ranks seventh while Janke (4.47) is 10th.

SCOUTING

Concordia started the season at 5-0 but has gone 4-9 since then, including a 2-4 mark in conference play. Last time out, the Eagles lost in three sets to No. 3 Long Beach State. The two MPSF wins for Concordia came against Stanford in five sets and four sets on March 3-4. Outside hitter Jonathan Carlson and opposite Uriel Batista lead the team with 165 and 157 kills, respectively, while freshman middle blocker Max McCullough leads the way in blocks with 48.