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Thursday, October 5

Arlington, Texas

4 p.m.

Grand Canyon

UT Arlington

10/4/2023 12:00:00 PM | Volleyball

GCU takes on UT Arlington, Stephen F. Austin this week

By: Adrianna Candelaria

UT Arlington: 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 5 \| Stephen F. Austin: 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 7

	GRAND CANYON LOPES (11-4, 4-0 WAC)	at	UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (13-4, 2-2 WAC)
			STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LADYJACKS (15-3, 4-0 WAC)

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The Grand Canyon women's volleyball team brings its 4-0 WAC record to Texas, where it will face UT Arlington on Thursday night and Stephen F. Austin on Saturday.

3 THINGS TO KNOW

GCU leads the WAC in aces per set (2.31), team service aces (120), and hitting percentage (.285), while also respectively ranking 5th, 12th and 13th in the NCAA this season.
Sophomore outside hitter Tatum Parrott leads the conference in aces per set (0.51), kills per set (4.22), points (254.5), and points per set (5.19); Parrott currently ranks 11th (points per set) and 19th (kills per set) in the nation this season.
Record Watch: The Lopes look to notch their longest program sweep streak of GCU's Division I era after winning each of their past seven matches by sweep.

SCOUTING UT ARLINGTON

The Mavericks enter the matchup 2-2 in the WAC with wins over Utah Valley (3-0) and Seattle U (3-1) and losses to SFA (0-3) and UT Rio Grande Valley (1-3).
UT Arlington leads the WAC in assists per set (12.9), kills per set (14.1) and team attacks per set (35.9).
Brianna Ford leads the Mavericks with 3.8 kills per set, while setter Mollie Blank posts 9.1 assists per set, and libero Alli Wells notches 4.2 digs per set.

SCOUTING STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

Stephen F. Austin, also 4-0 in the WAC, leads the conference with a 15-3 season record and an .833 overall win percentage.
The Ladyjacks lead the WAC in blocks per set (2.8), digs per set (16.3), opponent hitting percentage (.140), assists (790), digs (1,043), kills (850), attacks (2,252) and blocks (181).
Izabella Ortiz leads the WAC in blocks per set (1.4) and blocks (90), while Haley Hoang posts the highest digs per set (4.3), and digs (90), and Ielan Bradley has the most total kills (212) in the conference.

LAST TIME OUT

GCU vs. Abilene Christian/Tarleton

Sophomore outside hitter Tatum Parrott notched notched 30 kills (5.0 per set), a .383 hitting percentage, four service aces, nine digs (1.5 per set) and two blocks for 35.5 points.
Sophomore libero Tatum Thomas posted 19 digs (3.2 per set), 19 receptions (.842), seven assists (1.2 per set) and two aces.
Graduate setter Klaire Mitchell led the Lopes to their eighth straight match with .300-plus hitting for a team hitting percentage of .402 on the week, recorded 63 assists (10.5 per set), 15 digs (2.5 per set), three blocks, three kills and seven points.