Battle for LA Invitational starts Saturday

Battle for LA Invitational \| March 11-12, 2023 \| Los Angeles, Calif.

	GRAND CANYON LOPES (6-2)	vs.	CAL POLY MUSTANGS (2-8)
			#3 UCLA BRUINS (9-1)
			#8 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT LIONS (4-0)
			CONCORDIA - IRVINE EAGLES (4-6)

The Grand Canyon beach volleyball team travels to Los Angeles, Calif, to compete in the Battle for LA Invitational against Cal Poly (1 p.m. Phoenix Time), UCLA (3 p.m.), Loyola Marymount (10 a.m.), and Concordia-Irvine (12 p.m.) this weekend.

SCOUTING CAL POLY

Cal Poly carries a 2-8 record this season, with wins over Santa Clara (W, 3-2), and Utah (W, 4-1).
Seven of the Mustangs matches have been against ranked teams this season, including No.16 Long Beach (L, 2-3. 0-5), who GCU defeated 3-2 earlier this season.

SCOUTING NO.3 UCLA

The Bruins hold a 9-1 record, with five 5-0 sweeps so far this season.
UCLA has only faced three ranked opponents in 2023; No.7 Stanford (W, 3-2, 4-1), No.9 Hawaii (W, 4-1), and No.2 USC (L, 2-3). GCU fell to USC in a 3-2 matchup as well, in the first week of the season.

SCOUTING NO.8 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

Loyola Marymount has a 4-0 record, after two 5-0 sweeps over Concordia-Irvine, a 4-1 win over Houston Christian, and a victory against No.11 Cal (W, 3-2).
Historically, the Lopes carries a 4-6 record against the Lions, with LMU winning the last five, and most recently beating GCU twice (1-4, 2-3) in Honolulu last season.

SCOUTING CONCORDIA-IRVINE

The Eagles are 4-6 this season, and have faced four ranked opponents; No. 17 Pepperdine, No. 11 Cal, No. 8 LMU and No. 6 GCU.
GCU swept Concordia-Irvine in week one of the season at CSUN.

LAST TIME OUT

GCU at the Tampa Classic

GCU posted a 4-1 record last weekend, finding redemption against No.10 Georgia State (W, 3-2), beating Tampa (W, 4-1), defeating No.11 Stetson (W, 3-2), and falling to No.2 Florida State (L, 1-4).

WHAT'S NEXT?

GCU hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UC Davis, Pepperdine and Arizona State in their first home tournament of the season on Mar. 16-18.

Battle for LA Invitational | March 11-12, 2023 | Los Angeles, Calif.

vs.

SCOUTING CAL POLY

SCOUTING NO.8 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

SCOUTING CONCORDIA-IRVINE

LAST TIME OUT

WHAT'S NEXT?

Next Event

Grand Canyon University Athletics

Battle for LA Invitational starts Saturday

Battle for LA Invitational | March 11-12, 2023 | Los Angeles, Calif.

vs.

SCOUTING CAL POLY

SCOUTING NO.8 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

SCOUTING CONCORDIA-IRVINE

LAST TIME OUT

WHAT'S NEXT?

Next Event

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