Completed Event: Beach Volleyball versus #10 Cal on April 12, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 4
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
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Hopes for continued ascension comes with 2024 schedule
1/3/2024 2:45:00 PM | Beach Volleyball
Lopes set to host 3 times, starting with 5 matches in Feb. 24-25 tourney
The Grand Canyon beach volleyball team aspires to continue its elevation in the 2024 season with the schedule that was unveiled Wednesday.
GCU has continued its national ascension as a program that has now finished in the national top 10 for four straight seasons. This season will feature a lot of new faces when it starts Feb. 24 with the GCU Tournament, but the goal is still the same — get back to the NCAA tournament and make some noise.
The Lopes come off a year full of accomplishments. For the first time in program history, they competed in a conference, fighting all the way to its tournament championship game by beating No. 2 TCU, No. 6 LSU and No. 16 South Carolina successively at the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Championship. GCU also reached its second-ever NCAA tournament as an at-large selection.
"I am very excited to present our 2024 schedule, highlighting yet again one of the toughest competition schedules in the country," Lopes head coach Abra Rummel said. "We also have the opportunity to host at home three times this season, which presents a great chance to show everyone what GCU beach is all about."
The Lopes' home matches include the season opener with Boise State, Stephen F. Austin, UAB, and in-state programs Arizona Christian and Ottawa on Feb. 24-25.
The team will next host Stetson, along with Arizona State and Arizona on March 29 and 30 at the Lopes Invitational. The following weekend (March 6-7) will also be played at GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium and will include competition with UTEP and Central Arkansas. That weekend will include the celebration of the squads four seniors — Sarah Dickson, Mackenzie Harris, Krista Rowan and Noelle Weintraub.
The highly competitive schedule will include tournament matchups with 2023 national runner-up UCLA, as well as shots at back-to-back NCAA champion USC in Los Angeles on March 1-2. The tournament also will include battles with Washington, Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount. The Lopes will then visit Long Beach State in a tri-dual with Georgia State on March 13. The second tri-dual of the month will take place March 15 when the team returns to UCLA and LMU.
The stacked schedule will continue when GCU travels to Tallahassee, Florida, to compete for the Midseason CCSA Tournament title along with South Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida State and LSU. The host Seminoles of Florida State have claimed six of seven conference championships. The tournament is projected to have numerous ranked teams among the matchups.
The Lopes will travel to Honolulu on April 13-14 for a showdown with Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. The last time GCU played at Hawaii was April 2022.
The regular-season finale will take place at Stanford on April 19-20. The match will be a chance for redemption against the Cardinal, which eliminated the Lopes in an NCAA first round thriller that came down to the final two points in May.
The CCSA Championships will return to Huntsville, Alabama, on April 25. This will be the final CCSA Championships for GCU. Beginning with the 2025 season, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will launch a newly formed beach volleyball conference with GCU and fellow powerhouse programs USC, UCLA, Washington, Stanford, California and Oregon.Â
The Lopes will then look to make a third straight appearance at the NCAA tournament, which will begin May 3 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
To view the full schedule, click here.Â
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GCU has continued its national ascension as a program that has now finished in the national top 10 for four straight seasons. This season will feature a lot of new faces when it starts Feb. 24 with the GCU Tournament, but the goal is still the same — get back to the NCAA tournament and make some noise.
The Lopes come off a year full of accomplishments. For the first time in program history, they competed in a conference, fighting all the way to its tournament championship game by beating No. 2 TCU, No. 6 LSU and No. 16 South Carolina successively at the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Championship. GCU also reached its second-ever NCAA tournament as an at-large selection.
"I am very excited to present our 2024 schedule, highlighting yet again one of the toughest competition schedules in the country," Lopes head coach Abra Rummel said. "We also have the opportunity to host at home three times this season, which presents a great chance to show everyone what GCU beach is all about."The Lopes' home matches include the season opener with Boise State, Stephen F. Austin, UAB, and in-state programs Arizona Christian and Ottawa on Feb. 24-25.
The team will next host Stetson, along with Arizona State and Arizona on March 29 and 30 at the Lopes Invitational. The following weekend (March 6-7) will also be played at GCU Beach Volleyball Stadium and will include competition with UTEP and Central Arkansas. That weekend will include the celebration of the squads four seniors — Sarah Dickson, Mackenzie Harris, Krista Rowan and Noelle Weintraub.
The highly competitive schedule will include tournament matchups with 2023 national runner-up UCLA, as well as shots at back-to-back NCAA champion USC in Los Angeles on March 1-2. The tournament also will include battles with Washington, Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount. The Lopes will then visit Long Beach State in a tri-dual with Georgia State on March 13. The second tri-dual of the month will take place March 15 when the team returns to UCLA and LMU.
The stacked schedule will continue when GCU travels to Tallahassee, Florida, to compete for the Midseason CCSA Tournament title along with South Carolina, Jacksonville, Florida State and LSU. The host Seminoles of Florida State have claimed six of seven conference championships. The tournament is projected to have numerous ranked teams among the matchups.
The Lopes will travel to Honolulu on April 13-14 for a showdown with Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. The last time GCU played at Hawaii was April 2022.
The regular-season finale will take place at Stanford on April 19-20. The match will be a chance for redemption against the Cardinal, which eliminated the Lopes in an NCAA first round thriller that came down to the final two points in May.
The CCSA Championships will return to Huntsville, Alabama, on April 25. This will be the final CCSA Championships for GCU. Beginning with the 2025 season, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) will launch a newly formed beach volleyball conference with GCU and fellow powerhouse programs USC, UCLA, Washington, Stanford, California and Oregon.Â
The Lopes will then look to make a third straight appearance at the NCAA tournament, which will begin May 3 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
To view the full schedule, click here.Â
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