Lopes seek 4th straight win in Cedar City

Friday, Oct. 11 \| 3 p.m. (Phoenix time) \| Thunderbird Soccer Field \| Cedar City, Utah

	SOUTHERN UTAH THUNDERBIRDS (2-7-4, 0-2-1 WAC)	vs.	GRAND CANYON LOPES (9-4-1, 3-0-0 WAC)

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The Lopes begin a four-game road stretch to finish the regular season in Cedar City, Utah.

The Lopes enter Friday's match at 3-0 in conference play, after beating Tarleton State on Sunday, 1-0.
GCU ends the WAC season with four straight on the road, starting this week in Cedar City. The Lopes won the three home matches to start the conference season.
Senior forward Mayu Yamamoto and redshirt freshman goalkeeper Bryanna Perry return to SUU after transferring to Grand Canyon this off season. Yamamoto was named to the 2023 All-WAC Second Team with the Thunderbirds.
GCU honored 13 seniors pregame Sunday, including 12 active players and student manager, Renee Sainz. 8 started the match.
Sidney Roberts received WAC Defensive Player of the Week for week 8 (Sep 30-Oct 6, 2024).
Grand Canyon notched up their 100th Division I win in program history, Thursday vs. Abilene Christian.
Senior utility player Alex Sampson scored her first collegiate goal vs. Abilene Christian on 10/3 and then assisted the GW-goal vs. Tarleton State on 10/6.
Junior midfielder AJ Loera leads the team in assists with 4.
The Lopes are 14-4-1 in WAC home matches since 2021.
Goalkeeper DeAira Jackson has accumulated six shutouts on the season. She had seven total in the 2023 season.

GCU beat Tarleton State, 1-0 on Sunday at GCU Stadium.
The Lopes won their third straight match, all with a one goal deficit.
Junior Anahi Cardinal, who is in her last year with the Lopes, scored her first collegiate goal in her last match at GCU Stadium. She scored in the 56th minute.

GCU has 14 different goal scorers and 14 players with an assist through the first 14 matches.
14 different goal scorers in one season, is the most by a GCU team in the Division I - era.
The Lopes have had the same lineup in consecutive matchups one time all season.
18 different players have started throughout the season.

This is the 3rd all-time meeting between Southern Utah and GCU.
The Lopes last played the Thunderbirds in Cedar City, Utah on September 28, 2023. GCU won 4-1.
Southern Utah redshirt junior Whitney Gardner leads the team in points (11) on four goals and three assists.
Thunderbirds goalkeeper Darya Mosallaei has 59 saves on the year with a .756 save percentage.

Grand Canyon will face Seattle U in Seattle, Wash. on October 17th at 7:00 p.m. (Phoenix time).
The Lopes and Redhawks are 2/3 of the remaining unbeaten teams in the WAC, going into this week's matchups.

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