WAC Tournament title rematch set for Thursday at Seattle U

Thursday, October 17

Seattle, Wash.

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Seattle U

Photo by: Nathan Peters

10/16/2024 11:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Lopes look to remain undefeated in conference play

By: Braden Dohrmann

Thursday, Oct. 17 \| 7 p.m. (Phoenix time) \| Championship Field \| Seattle, Washington

	SEATTLE U REDHAWKS (8-2-4, 3-0-1 WAC)	vs.	GRAND CANYON LOPES (10-4-1, 4-0-0 WAC)

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Grand Canyon and Seattle meet Thursday night for the first time since the 2023 WAC Tournament championship match.

The Lopes enter Thursday's match at 4-0 in conference play after beating Southern Utah 3-1 on Friday.
GCU ends the WAC season with four straight matches on the road, continuing this week at Seattle U. Trips to Utah Valley and California Baptist will follow.
Lopes senior midfielder Bella Piete received WAC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 9 (Oct. 7-13).
Piete scored and assisted a goal in the first half of a Friday win at Southern Utah. She is tied for the team lead in goals at three.
GCU scored three goals in a half for the first time this season Friday.
Lopes junior forward Payton Fisher scored her first goal of the season at Southern Utah.
GCU now has 15 different goal scorers and 14 players with an assist through the first 15 matches.
The 15 goal scorers are the most by a GCU team in its Division I era. The number also leads the WAC this season.
The Lopes are 10-1-1 when they score a goal.
GCU junior midfielder AJ Loera leads the team in assists with four.
The Lopes are 14-4-1 in WAC home matches since 2021.
GCU senior goalkeeper DeAira Jackson has accumulated six shutouts on the season. She had seven last season.

GCU beat Southern Utah 3-1 on Friday in Cedar City.
The Lopes won their fourth straight match, their longest win streak of the season.
GCU scored three goals in the first half, its most in one half all season.

The Lopes have had a signature scorer the past few seasons in Gianna Gourley and Marleen Schimmer.
Gourley scored 18 and 21 goals in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Schimmer had 13 in 2021.
This season, GCU has 15 different goal scorers and 14 players with an assist through the first 15 matches.
Just five players on this season's roster have multiple goals.

This is the 25th all-time meeting between Seattle U and GCU, with the Lopes winning four of the past five meetings.
GCU last played Seattle U in Riverside, California, on Nov. 4, 2023, when the Lopes won 4-2 to clinch the WAC Tournament championship.
Seattle U junior Caroline Penner leads the team in points (17) on eight goals and an assist.
Redhawks goalkeeper Kassidy Kirgan has 52 saves on the season with an .839 save percentage.