Lopes look to sweep set of matches in Honolulu

Sunday, September 1

Honolulu, Hawaii

4:30 p.m.

Grand Canyon

Air Force

8/31/2024 8:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer

GCU searches for its 3rd straight win when it faces Air Force to end trip

By: Braden Dohrmann

Sunday, Sept. 1 \| 4:30 p.m. (Phoenix time) \| Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium \| Honolulu, Hawaii

	AIR FORCE FALCONS (3-0-0)	vs.	GRAND CANYON LOPES (3-1-1)

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Grand Canyon looks to finish its Hawaiian excursion with another win over an undefeated team in Air Force.

GCU is on an unbeaten streak of four matches, not losing since its 1-0 season opener vs. Arizona (3-1-1).
The Lopes are ranked third in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Poll of the Pacific Region. Air Force was ranked sixth.
Air Force is undefeated through three matches and has yet to allow a goal.
Lopes senior DeAira Jackson received the season's first WAC Goalkeeper of the Week award (Aug. 15-18). She has only allowed three goals through five matches this season.
Sophomore midfielder Madison Hamm received WAC Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 19-25). She scored a match-tying goal in the 85th minute of the Utah match to go along with over 100 minutes of stellar defensive play. It was her first collegiate goal.
GCU has seven players with at least one goal through its first five matches. Ten players have recorded an assist.
The Lopes have not lost a match in which they have scored.
Freshman forward Reese Clem and graduate forward Ellie Crisler lead the team in goals (two apiece).
The Lopes were picked to take second place in the WAC Preseason Coaches Poll in a tie with Seattle U (39 votes). They received one first-place vote and trailed only Utah Valley in voting points (46). GCU enters its final season in the WAC, coming off the program's second WAC Tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance.

GCU beat North Dakota State 1-0 on Thursday at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium in the first game of the Outrigger No Ka Oi.
Crisler scored in the fourth minute of Thursday's match off a cross from junior forward Payton Fisher.
GCU did not allow the Bison a shot on goal.
North Dakota State suffered its first loss of the season.

GCU has played 22 players twice in its first four matches of the season.
Preseason All-WAC first-teamers Aleisha Ganief and AJ Loera are working their way back to full health after both missed Thursday's match. This has opened up more playing time and more starting opportunities.
The Lopes have 13 players who have recorded a point this season via assists and/or goals.

GCU and Air Force have met one previous time.
The Falcons beat GCU 1-0 at IU.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, in 2013, the Lopes' first season in Division I.
The Falcons enter with a 3-0 record after most recently beating Hawaii 3-0 on Thursday following the Lopes' win.
Junior midfielder Eleanor Musgrove leads Air Force in goals with three. She scored them with a hat trick vs. Northern Colorado in the season opener..
The Falcons are led at goalkeeper by junior Kylie McElroy, who has started and played every minute of the season. She has seven saves and has not allowed a goal.