Lopes host Cowgirls, Rams in 2nd week of MW play

Grand Canyon is home for the 2nd week of MW play hosting Wyoming Thursday in Antelope Gymnasium and Colorado State Saturday at Global Credit Union Arena.

Thursday's match will be available on Mountain West Network while Saturday's match will be shown on 3TV, Arizona's Family Sports, Mountain West Network.

AT A GLANCE

The Lopes crowd ranks 15th in the country in total attendance with 16,571 fans.
Coach Kendra Potts claimed her 150th career win against Drake.
Bella Nunez recorded the program's first triple-double in the Division I era against Washington State, finishing with 10 kills, 21 assists, and 21 digs.
The Lopes rank 34th in the country in blocks per set with an average of 2.60.
Hayden Goodman is ranked 10th in Division I and first in the Mountain West with 1.55 blocks per set.
Aubrey Goodere ranks third in the Mountain West in hitting percentage at .380.

LAST TIME OUT

GCU went 0-2 in the opening weekend of play against tough Boise State and Utah State teams. Despite the tough competition, Nunez notched her second career triple-double against Boise State, tallying 11 kills, 15 assists, and 22 digs.
After Saturday's loss, coach Potts said ""We don't need to overthink this. We took some hits. We saw two good teams. We're going to learn. We're going to grow. And if this is a part of our story for the season to have to take some hard hits from the very beginning to grow and learn what speed we need to play, what adjustments we need to make, then this will be worth it."

SCOUTING

Wyoming is 6-7 on the year and 2-0 in MW play. The Cowgirls have won the last three matches and currently sit at 0-2 on the road. Wyoming's Paige Lauterwasser was picked to the conference's preseason team.
Colorado State was picked second in the conference preseason poll and currently sts at 7-5 on the season with a conference record of 1-1 after falling to Wyoming in five sets before sweeping Nevada. The Rams' Brenna Rowland is leading the conference in hitting percentage at .517 on 29 attempts,

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Lopes will have their first conference road match at UNLV (Oct. 9) and then return home to host New Mexico (Oct. 11).

AT A GLANCE

LAST TIME OUT

WHAT'S NEXT?

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Players Mentioned

Aubrey Goodere

Hayden Goodman

Bella Nunez

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Lopes host Cowgirls, Rams in 2nd week of MW play

AT A GLANCE

LAST TIME OUT

WHAT'S NEXT?

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Aubrey Goodere

Hayden Goodman

Bella Nunez

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