Completed Event: Volleyball versus Colorado State on October 4, 2025 , Loss , 1, to, 3
Volleyball
vs Colorado State
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, October 23
San Jose, Calif.
6 p.m.
Grand Canyon
at
San José State
Photo by: Nathan Peters
Lopes head to San José, Fresno for key road matches
10/22/2025 4:26:00 PM | Volleyball
Spartans remain 1 match ahead of Lopes in MW standings
Grand Canyon is back on the road for Thursday's 6 pm match at San José State (9-10, 4-4 Mountain West), marking the Lopes' second match ever with SJSU. GCU will then head to Fresno State (5-14, 1-7 MW) for a 5 p.m. Saturday match.
Thursday's match will not be streamed due to a soccer doubleheader at San José State. Saturday's match can be seen on Mountain West Network.
Thursday's match will not be streamed due to a soccer doubleheader at San José State. Saturday's match can be seen on Mountain West Network.
AT A GLANCE
- GCU freshman setter/opposite Bella Nunez has posted six triple-doubles this season, including four in a row to earn consecutive MW Freshman of the Week awards.
- The Lopes rank ninth in the country and first in the MW for blocks per set (2.9).
- GCU freshman middle blocker Aubrey Bellus had 22 total blocks last weekend, setting a Division I-era GCU record of 14 against San Diego State.
- Lopes senior outside hitter Anaelena Ramirez ranks eighth in the GCU DI era for career kills with 584.
- The Lopes' block total of 207 comes in at seventh in the nation this season.
LAST TIME OUT
- GCU went 1-1 last weekend after handing San Diego State its first conference loss of the season. The Lopes then fell at New Mexico in a foiur-set match.
- The Lopes are 1-0 against SJSU after a neutral-site win in Chicago in 2014, when GCU swept the Spartans.
- SJSU is 4-4 in MW play with a most recent win against Fresno State. After facing GCU, the Spartans will host New Mexico before playing at Wyoming and Colorado State.
- Fresno State is 1-7 in conference play after being picked fourth in the MW Preseason Coaches Poll. The Bulldogs are led by opposite hitter Addison Haluska, who was named MW Preseason Player of the Year.
WHAT'S NEXT?
- The Lopes will return home to host Air Force on Oct. 30 and Nevada on Nov. 1. The match against Nevada will include a Senior Day celebration for GCU's three seniors.
Players Mentioned
Kendra Potts Post Match Press Conference | GCU vs NAU 9.7.25
Monday, September 08
“You don’t know what it’s like.” | The Lope-a-Palooza Experience
Saturday, August 30
Bella Nunez & Sophia Parlanti Press Conference | GCU vs LIU | August 29, 2025
Saturday, August 30
Kendra Potts Press Conference | GCU vs LIU | August 29, 2025
Saturday, August 30