Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Long Island on August 29, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, September 5
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon
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East Texas A&M
Photo by: Josh Cale
Lopes look to continue hot start at home
9/4/2025 4:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
GCU ranks top 30 in multiple stat categories after 3-0 start
Grand Canyon returns home for the GCU Classic this weekend with a three-match win streak to open the season.
AT A GLANCE
- Freshman setter/opposite Bella Nunez recorded a GCU Division I-era record in her collegiate debut with an .800 hitting percentage
- Nunez secured the season's first Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors
- After the opening weekend, graduate middle blocker Hayden Goodman leads the country in blocks per set (2.33) with 21 blocks across nine sets
- GCU sophomore middle blocker Aubrey Goodere is ranked 38th in Division I with a .484 hitting percentage
- The Lopes rank third in the country in blocks, averaging 3.67 per set
- GCU is holding opponents to .088 hitting to rank 14th nationally
- The Grand Canyon squad ranks 29th in the country with 16.67 digs per set.
- Sophomore setter Taylor Kubacak ranks third in the Mountain West with 0.56 aces per set
- Lopes attendance ranked fourth in the country with an opening-weekend total of 10,272 fans.
LAST TIME OUT
- Grand Canyon opened the season with three sweep wins at the GCU Invitational, fueled by a new 6-2 system, five new starters and balanced contributions across the lineup, including standout performances from Nunez, Goodere, Goodman, graduate Sophia Parlanti, junior Anaelena Ramirez and sophomore Taylor Kubacak.
- The Lopes' defense and blocking proved dominant, holding Gonzaga to .118 hitting and averaging 3.67 blocks per set. Ramirez thrived in her move to outside hitter with back-to-back double-digit dig matches and a team-high 12 kills in the finale.
- Nunez emerged as a breakout freshman star with 43 assists, 26 digs, 24 kills, 12 blocks and two aces in her first nine sets.
- East Texas A&M is 0-3 after opening the season against Providence, Little Rock and North Texas.
- Washington State has recorded 18 aces, ranking 120th nationally and sixth in the conference. Blazkova also leads with 1.0 blocks per set, a .640 hitting percentage and 3.2 kills per set. Italia Bernal directs the offense with 5.6 assists per set. Tinons Munar Galmes anchors the defense with 3.4 digs per set.
- Northern Arizona went 2-1 at the Lobo Invitational, sweeping Houston Christian and Manhattan while falling to New Mexico in five sets. Stoddard hit .254 with 43 kills on 114 attempts and 14 errors, while also adding five service aces, three blocks and 36 digs, including two double-doubles.Wadsworth posted a .354 hitting percentage, averaging 2.18 kills per set and contributing seven blocks across the tournament.
WHAT'S NEXT?
- The Lopes will head to Nebraska to face Drake (Sept. 12) and the Cornhuskers (Sept. 13) next weekend.
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