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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, November 12
Phoenix, Ariz.
6 p.m.
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Photo by: Jenna Quinn
11/11/2026 4:36:00 PM | Volleyball
With 2 wins, Lopes clinch MW Tournament berth
Grand Canyon (15-10, 9-5 Mountain West) hosts UTEP (16-10, 8-6 MW) for matches at 6 p.m. (Phoenix time) Thursday and 1 p.m. Saturday at Global Credit Union Arena.Â
The Lopes enter the week of play in a MW second-place tie with UC Davis. UTEP sits in third, just one match behind. The four-team Mountain West Championship will be Nov. 24 and 25 at UNLV.
Thursday's Lopes-Miners match will be available to watch on MW+, with Saturday's rematch being on 3TV and MW+.Â
The Lopes enter the week of play in a MW second-place tie with UC Davis. UTEP sits in third, just one match behind. The four-team Mountain West Championship will be Nov. 24 and 25 at UNLV.
Thursday's Lopes-Miners match will be available to watch on MW+, with Saturday's rematch being on 3TV and MW+.Â
AT A GLANCE
- GCU third-year head coach Kendra Potts entered the season with a career record of 162-50Â (.764) that places her ninth among active NCAA coaches.
- Potts coached West Texas A&M to the 2023 Division II national championship and was named American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year in 2022.
- Potts became the 66th inductee into the Lone Star Conference Hall of Honor, recognizing her playing and coaching careers.
- The Lopes return 11 players from last season's squad and welcome nine newcomers.
- Aubrey Goodere's mother, Kendra, played middle blocker at GCU from 1997-2000. Her mother, then Kendra Roer, is GCU's all-time career blocks record holder with 364 total blocks. Aubrey is a on a career pace to break the record.
- Assistant coaches Evan Larson and Ryan Vorderer were named to the AVCA Thirty Under 30, which recognizes top young coaches in the sport.
- The 2025 season marked an attendance record for the Lopes with 25,780 fans.
- GCU welcomed 7,207 students for this season's Lope-A-Palooza home opener.
During the 2025 season ...
- Freshman setter/opposite Bella Nunez ranked third in Division I with nine triple-doubles.
- GCU set a single-season program record with 516 block assists.
- As a freshman, Aubrey Bellus set the individual match record with 14 total blocks at San Diego State on Oct. 16, 2025.
- GCU set Division I-era team match records with 36 block assists and 21 total blocks at San Diego State on Oct. 16, 2025.
During the 2026 season ...
- Aubrey Goodere now ranks second in GCU's Divisoin I-era career block assists with 239.
- Starr Williams' 30 kills vs UNLV ranks first in program D-I history for a five-set match.
- Williams surpassed 1,000 career kills vs Omaha.Â
- Bella Anderson set a career high in single-match digs with 28 vs Temple.
- Through Week 10, Williams ranks first in the MW in kills/set at 4.36 and first in kills with 231.
- GCU ranks first in the MW with a .246 hitting percentage,
- Taylor Kubacak passed 100 career aces. Â
- The Lopes would clinch a MW Tournament berth with two wins over UTEP.
LAST TIME OUT
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Grand Canyon extended its winning streak to six with a 25-10, 25-10, 25-20 home sweep of San José State on Saturday, outhitting the Spartans .309 to .000 with nine aces and nine blocks. The six-match winning streak is the longest of the Lopes' Kendra Potts era and GCU's longest since 2023. With the conference's longest active winning streak, the Lopes moved into a second-place tie in the Mountain West.
WHAT'S NEXT?
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The Lopes head to UC Davis to close the regular season on Nov. 18-19.Â
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