Lopes head to Seattle and Utah Valley

Thursday, October 26

Seattle, Wash.

7:00 P.M.

Grand Canyon

Seattle

10/24/2017 1:03:00 PM | Volleyball

By: Mark Oshidari


Grand Canyon Lopes (7-14, 2-7 WAC)	vs	Seattle Redhawks (8-13, 4-4 WAC)	Utah Valley Wolverines (10-13, 5-3 WAC)
		Thur, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. MST	Sat, Oct. 28 at 12 p.m. MST
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PHOENIX – The Grand Canyon women's volleyball team looks to continue its improved play this week when it travels to Seattle and Utah Valley. On Thursday, the Lopes take on the Redhawks in Seattle. On Saturday, GCU takes on UVU in Orem.

The Lopes are coming off a pair of Western Athletic Conference wins, defeating Chicago State in four sets, then defeating UMKC in a sweep.

Claire Kovensky had a big weekend with 27 kills and 16 digs combined. Natalie Tardy added 23 more kills over the weekend, giving her 970 career kills.

For the season, Kovensky leads GCU with 3.26 kills per set while Teagan DeFalco adds 2.69 kills per set. DeFalco has a team-high 20 aces, while Emma Ahern leads the Lopes with 4.23 digs per set. Maria Adams has a team-high 1.08 blocks per set.

Seattle enters the week with a 4-4 WAC record. The Redhawks defeated Utah Valley last week and have won three of its last four matches, including a home win over UTRGV.

The Redhawks are led by Katarina Marinkovic with 3.52 kills per set. Katarina Glavinic is next on the squad with 2.07 kills per set.

Utah Valley is 5-3 in conference and saw its three match WAC winning streak come to an end with a five set loss to Seattle last week.

UVU is led by Lexi Thompson with 3.37 kills per set while Madison Dennison adds 2.74 kills per set. Sierra Starley averages 9.71 assists per set while Seren Merrill leads UVU with 3.92 digs per set.

After this week, the Lopes will conclude the conference schedule with three straight home matches. GCu hosts CSUB on Friday, November 3 at 6 PM in GCU Arena.