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Women's Soccer Instagram WOMEN’S SOCCER 2017 GAME NOTES @GCU_WSoccer Sarah Woodward, Assistant Director of Communications · Office: (602) 639-7951 · Cell: (608) 576-1518· E-mail: [email protected] AUG. NORTHERN ARIZONA GAME CENTRAL LUMBERJACKS 25 LOCATION GCU Stadium (6,000) 7 P.M. (1-1-0, 0-0-0 BIG SKY) V 2017 SCHEDULE GRAND CANYON S AUG. WEBER STATE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (MST) LOPES 8/11 at Arizona (exhibition) Tucson, Ariz. L, 3-0 WILDCATS 8/18 vs. Texas Tech# Albuquerque, N.M. L, 1-0 (0-2-0, 0-0-0 WAC) 27 8/20 at New Mexico# Albuquerque, N.M. L, 1-0 7 P.M. (0-2-0, 0-0-0 BIG SKY) 8/25 at NAU Flagstaff, Ariz. 7 PM 8/27 WEBER STATE Phoenix, Ariz. 7 PM 9/1 vs. Nevada^ Flagstaff, Ariz. 4 PM GCU PLAYS AT NAU, HOSTS WEBER STATE FOR WELCOME WEEK 9/3 vs. Detroit-Mercy^ Flagstaff, Ariz. 10 AM The Grand Canyon women’s soccer team closes out a 9/7 UC SANTA BARBARA Phoenix, Ariz. 4 PM NORTHERN ARIZONA NOTABLES 9/10 at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 1 PM three-game road series on Friday at Northern Arizona, as the • NAU began the season with a 2-0 shutout victory over 9/14 STETSON Phoenix, Ariz. 4 PM Lopes are looking for their first win of 2017. GCU will face NAU Texas State on the road. 9/17 HAWAII Phoenix, Ariz. 4 PM (1-1) on Friday night in Flagstaff before returning home for the • The Lumberjacks continued the road trip in Texas 9/22 at CSU-Northridge Northridge, Calif. 7 PM 2017 home opener on Sunday night versus Weber State (0-2). 9/24 at CSU-Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. 5 PM with a Sunday afternoon 4-1 loss to Houston. 10/6 at UTRGV* Edinburg, Texas 6 PM GCU had a pair of hard battles in Albuquerque, falling • Northern Arizona out-shot Texas State 15-10, as NAU 10/8 at New Mexico St.* Las Cruces, N.M. 12 PM to 2016 NCAA tournament contender Texas Tech, 1-0, and garnered nine shots on frame, while the Bobcats had 10/13 CHICAGO STATE* Phoenix, Ariz. 7 PM tournament-host New Mexico, 1-0. TTU received votes for 10/15 UMKC* Phoenix, Ariz. 1 PM just two. 10/20 at Utah Valley* Orem, Utah 6 PM top-25 status in this year's preseason poll. • The pair were fairly even in corner kicks (NAU: 5; 10/22 SEATTLE U* Phoenix, Ariz. 1 PM GCU NOTABLES TXST: 6) and fouls (NAU: 8; TXST: 7). 10/27 CSU-BAKERSFIELD* Phoenix, Ariz. 4 PM • The Lumberjacks out-shot Houston 15-9, however 11/1-5 WAC Tournament Phoenix, Ariz. TBD • The Lopes head to Flagstaff looking for their first win the Cougars' GK combo made six saves compared to * Denotes WAC matches Home matches in CAPS and first goal of the season. NAU's two. # New Mexico Tournament • GCU has tallied eight shots in two games on the year, ^ NAU Tournament • NAU was 10-7-5 in 2016 and 5-2-3 in the Big Sky. with two of them on frame. • GCU returns eight starters from the 2016 season, WEBER STATE NOTABLES including a trio of All-WAC second-team members • The Wildcats head to Phoenix following a two-loss 2017 TEAM STATS in McKenzie Cook, Madison Cox and Blakely Fraasch. opening weekend in Las Vegas. • Milla Benedetti led the Lopes in scoring in 2016 with • Weber State fell 1-0 to both Wright State and Drake, eight goals and four assists for 20 total points. Cook and the game with the Bulldogs was in overtime. vs. was second with five goals and four assists (14 pts). • WSU will host North Dakota State on Friday for its • GCU will have an opportunity to compete in post- home opener before heading south to GCU. season play for the first time since joining the WAC 0-2-0 W-L 1-1-0 0-2-0 • The Wildcats held Wright State off until the 83rd in 2013. minute when the Raiders netted a ball off of a penalty GOALS • The Lopes also return 2016 starting goalkeeper 0 3 0 kick. Blakely Fraasch, who recorded a .852 save • Drake used a 15-yard shot from the left in the 96th 0.00 GPG 1.50 0.00 percentage on the year. minute to defeat WSU in overtime. 2-8 SOG-ATT. 16-30 4-21 • WSU was 5-10-2 in 2016 and 3-6-1 in the Big Sky. PROJECTED GCU STARTERS .000 SHOT % .100 .000 MINA 4.0 SPG 15.0 10.5 MCGEE 12 BENEDETTI 1 CORNER 11 3 14 0-0 PENALTY 0-0 0-0 8 COOK 4-0 Y-R 1-0 0-0 4 PENALTIES 1 0 3 0 SHUTOUTS 1 0 NICHOLS LOPEZ 2 5 CARRIERES SMITH O N Live Video ....................................................Watch Here 25 17 Live Stats ...............................................Stat Broadcast EDWARDS COX A I 19 21 R WAC DIGITAL NETWORK FRAASCH Live Video ....................................................Watch Here 1 Live Stats ...............................................Stat Broadcast ‹ 1 › WOMEN’S SOCCER 2017 GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS GRAND CANYON NOTES GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PRESEASON WAC RANKINGS YEAR TWO AT THE GCU STADIUM School .................... Grand Canyon University After wrapping up the 2016 On Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, GCU played its first match in Location. .Phoenix, Ariz. season with a third place finish in the new GCU Stadium as they hosted UTEP in front of 1,452 Founded .....................................1949 conference and a Western Athlet- fans. The following weekend, GCU went undefeated as it Enrollment .................................18,000 ic Conference record of 3-2-2, the swept Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado. GCU Sta- President ............................Brian Mueller Lopes return for year two at the GCU Stadium. dium hosted its first ever power five conference program on Vice President of Athletics ..............Mike Vaught On August 9, the WAC released its preseason rank- Sept. 18 when they welcomed Oklahoma to Phoenix. Faculty Representative ............... Claude Pensis ings as voted on by the head coaches of the league’s eight The Lopes finished the 2016 home schedule with a 5-3-0 Affiliation ...........................NCAA Division I schools. GCU was projected to finish third in the confer- record, clinching victories against Northern Arizona, North- Nickname ...................................Lopes ence standings, having received 34 total points. ern Colorado, CSU-Bakersfield, Utah Valley and New Mexico State. GCU opens its 2017 home campaign on Sunday, Au- Mascot ................................... Thunder WAC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL gust 27 against Weber State. Kick off is slated for 7 p.m. Colors .......................Purple, Black & White Place Team (first place votes) . .Pts. Conference .... Western Athletic Conference (WAC) 1. Seattle U (7) . 49 FRAASCH'S FINAL CAMPAIGN Athletics Website: ..............www.GCULopes.com 2. .Kansas City (1). 36 Second team All-WAC member and senior Blakely Official Athletics Twitter ...............@GCU_Lopes 3. Grand Canyon . .34 Fraasch returns to GCU for her final campaign with the GCU Women’s Soccer Twitter .......@GCU_WSoccer 4t. Utah Valley . 32 Lopes. Last season's starting goalkeeper, GCU Women's Soccer Instagram ....@GCU_WSoccer 4t. CSU Bakersfield. 32 Fraasch started all 18 games in 2016 and led 6. .UT Rio Grande Valley. 18 the WAC with a .56 goals-against average. SOCCER FACILITY 7. .NM State . 15 Fraasch notched three consecutive shutouts 8. .Chicago State . .8 Home Facility (Capacity) ......GCU Stadium (6,000) and posted a .852 save percentage as a ju- nior. Grand Canyon Record at GCU Stadium ..... 5-3 (.625) EARLY ACCOLADES Fraasch Opened ...............................August 2016 Fraasch was the WAC Defensive Player GCU had three players named to the preseason All- Surface .................Natural Tifway 49 Bermuda of the Week in week three of the season after helping the WAC Team, as selected by the league’s head coaches. Lopes to a sweep of Northern Arizona and Northern Colo- COACHING STAFF Senior F Milla Benedetti, senior D Madison Cox and rado. senior GK Blakely Fraasch each earned recognition on the Head Coach .............Derek Leader (2nd season) all-conference squad entering their final season of play for ALL-WAC TRIO RETURNS Alama Mater .............................Akron the Lopes. Both Benedetti and Fraasch earned preseason Three of four GCU All-WAC honorees return for the 2017 Grand Canyon Record ...............7-11-2 (.400) All-WAC honors for the third-straight year. season, including seniors Blakely Fraasch and Madison Cox, WAC Record .........................3-2-2 (.571) PRESEASON ALL-WAC TEAM as well as junior McKenzie Cook. Overall Record ...................34-48-13 (.426) Milla Benedetti . .Sr. F. Grand Canyon Fraasch earned her second All-WAC designation after Assistant Coach .................. Malorie Rutledge Sarah Bonney . .So . F. .UTRGV being named the WAC Freshman of the Year in 2014. She Alma Mater ................................ LSU Natasha Howe. .Sr . F. .Seattle U allowed just four goals in conference play and led the WAC with a .56 goals-against average. Assistant Coach ........................Jordan Day Sabrina Delgado . .Jr . MF . CSU Bakersfield Reighan Childers . Jr . MF . Kansas City Cox helped the Lopes hold conference opponents to Alma Mater ..........................Texas A&M a combined four goals on the season to lead the WAC. The Soccer Office Phone ................. 602-693-6763 Breanna DeWaal . .So . MF . Utah Valley Lexie Howard . .Jr . MF . Kansas City defender netted the game-winning goal in double overtime 2016 IN REVIEW Madison Cox. Sr . D. Grand Canyon to secure a win over Utah Valley. Last season's conference Stephanie Spiekerman. .Sr . D . Seattle U accolade marked the second-straight for Cox. Overall Record ..........................7-9-2 (.444) Hannah Carrothers .Jr . D . Seattle U Cook earned her second-consecutive conference hon- WAC Record ............................3-2-2 (.571) Blakely Fraasch.
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