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MEN’S SOCCER @GCU_MSoccer MATCH NOTES @gcu_msoccer Josh Hauser, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications · Office: (602) 639-8328 · Cell: (503) 734-8587· E-mail: [email protected] FRIDAY, OCT. 27 (7PM) | GCU STADIUM (6,000) | PHOENIX, ARIZ. GRAND CANYON #22 SEATTLE U » Head Coach: Pete Fewing (24th) LOPES » Offensive Standout: Alex Roldan (Sr.) REDHAWKS Leading Redhawks with 15 points on season (5g/5a) (5-6, 2-1 WAC) (11-2-2, 5-0-2 WAC) » Probable Keeper: Josh Adachi (R-Jr.) V GAA of 0.78 places second in WAC only behind Air Force S SUNDAY, OCT. 29 (7PM) | GCU STADIUM (6,000) | PHOENIX, ARIZ. » Head Coach: Schellas Hyndman (3rd) » Offensive Standout: Niki Jackson (Sr.) » Head Coach: Greg Maas (4th) 2016 WAC POY, 16 goals in 18 games last year (3rd in Div. I) UTAH VALLEY » Offensive Standout: Paul Hoffmeister (Sr.) » Probable Keeper: Jeremy Pollard WOLVERINES All-WAC performer has scored 4 goals this season, tied for team pts lead Him and GCU defense have posted four shutouts this season » Probable Keeper: Joseph Wheelwright (R-Fr.) (5-8-2, 2-3-2 WAC) The freshman has split time in goal but has started last 3 matches WATCH FOLLOW ANALYZE READ 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GCU.tv WAC Digital Network @GCU_MSoccer GCUStats.com GCULopes.com 6-9 OVERALL / 3-4 WAC / 5-1 HOME / 1-8 AWAY AUGUST (0-2) SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE Aug. 25 at Omaha L, 2-1 (OT) Seattle U (Seattle leads series 8-4, GCU leads 2-1 at home) » GCU wraps up the regular season with three home match- Aug. 27 at 14 Creighton L, 1-0 (2OT) » Last meeting: Seattle wins 2-1 in Seattle (Oct. 16, 2016) es, looking to make a push towards the WAC Tournament. SEPTEMBER (3-3) Utah Valley (UVU leads series 3-0, 1-0 in Phoenix) » Grand Canyon has an impressive 5-1 record at home. Sept. 2 at Wisconsin L, 3-1 » Last meeting: UVU wins 3-1 in Orem (Oct. 27, 2016) » The conference tournament, held in Las Vegas this year, Sept. 7 RV Evansville (YurView / ESPN3) W, 1-0 will take the Top 7 teams in the regular season standings. Sept. 10 at 23 Pacific L, 2-1 PROJECTED STARTERS » After sustaining an injury in the season opener, Creighton Sept. 14 UC Riverside W, 5-4 (OT) transfer Evan Waldrep has been cleared to make his Sept. 17 Cal State Northridge L, 4-2 based on last three matches return. Waldrep was named one of the nation’s Top 3 Sept. 22 Oral Roberts W, 1-0 (OT) transfers this offseason by Top Drawer Soccer. » Niki Jackson leads the GCU offense with five goals. The OCTOBER (3-4) 17 Afonso 14 Jellah senior ranks 62nd in the country in goals per game (0.50). Oct. 1 Houston Baptist* W, 5-2 9 Jackson » As a team, GCU isn’t afraid to take shots -- the Lopes rank Oct. 6 at CSU Bakersfield* L, 3-2 (OT) Oct. 8 at San José State* W, 1-0 (2OT) 8 Radilla 3 Keating 25th nationally at 14.73 shots per match. GCU’s shots are getting increasingly accurate as well, as the Lopes are 12th Oct. 13 Incarnate Word* W, 2-0 28 Seye in the country in shots on goal (6.80). Seattle U is the only Oct. 15 at UT Rio Grande Valley* L, 2-0 7 Sasivarevic 33 McGlothan 6 Smith 2 Slack WAC squad that ranks higher in both categories. Oct. 20 at Kansas City* L, 2-1 » The Lopes have already played six games that have gone to Oct. 22 at 16 Air Force* L, 3-1 overtime this season. GCU is 3-3 in such matches. The six 25 1 Pollard Oct. 27 Seattle U* 7 p.m. OT games ties 2014 for the most in a Division I season. GCU Oct. 29 Utah Valley* 7 p.m. GOAL FLOWCHART hasn’t played more than six since playing eight in 2007. NOVEMBER (0-0) » GCU freshmen are making a mark. Josh Drack has scored Nov. 4 UNLV* (YurView / ESPN3) 7 p.m. 5 and assisted this year, including his second goal at Air 4 Force on Sunday. Musa Morris Demos has scored three Nov. 8-12 WAC Tournament (Las Vegas, Nev.) 3 goals this year. Marco Afonso assissted on two goals in * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold 2 All times listed in Arizona Time (MST), equivalent to PT 1 the Oct. 6 game at CSUB alone. Malik Smith scored his GRAND CANYON first collegiate goal on Oct. 6. Freshmen have combined to STAT COMPARISON 1 tally 23 points this season. 2 vs. 3 4 LAST TIME OUT Visit Pg 24 for more details.» 6-9 W-L 11-2-2 5-8-2 OPPONENTS 5 ---OFFENSE--- » The Lopes nearly pulled off a comeback at UMKC on Friday 1.6 G / G 1.8 1.0 but had a last-second goal negated on an offsides call. 14.7 SH / G 21.0 11.1 5 Musa Morris Demos scored the lone goal in the 83rd. 4 .109 SH% .086 .090 3 » GCU struck first at No. 16 Air Force on Sunday, scoring the .462 SOG% .406 .361 2 fastest goal of any Falcons’ opponent this season (11’). But ---DEFENSE--- 1 GRAND CANYON the Lopes had two more goals negated and fell 3-1. 1.8 GAA 0.8 1.4 1 3.7 SV / G 1.6 3.6 2 WHAT’S NEXT .667 SV% .667 .711 3 ---MISCELLANEOUS--- 4 OPPONENTS » GCU closes out the regular season with a Senior Day affair 12.0 FL / G 10.6 13.8 5 against UNLV on Saturday. (TV: YurView, ESPN3) 24 / 3 YC / RC 20 / 0 27 / 2 ‹ 1 › MEN’S SOCCER // MEDIA INFORMATION vs. SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES Current placing t-6th SUNDAY, OCT. 15 FRIDAY, OCT. 20 SUNDAY, OCT. 22 Current streak L-3 EDINBURG, TEXAS KANSAS CITY, MO. USAFA, COLO. Longest winning streak 2 Longest unbeaten streak 2 1 2 T 1 2 T 1 2 T GCU 0 0 0 GCU 0 1 GCU 1 0 Longest losing streak 3 1 1 UTRGV 0 2 2 UMKC 2 0 2 (16) Air Force 1 2 3 Last 3 0-3 Last 5 2-3 Day games (before 6 p.m.) 2-2 Night games (6 p.m. or later) 4-7 TO THE MEDIA INJURY INFORMATION vs. top-25 teams* 1-3 *in Coaches Poll or Top Drawer Soccer Poll The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA a communications office staff that works diligently to - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of promote the individual and team accomplishments of injury information. GCU athletes will be required QUICK FACTS student-athletes, coaches and staff. Our staff will fulfill to sign a waiver before their injury information ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS all reasonable requests. is released to the media. If the athlete chooses Physical Address: to withhold that information, GCU officials will be Men’s Soccer Contact Josh Hauser 3300 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85017 restricted to informing the media members of their Email [email protected] Stadium Location: playing status only. 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