WOMEN’S SOCCER 2016 QUICK FACTS GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 2016 SCHEDULE School . .Grand Canyon University DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (MST) Location . .Phoenix, Ariz. Aug. 13 at UC Riverside (Exh.) Norco, Calif. 7:00 p.m. Founded . .1949 Aug. 19 at Eastern Washington Cheney, Wash. 3:00 p.m. Enrollment. .18,000 Aug. 21 at University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho 1:00 p.m. President . .Brian Mueller Aug. 26 at Weber State Ogden, Utah 2:30 p.m. Vice President of Athletics . .Mike Vaught Aug. 28 UTEP Phoenix, Ariz. 1:00 p.m. Faculty Representative. Claude Pensis Sept. 2 Northern Arizona Phoenix, Ariz. 7:00 p.m. Affiliation. .NCAA Division I Sept. 4 Northern Colorado Phoenix, Ariz. 7:00 p.m. Nickname . .Lopes Sept. 9 New Mexico# Flagstaff, Ariz. 4:00 p.m. Mascot. Thunder Sept. 11 UIC # Flagstaff, Ariz. 11:00 a.m. Colors. Purple, Black & White Sept. 18 Oklahoma Phoenix, Ariz. 1:00 p.m. Conference. Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Sept. 23 CSU Bakersfield Phoenix, Ariz. 7:00 p.m. Athletics Website:. www.GCULopes.com Sept. 26 at Utah Valley Orem, Utah 12:00 p.m. Official Athletics Twitter. @GCU_Lopes Oct. 7 at Seattle U* Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. GCU Women’s Soccer Twitter. .@GCU_WSOC Oct. 9 Utah Valley* Phoenix, Ariz. 12:00 p.m. Oct. 14 at UMKC* Kansas City, Mo. 6:00 p.m. SOCCER FACILITY Oct. 16 at Chicago State* Chicago, Ill. 11:00 a.m. Oct. 21 New Mexico State* Phoenix, Ariz. 4:00 p.m. Home Facility (Capacity). GCU Stadium (6,000) Oct. 23 UTRGV* Phoenix, Ariz. 1:00 p.m. Grand Canyon Record at GCU Stadium. 0-0 (.000) Oct. 29 at CSU Bakersfield * Bakersfield, Calif. 7:00 p.m. Opened. .August 2016 * Denotes WAC matches Home matches in bold Surface. Natural Tifway 49 Bermuda # Mountain Classic COACHING STAFF RETURNING STARTERS (9) Head Coach. Derek Leader (1st season) Player Pos. GP/GS G A Pts Shots Alama Mater . .Akron Mila Benedetti. .F. .19/19. 7. 2. 16. 56 Grand Canyon Record. 0-0 (.000) Madison Cox. D . .19/19. 3. 1. 7. 13 WAC Record. 0-0 (.000) Brylee Hawkins . M . .17/10. 0. 1. 1. 16 Overall Record . .27-37-11 (.433) Taylor Layton . M/F. .19/19. 1. 1. 3. 8 Assistant Coach . Malorie Rutledge Maria Monterroso . F. 10/10. 1. 2. 4. 27 Alma Mater . LSU Kelsey Smith . D . .15/14. 1. 3. 5. 10 Assistant Coach . Jordan Day Jessica Valadez. D . .19/16. 0. 2. 2. 5 Alma Mater . Texas A&M Kathryn Vancone. D . .17/14. 0. 5. 5. 3 Soccer Office Phone . 602-693-6763 Goalkeeper GP/GS Saves GAA Save % Sho 2015 IN REVIEW Blakely Fraasch . .19/19 . 91. 1.61 . .0.758. 3 Overall Record . 7-9-3 (.447) WAC Record. .4-4-2 (.500) STARTERS LOST (2) WAC Finish. 4th place Player Pos. GP/GS G A Pts Shots Home. 6-2-2 ( .700) Cassie Beckwith (Sr.) . F. .19/18. 5. 1. .11. 53 Away . 1-5-1 (.250) Kelsey Roberts (Jr.) . F. .18/11. 2. 0. 4. 21 Neutral. 0-2 (.000) NEWCOMERS (8) PROGRAM HISTORY Player Pos. Class Hometown First Year of Soccer at GCU. 1996 Anyssa De Vera . F. Fr.. Camas, Wash. All-Time Record . 113-199-20 (.370) Amber Filbrun. .D . Fr.. Modesto, Calif. All-Time Division I Record. 20-30-5 (.409) Rebecca Leibbrandt. D . Fr. .Germantown, Tenn. All-Time WAC Record. 15-14-3 (.515) Claire Novotny. .M . Fr. .Irvine, Calif. Conference Titles . .0 Alexis Roberts. .F. Sr.. Chandler, Ariz. Fiona Samodurov. .D/M . Fr.. Camas, Wash. 2016 TEAM INFORMATION Katie Stein . D . Fr.. Redondo Beach, Calif. 2015 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .22/4 Madison Wisely . M . Fr.. Phoenix, Ariz. Starters Returning/Lost. 9/2 Newcomers. 8 ‹ 1 › WOMEN’S SOCCER 2016 QUICK FACTS 2016 GRAND CANYON NUMERIC ROSTER ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS No. Name Pos. HT YR Hometown (Previous School) Women’s Soccer Contact. Imani Suber 00 ..Shannon McReynolds. GK. 5-10. Jr. Mead, Wash. (Mt. Spokane HS) Office Phone. 602-639-7421 1 ..Blakely Fraasch. GK. 5-6. Jr. Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake HS) Cell Phone . 214-316-4435 3 ..McKenzie Cook. F. 5-3. So.. Silverdale, Wash. (Klahowya Secondary School) Email. [email protected] 4 ..Brylee Hawkins. M. 5-8. Jr. Peoria, Ariz. (Sunrise Mountain HS) 5 ..Kathryn Yancone. D. 5-7. Sr. Phoenix, Ariz. (North Canyon HS) Associate AD, Strategic Communications / Public Relations 6 ..Christian Recinos . M. 5-5. Sr. Alrington, Texas (Tyler JC) Charles Hampton. [email protected] 7 ..Taylor Layton . M/F. 5-4. Sr. .Avondale, Ariz. (Agua Fria HS) Office Phone. 602-639-7738 8 ..Maria Monterroso. F. 5-6. Sr. Guatamala City, Guatamala (Lyon College) Cell Phone . 480-628-1754 9 ..Alexis Roberts . .F. 5-7. Sr. Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) Director of Athletic Communications 10 ..Jessica Valadez . .D. 5-9. Sr. Camarillo, Calif. (Adolfo Camarillo HS) Mark Oshidari. [email protected] 11 ..Fiona Samodurov . .D/M. 5-7. Fr. Camas, Wash. (Camas HS) Office Phone. .602-639-6853 12 ..Rachel Mina. M. 5-10. Jr. Maumelle, Ariz. (Central Arkansas Christian) Cell Phone . .602-708-9626 13 ..Amber Filbrun . .D. 5-10. Fr. Modesto, Calif. (Big Valley Christian HS) Assistant Director of Athletic Communications 14 ..Milla Benedetti . F. 5-6. Jr. Vancouver, Wash. (Mountain View HS) Steven Gonzalez . [email protected] 15 . Ashley Hilfer . .F . 5-9 . Jr. Redlands, Calif. (Arrowhead Christian Academy) Office Phone. 602-639-6126 16 ..Madison Wisely. M. 5-5. Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Northwest Christian HS) Cell Phone . 602-803-0521 17 ..Kelsey Smith . .D. 5-5. Jr. Coquitlam, B.C. (Dr. Charles Best Secondary School) Assistant Director of Athletic Communications 18 ..Rebecca Leibbrandt . .D. 5-7. Fr. Germantown, Tenn. (Manatee HS IMG Academy) Imani Suber. [email protected] 20 ..Deseree Doty. F. 5-7. So.. Bremerton, Wash. (Crosspoint Academy) Office Phone. 602-639-7421 21 ..Madison Cox . .D. .5-11. Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa) Cell Phone . 214-316-4435 22 ..Abby Burton . .GK. 5-9. Jr. Peoria, Ariz. (Liberty HS) Graduate Assistants, Athletic Communications 23 ..Megan Anth. M. 5-7. So.. Maryland Heights, Mo. (Pattonville HS) Lisa Amsler. [email protected] 24 ..Shannon Costello . D. .6-0. Sr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Campo Verde HS) Samantha Fell. [email protected] 25 ..Rebecca Pousma. F. 5-9. So.. Littleton, Colo. (Rock Canyon HS) Jake Hernandez . [email protected] 26 ..Samara Bahu. M. 5-9. So.. San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) Athletic Communications & Social Media Assistant 27 ..Katie Stein. .D. 5-7. Fr. Redondo Beach, Calif. (Redondo Union HS) Josh Hauser. [email protected] 29 ..Emma Cain . .F. 5-6. Jr. Port Moody, British Columbia (Delaware State) 30 ..Claire Novotny . M. 5-8. Fr. .Irvine, Calif. (Sage Hill School) Mailing Address: 34 ..Joanna Lagunas . M/F. 5-4. Sr. Canyon Country, Calif. (Golden Valley HS) 3300 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, Ariz. 85017 37 ..Anyssa De Vera. F. 5-2. Fr. Camas, Wash. (Camas HS) 2015 GRAND CANYON TEAM STATS No. Player GP-GS Min G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% YC-RC GW PS-Att 23 ..Anth, Megan . .1-0. 7. 0 . .0. 0 . .0 . .000. 0 . ..000. 0-0 . .0. 0-0 36 ..Bahu, Samara. 15-8. 615. 0 . .0. 0 . .0 . .000. 0 . ..000. 1-0 . .0. 0-0 9 ..Beckwith, Cassie. 19-18. .1323. 5 . 1. 11 . .53 . .094. 23 . .434. 0-0 . .0. 0-0 14 ..Benedetti, Milla. 19-19. 1421. 7 . 2. 16 . .56 . .125. 28 . ..500. 1-1 . ..