2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball team

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2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball
Grand Canyon Antelopes logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record22-8 (6–6 MPSF)
Head coach
Assistant coachMatt August (1st [1] season)
Home arena GCU Arena
Seasons
  2022
2024  

The 2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball team represented Grand Canyon University in the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The 'Lopes, led by eighth year head coach Matt Werle, played their home games at GCU Arena. [2] The 'Lopes were members of the MPSF and were picked to finish fourth in the MPSF preseason poll. [3]

Contents

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA  y120 1.000312 .939
No. 8 BYU  84 .667197 .731
No. 6 Grand Canyon  y66 .500228 .733
No. 9 Stanford  66 .5001513 .536
No. 10 Pepperdine  57 .4171614 .533
No. 12 USC  39 .2501016 .385
Concordia Irvine  210 .167819 .296
Conference champion
2023 MPSF Tournament champion

Roster

2023 Grand Canyon roster [4]
 

Defensive specialist/libero

  • 13 Cole Udall - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 15 Cooper Herndon - Redshirt.svg Sophomore

Middle blockers

  • 3 Chibuike Obi - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 8 Cameron Thorne - Freshman
  • 9 Troy Culp - Senior
  • 14 Jacob Guerber - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 18 Matthew Meeker-Hackett - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 21 Colin Lovejoy - Senior
  • 23 Rico Wardlow - Junior
  • 24 Nicholas Bentlage - Redshirt.svg Freshman
 

Outside hitters

  • 1 Camden Gianni - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 2 Karter Rogers - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 5 Chase Gianni - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 11 Christian Janke - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 12 Grayson Browning - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 16 Jackson Hickman - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 22 Jordan Lucas - Freshman
  • 25 Jacob Ceci - Freshman
 

Opposite hitters

  • 6 Jonah Gilbert - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 20 Carson Brandt - Redshirt.svg Junior

Setters

  • 4 Aidan Case- Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 7 Nicholas Slight - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 10 Jaxon Herr - Freshman
 

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games were streamed on ESPN+. Most road games were also streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament was streamed by FloVolleyball.
Date
time
OpponentRank
(tournament seed)
Arena
city
(tournament)
TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord
(MPSF record)
1/6
6 p.m.
Lindenwood #11 GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+ W 3–1
(25–21, 25–15, 35–37, 25–13)
1,0571–0
1/8
12 p.m.
Lindenwood#11GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–21, 25–22, 25–21)
4182–0
1/13
5 p.m.
@ George Mason #9 Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
(Patriot Invitational)
ESPN+W 3–0
(25–20, 25–18, 25–16)
2933–0
1/14
3 p.m.
vs. #14 Ohio State #9Recreation Athletic Complex
Fairfax, VA
(Patriot Invitational)
W 3–2
(23-25, 25–18, 25–23, 18–25, 15–10)
4-0
1/27
6 p.m.
Erskine #9GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–0
(26-24, 25–20, 25–17)
5635-0
1/29
2 p.m.
UC San Diego #9GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–0
(25-19, 25–19, 25–23)
4596-0
1/31
6 p.m.
Lees-McRae #9GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–0
(25-18, 25–17, 25–19)
3867-0
2/01
6 p.m.
Lees-McRae#9GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–1
(23-25, 25–14, 25–17, 25–20)
3468-0
2/03
6 p.m.
#7 UC Irvine #9GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–1
(25-19, 25–19, 12–25, 25–22)
1,1089-0
2/04
6 p.m.
#7 UC Irvine#9GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–2
(25-21, 21–25, 19–25, 27–25, 15–13)
70410-0
2/10
6 p.m.
Arizona Christian #5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3–0
(25-12, 25–20, 25–21)
54811-0
2/15
8 p.m.
@ #12 USC*#5 Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12, P12 LA W 3–1
(25-21, 25–22, 26–28, 25–22)
40012-0
(1-0)
2/17
8 p.m.
@ #12 USC*#5Galen Center
Los Angeles, CA
P12+ USC W 3–1
(21-25, 25–22, 25–20, 25–22)
40113-0
(2-0)
2/22
8 p.m.
@ #7 Pepperdine*#5 Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WavesCast W 3–2
(25-18, 25–21, 23–25, 20–25, 16–14)
43714-0
(3-0)
2/24
1 p.m.
@ #7 Pepperdine*#5Firestone Fieldhouse
Malibu, CA
WavesCastL 2-3
(25-20, 25–23, 17–25, 25–27, 9–15)
31714-1
(3-1)
3/03
6 p.m.
#8 BYU*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-18, 25–22, 25–21)
2,13415-1
(4-1)
3/04
6 p.m.
#8 BYU*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-2
(22-25, 25–17, 19–25, 25–17, 17–15)
2,56716-1
(5-1)
3/08
6 p.m.
#11 Ball State #5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-0
(26-24, 25–23, 25–19)
54517-1
3/10
6 p.m.
Olivet Nazarene #5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-19, 25–14, 25–20)
45718-1
3/15
6 p.m.
Princeton #5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-0
(25-22, 25–20, 25–22)
51419-1
3/17
4 p.m.
Princeton#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-0
(27-25, 25–22, 25–21)
42420-1
3/24
7 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 2-3
(23-25, 23–25, 27–25, 25–12, 9–15)
75620-2
(5-2)
3/25
6 p.m.
Concordia Irvine*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+W 3-0
(37-35, 25–22, 25–16)
81221-2
(6-2)
3/31
6 p.m.
#2 UCLA*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 1-3
(31-29, 25–27, 20–25, 13–25)
1,82121-3
(6-3)
4/01
6 p.m.
#2 UCLA*#5GCU Arena
Phoenix, AZ
ESPN+L 0-3
(28-30, 21–25, 19–25)
1,56321-4
(6-4)
4/07
7 p.m.
@ #9 Stanford*#6 Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STANL 0-3
(17-25, 17–25, 20–25)
61221-5
(6-5)
4/08
6 p.m.
@ #9 Stanford*#6Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
P12+ STANL 2-3
(21-25, 26–24, 18–25, 25–22, 10–15)
72421-6
(6-6)
4/19
8 p.m.
#9 Pepperdine
(5)
#7
(4)
Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Quarterfinal)
FloVolleyball W 3-0
(25-22, 25–17, 25–20)
70522-6
4/19
4:30 p.m.
#2 UCLA
(1)
#7
(4)
Maples Pavilion
Stanford, CA
(MPSF Semifinal)
FloVolleyballL 0-3
(23-25, 19–25, 20–25)
45722-7
5/4
2 p.m.
#4 Long Beach State #6 EagleBank Arena
Fairfax, VA
(NCAA Quarterfinal)
ESPN+L 1-3
(25–22, 17–25, 22–25, 23–25)
22-8
*-Indicates conference match. (#)-Indicates tournament seeding.
Times listed are Time in Arizona.

Announcers for televised games

Rankings

Ranking movements
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^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.

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