2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball | |
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NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals | |
Conference | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation |
Record | 22-8 (6–6 MPSF) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coach | Matt August (1st [1] season) |
Home arena | GCU Arena |
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]
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 UCLA †‡y | 12 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | – | 2 | .939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 BYU | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 7 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Grand Canyon y | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Stanford | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Pepperdine | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 USC | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concordia Irvine | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 MPSF Tournament champion
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2023 Grand Canyon roster [4] | ||||||
Defensive specialist/libero Middle blockers | Outside hitters | Opposite hitters Setters |
TV/Internet Streaming information:
Date time | Opponent | Rank (tournament seed) | Arena city (tournament) | Television | Score | Attendance | Record (MPSF record) |
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1/6 6 p.m. | Lindenwood | #11 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–1 (25–21, 25–15, 35–37, 25–13) | 1,057 | 1–0 |
1/8 12 p.m. | Lindenwood | #11 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25–21, 25–22, 25–21) | 418 | 2–0 |
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) | 293 | 3–0 |
1/14 3 p.m. | vs. #14 Ohio State | #9 | Recreation 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 | #9 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (26-24, 25–20, 25–17) | 563 | 5-0 |
1/29 2 p.m. | UC San Diego | #9 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25-19, 25–19, 25–23) | 459 | 6-0 |
1/31 6 p.m. | Lees-McRae | #9 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25-18, 25–17, 25–19) | 386 | 7-0 |
2/01 6 p.m. | Lees-McRae | #9 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–1 (23-25, 25–14, 25–17, 25–20) | 346 | 8-0 |
2/03 6 p.m. | #7 UC Irvine | #9 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–1 (25-19, 25–19, 12–25, 25–22) | 1,108 | 9-0 |
2/04 6 p.m. | #7 UC Irvine | #9 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–2 (25-21, 21–25, 19–25, 27–25, 15–13) | 704 | 10-0 |
2/10 6 p.m. | Arizona Christian | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3–0 (25-12, 25–20, 25–21) | 548 | 11-0 |
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) | 400 | 12-0 (1-0) |
2/17 8 p.m. | @ #12 USC* | #5 | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | P12+ USC | W 3–1 (21-25, 25–22, 25–20, 25–22) | 401 | 13-0 (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) | 437 | 14-0 (3-0) |
2/24 1 p.m. | @ #7 Pepperdine* | #5 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | WavesCast | L 2-3 (25-20, 25–23, 17–25, 25–27, 9–15) | 317 | 14-1 (3-1) |
3/03 6 p.m. | #8 BYU* | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-18, 25–22, 25–21) | 2,134 | 15-1 (4-1) |
3/04 6 p.m. | #8 BYU* | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-2 (22-25, 25–17, 19–25, 25–17, 17–15) | 2,567 | 16-1 (5-1) |
3/08 6 p.m. | #11 Ball State | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (26-24, 25–23, 25–19) | 545 | 17-1 |
3/10 6 p.m. | Olivet Nazarene | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-19, 25–14, 25–20) | 457 | 18-1 |
3/15 6 p.m. | Princeton | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (25-22, 25–20, 25–22) | 514 | 19-1 |
3/17 4 p.m. | Princeton | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (27-25, 25–22, 25–21) | 424 | 20-1 |
3/24 7 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | L 2-3 (23-25, 23–25, 27–25, 25–12, 9–15) | 756 | 20-2 (5-2) |
3/25 6 p.m. | Concordia Irvine* | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | W 3-0 (37-35, 25–22, 25–16) | 812 | 21-2 (6-2) |
3/31 6 p.m. | #2 UCLA* | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | L 1-3 (31-29, 25–27, 20–25, 13–25) | 1,821 | 21-3 (6-3) |
4/01 6 p.m. | #2 UCLA* | #5 | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ | ESPN+ | L 0-3 (28-30, 21–25, 19–25) | 1,563 | 21-4 (6-4) |
4/07 7 p.m. | @ #9 Stanford* | #6 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 0-3 (17-25, 17–25, 20–25) | 612 | 21-5 (6-5) |
4/08 6 p.m. | @ #9 Stanford* | #6 | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA | P12+ STAN | L 2-3 (21-25, 26–24, 18–25, 25–22, 10–15) | 724 | 21-6 (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) | 705 | 22-6 |
4/19 4:30 p.m. | #2 UCLA (1) | #7 (4) | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA (MPSF Semifinal) | FloVolleyball | L 0-3 (23-25, 19–25, 20–25) | 457 | 22-7 |
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 | |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
AVCA Coaches | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Off the Block Media | Not released | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
^The Media did not release a Pre-season or Week 1 poll.
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