2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball team

2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball
2023 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's volleyball
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Record	22-8 (6–6 MPSF)
Head coach	Matt Werle (8th season);
Assistant coach	Matt August (1st[1] season)
Home arena	GCU Arena

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

2023 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball standings
	Conf				Overall
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 y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament As of October 26, 2023 Rankings from AVCA

Season highlights

Will be filled in as the season progresses.

Roster

2023 Grand Canyon roster[4]

Defensive specialist/libero

13 Cole Udall - Senior
15 Cooper Herndon - Sophomore

Middle blockers

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

Outside hitters

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

Opposite hitters

6 Jonah Gilbert - Freshman
20 Carson Brandt - Junior

Setters

4 Aidan Case- Freshman
7 Nicholas Slight - Sophomore
10 Jaxon Herr - Freshman

Schedule

TV/Internet Streaming information:

All home games will be streamed on ESPN+. Most road games will also be streamed by the schools streaming service. The conference tournament will be streamed by FloVolleyball.

Date time	Opponent	Rank ^{(tournament seed)}	Arena city (tournament)	Television	Score	Attendance	Record (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)	1,057	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

*-Indicates conference match. ^(#)-Indicates tournament seeding.

Times listed are Time in Arizona.

Announcers for televised games

Lindenwood: Houston Boe & Braden Dohrmann
Lindenwood: Braden Dohrmann & Houston Boe
George Mason: Josh Yourish
Erskine:
UC San Diego:
Lees-McRae:
Lees-McRae:
UC Irvine:
UC Irvine:
Arizona Christian:
USC:
USC:
Pepperdine:
Pepperdine:
BYU:
BYU:
Ball State:
Olivet Nazarene:
Princeton:
Princeton:
Concordia Irvine:
Concordia Irvine:
UCLA:
UCLA:
Stanford:
Stanford:
MPSF Tournament:

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
	Week
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.

References

"Volleyball Alumni Report: August named assistant with Lopes". Irvine Valley College Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
"COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Werle, Grand Canyon left to wonder, 'what if?'". Meadville Tribune. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
"UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
"2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Grand Canyon Athletics". Grand Canyon Athletics.

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[1] "Volleyball Alumni Report: August named assistant with Lopes". Irvine Valley College Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[2] "COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Werle, Grand Canyon left to wonder, 'what if?'". Meadville Tribune. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

[3] "UCLA picked to win 2023 MPSF championship in preseason poll". Off the Block. Retrieved December 16, 2022.

[4] "2023 Men's Volleyball Roster - The Official Site of Grand Canyon Athletics". Grand Canyon Athletics.