Grand Canyon Falls to No. 1 Cal Baptist

Grand Canyon, for the second straight match, lost to a No. 1 ranked team in the nation.
After falling to NCAA No. 1 Pepperdine Wednesday, the Antelopes were defeated 3-0 by NAIA No. 1 Cal Baptist Friday at Antelope Gym. The teams meet again Saturday at 7 p.m.

Against the Lancers, GCU lost by set scores of 30-22, 30-26, 30-27.
In both Game 2 and Game 3, the Antelopes had leads at the midway point and further but were unable to hang on against a team that gave Pepperdine and UCLA losses on back-to-back nights early in the season.

The Antelopes led as late as 15-14 in the second set and were tied 23-23 before CBU scored seven of the final 10 points.

GCU led much of third set and by as much as four points as late as 20-16, following a kill from freshman Zach Neilson (Phoenix, Ariz./Sandra Day O'Connor). A kill from frosh Chris Lockwood (Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood) stopped a CBU rally, but only momentarily, to give GCU a 23-22 advantage.

Lockwood led the Antelopes with 13 kills and had just one error for a .571 attack average. He also had two solo blocks. Sophomore Brock Hutchins (Gilbert, Ariz./Highland/Hawai'i) finished with 11 kills. Sophomore Taylor Griffin (Tucson, Ariz./Ironwood Ridge) had seven kills and five digs. Frosh Trent Bruns (Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo) had 10 digs.
Along with 33 assists, Grand Canyon freshman setter Brad Moore (Orange, Calif./Lutheran) had two block assists. Sophomore Nick Jensen (Herning, Denmark/Ikast Gymnasium/NJIT) had two solo blocks and two block assists.