2017 GAME NOTES TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (0-0-0, BIG 12) NEW MEXICO LOBOS (0-0-0, MOUNTAIN WEST)

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1 WOMEN S SOCCER 2017 GAME Sarah Woodward, Assistant Director of Communications Office: (602) Cell: (608) sarahwoodward@gcuedu GRAND CANYON LOPES (0-0-0, WAC) MCGEE 8 EDWARDS 19 V S PROJECTED GCU STARTERS NICHOLS 2 COX 21 AUG 18 3 PM AUG 20 9:30 AM LOPES BEGIN 2017 ON THE ROAD IN ALBUQUERQUE The Grand Canyon women s soccer team begins the 2017 season on the road in Albuquerque, as the Lopes will face Texas Tech in the season-opener before taking on tournament-host New Mexico to close the road trip GCU played in-state foe Arizona in a preseason exhibition match and fell, 3-0 The Lopes finished 2016 tied for third place in the Western Athletic Conference with a record Overall, GCU was GCU NOTABLES The Lopes open the 2017 season at the Lobo Invitational after facing in-state foe Arizona in an exhibition match on Aug 11 GCU returns eight starters from the 2016 season, including a trio of All-WAC second-team members in McKenzie Cook, Madison Cox and Blakely Fraasch Milla Benedetti led the Lopes in scoring in 2016 with eight goals and four assists for 20 total points Cook was second with five goals and four assists (14 pts) GCU will have an opportunity to compete in postseason play for the first time since joining the WAC in 2013 The Lopes also return 2016 starting goalkeeper Blakely Fraasch, who recorded a 852 save percentage on the year MINA 12 COOK 3 FRAASCH 1 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (0-0-0, BIG 12) NEW MEXICO LOBOS (0-0-0, MOUNTAIN WEST) TEXAS TECH NOTABLES Texas Tech opens the 2017 season against Grand Canyon, having played Denver in an exhibition match on Aug 12 The Red Raiders defeated DU, 2-0 TTU finished the 2016 season with a overall record and in the Big 12 The Red Raiders fell in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament to West Virginia in a 3-0 final decision Texas Tech earned a bid to the NCAA tournament, but dropped the opening match to Utah, 1-0 The Red Raiders return leading scorer Jade King, who tallied six goals and an assist for a team-high 13 points NEW MEXICO NOTABLES New Mexico hosts the Lobo Invitational with one game under their belt The Lobos matched up with Colorado State - Pueblo to open the 2017 season and claimed a 3-1 victory The Lobos were in 2016 and in the Mountain West New Mexico ended the 2016 campaign with a 2-1 victory at San Diego State and did not compete in the Mountain West or NCAA tournament New Mexico returns top goal-scorer in Claire Lynch, who tallied eight goals for a total of 16 points HILFER 15 1 BENEDETTI 14 WISELY 16 SMITH 17 GAME CENTRAL LOCATION GCU Stadium (6,000) 2017 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (MST) 8/11 at Arizona (exhibition) Tucson, Ariz L, 3-0 8/18 vs Texas Tech# Albuquerque, NM 3 PM 8/20 at New Mexico# Albuquerque, NM 9:30 AM 8/25 at NAU Flagstaff, Ariz 7 PM 8/27 WEBER STATE Phoenix, Ariz 7 PM 9/1 vs Nevada^ Flagstaff, Ariz 4 PM 9/3 vs Detroit-Mercy^ Flagstaff, Ariz 10 AM 9/7 UC SANTA BARBARA Phoenix, Ariz 4 PM 9/10 at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 1 PM 9/14 STETSON Phoenix, Ariz 4 PM 9/17 HAWAII Phoenix, Ariz 4 PM 9/22 at CSU-Northridge Northridge, Calif 7 PM 9/24 at CSU-Fullerton Fullerton, Calif 5 PM 10/6 at UTRGV* Edinburg, Texas 6 PM 10/8 at New Mexico St* Las Cruces, NM 12 PM 10/13 CHICAGO STATE* Phoenix, Ariz 7 PM 10/15 UMKC* Phoenix, Ariz 1 PM 10/20 at Utah Valley* Orem, Utah 6 PM 10/22 SEATTLE U* Phoenix, Ariz 1 PM 10/27 CSU-BAKERSFIELD* Phoenix, Ariz 4 PM 11/1-5 WAC Tournament Phoenix, Ariz TBD * Denotes WAC matches Home matches in CAPS # New Mexico Tournament ^ NAU Tournament O N A I R 2017 TEAM STATS vs W-L GOALS GPG SOG-ATT SHOT % SPG CORNER PENALTY Y-R PENALTIES SHUTOUTS 0 0 Live Video Watch Here Live Stats Stat Broadcast WAC DIGITAL NETWORK Live Video Watch Here Live Stats Stat Broadcast

2 GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY INFORMATION School Grand Canyon University Location Phoenix, Ariz Founded 1949 Enrollment 18,000 President Brian Mueller Vice President of Athletics Mike Vaught Faculty Representative Claude Pensis Affiliation NCAA Division I Nickname Lopes Mascot Thunder Colors Purple, Black & White Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Athletics Website: wwwgculopescom Official Athletics GCU Women s Soccer GCU Women's Soccer SOCCER FACILITY Home Facility (Capacity) GCU Stadium (6,000) Grand Canyon Record at GCU Stadium 5-3 (625) Opened August 2016 Surface Natural Tifway 49 Bermuda COACHING STAFF Head Coach Derek Leader (2nd season) Alama Mater Akron Grand Canyon Record (444) WAC Record (571) Overall Record (435) Assistant Coach Malorie Rutledge Alma Mater LSU Assistant Coach Jordan Day Alma Mater Texas A&M Soccer Office Phone IN REVIEW Overall Record (444) WAC Record (571) WAC Finish 3rd Place Home (625) Away (375) Neutral (500) PROGRAM HISTORY QUICK FACTS First Year of Soccer at GCU 1996 All-Time Record (374) All-Time Division I Record (418) All-Time WAC Record (490) Conference Titles TEAM INFORMATION 2016 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 13/12 Starters Returning/Lost 8/3 Newcomers 11 PRESEASON WAC RANKINGS After wrapping up the 2016 season with a third place finish in conference and a Western Athletic Conference record of 3-2-2, the Lopes return for year two at the GCU Stadium On August 9, the WAC released its preseason rankings as voted on by the head coaches of the league s eight schools GCU was projected to finish third in the conference standings, having received 34 total points WAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL PlaceTeam (first place votes) Pts 1 Seattle U (7) 49 2 Kansas City (1) 36 3 Grand Canyon 34 4t Utah Valley 32 4t CSU Bakersfield 32 6 UT Rio Grande Valley 18 7 NM State 15 8 Chicago State 8 EARLY ACCOLADES GCU had three players named to the preseason All- WAC Team, as selected by the league s head coaches Senior F Milla Benedetti, senior D Madison Cox and senior GK Blakely Fraasch each earned recognition on the all-conference squad entering their final season of play for the Lopes Both Benedetti and Fraasch earned preseason All-WAC honors for the third-straight year PRESEASON ALL-WAC TEAM Milla Benedetti Sr F Grand Canyon Sarah Bonney So F UTRGV Natasha Howe Sr F Seattle U Sabrina Delgado Jr MF CSU Bakersfield Reighan Childers Jr MF Kansas City Breanna DeWaal So MF Utah Valley Lexie Howard Jr MF Kansas City Madison Cox Sr D Grand Canyon Stephanie Spiekerman Sr D Seattle U Hannah Carrothers Jr D Seattle U Blakely Fraasch Sr GK Grand Canyon PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sabrina Delgado Jr MF CSU Bakersfield PRESEASON DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Stephanie Spiekerman Sr D Seattle U FRESH MEAT The Lopes welcome 11 newcomers for 2017, including 10 freshmen and one sophomore transfer, Jennifer Pippin, from North Dakota The incoming class consists of one goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders and two forwards Three players are Arizona natives, while two hail from Colorado, and one player apiece are from Idaho, Australia, Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Finland All 11 players will be eligible to compete for the Lopes in 2017 GRAND CANYON NOTES YEAR TWO AT THE GCU STADIUM On Sunday, Aug 28, 2016, GCU played its first match in the new GCU Stadium as they hosted UTEP in front of 1,452 fans The following weekend, GCU went undefeated as it swept Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado GCU Stadium hosted its first ever power five conference program on Sept 18 when they welcomed Oklahoma to Phoenix The Lopes finished the 2016 home schedule with a record, clinching victories against Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, CSU-Bakersfield, Utah Valley and New Mexico State GCU opens its 2017 home campaign on Sunday, August 27 against Weber State Kick off is slated for 7 pm FRAASCH'S FINAL CAMPAIGN Second team All-WAC member and senior Blakely Fraasch returns to GCU for her final campaign with the Lopes Last season's starting goalkeeper, Fraasch started all 18 games in 2016 and led the WAC with a 56 goals-against average Fraasch notched three consecutive shutouts and posted a 852 save percentage as a junior Fraasch was the WAC Defensive Player of the Week in week three of the season after helping the Lopes to a sweep of Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado ALL-WAC TRIO RETURNS Three of four GCU All-WAC honorees return for the 2017 season, including seniors Blakely Fraasch and Madison Cox, as well as junior McKenzie Cook Fraasch earned her second All-WAC designation after being named the WAC Freshman of the Year in 2014 She allowed just four goals in conference play and led the WAC with a 56 goals-against average Cox helped the Lopes hold conference opponents to a combined four goals on the season to lead the WAC The defender netted the game-winning goal in double overtime to secure a win over Utah Valley Last season's conference accolade marked the second-straight for Cox Cook earned her second-consecutive conference honor last season after leading the WAC with 34 shots and 15 shots on goal Cook was part of an offense that produced 17 goals to tie for first place in the conference BENEDETTI BACK TO LEAD LOPES Fraasch Last year's leading goal scorer, Milla Benedetti returns for her final campaign with the Lopes The senior was second in the WAC last season with eight goals and 20 points and was the WAC Player of the Week after tallying a pair of goals in as many matches Benedetti scored the game-winning goal in the 75th minute versus Northern Colorado to clinch the weekend sweep of Northern Arizona and Northern Colorado Benedetti tallied two game-winners over her 1 7 games in 2016 Over the course of the season, Benedetti tallied 54 shots with 30 of them on goal She started in 17 games and amassed a total of 1315 minutes The senior is one of eight starters returning to the 2017 squad 2

3 2017 GRAND CANYON LOPES ROSTER NUMERIC ROSTER No Name Pos HT YR Hometown (Previous School) 00 Kaysha Bailey GK 5-7 Fr Lewiston, Idaho (Lewiston HS) 1 Blakely Fraasch GK 5-6 Sr Prior Lake, Minn (Prior Lake 2 Hannah Nichols M 5-2 Fr Green, Ohio (Green HS) 3 McKenzie Cook F 5-3 Jr Silverdale, Wash (Klahowya Secondary School) 4 Brylee Hawkins M 5-8 Sr Peoria, Ariz (Sunrise Mountain) 5 Amanda Lopez M 5-1 Fr Arvada, Colo (Faith Christian Academy) 6 Emma Cain F 5-6 Sr Port Moody, British Columbia (Heritage Woods) 7 Erika Story D 5-8 Fr Helsini, Finland (PHVK HS) 8 Mikaela McGee F 5-4 Fr Atlantic Beach, Fla (Fletcher HS) 9 Camryn Larson F 5-11 Fr Gilbert, Ariz (Mesquite HS) 11 Anyssa De Vera F 5-2 So Camas, Wash (Camas High School) 12 Rachel Mina F 5-10 Sr Maumelle, Ariz (Central Arkansas Christian) 13 Sandra Hill D 5-8 Fr Canberra, Australia (Melrose HS) 14 Milla Benedetti F 5-6 Sr Vancouver, Wash (Mountain View) 15 Ashly Hilfer D 5-9 Sr Redlands, Calif (Arrowhead Christian Academy) 16 Madison Wisely M 5-5 So Phoenix, Ariz (Northwest Christian High School) 17 Kelsey Smith D 5-5 Sr Coquitlam, BC (Dr Charles Best Secondary School) 18 Rebecca Leibbrandt D 5-7 So Germantown, Tenn(Manatee High School IMG Academy) 19 Hannah Edwards D 5-8 Fr Aurora, Colo (Cherokee Trail HS) 20 Deseree Doty F 5-7 Jr Bremerton, Wash (Crosspoint Academy) 21 Madison Cox D 5-11 Sr Tampa, Fla (Cambridge Christian) 22 Abby Burton GK 5-9 Sr Peoria, Ariz (Liberty) 23 Megan Anth M 5-7 Jr Maryland Heights, Mo (Pattonville) 24 Jessica Wong M 5-8 Fr Chandler, Ariz (Hamilton HS) 25 Mary Joy Carrieres D/M 5-6 Fr Gilbert, Ariz (Seton Catholic HS) 26 Jennifer Pippin M 5-4 So Trenton, Mich (Trenton HS/UND) 37 Fiona Samodurov D/M 5-7 So Camas, Wash (Camas High School) Total: 27 players BY GRADE ROSTER BREAKDOWN Senior 9 Junior 3 Sophomore 5 Freshman 10 BY POSITION Defender 9 Midfielder7 Forward 8 Goalkeeper 3 BY HOME STATE/COUNTRY Arizona7 Australia1 British Columbia 2 California1 Colorado 2 Finland1 Florida 2 Idaho1 Michigan1 Minnesota1 Missouri1 Ohio1 Tennessee1 Washington 5 ASSISTANT COACHES Head Coach: Derek Leader Akron (1995), 2nd Season Assistant Coach: Malorie Rutledge LSU (2009), 2nd Season Assistant Coach: Jordan Day Texas A&M (2014), 2nd Season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kaysha Bailey Kay-sh-uh Blakely Fraasch Frah-sh Brylee Hawkins Br-eye-lee Anyssa De Vera Uh-nee-suh Duh-ver-uh Rachel Mina Meena Milla Benedetti Mee-luh Ben-uh-DEBT-ee Rebecca Leibbrant Lie-brant Deseree Doty Des-er-ay DOUGH-tee Mary Joy Carrieres Carriers Fiona Samodurov Sam-uh-dur-ov SERIES NOTABLES TEXAS TECH The Lopes and the Red Raiders meet for the first time in program history Texas Tech is the only Big 12 team that GCU will face this year Aside from an exhibition match-up with Arizona, TTU is the only power five university on the Lopes' 2017 schedule SERIES NOTABLES NEW MEXICO The Lopes will meet New Mexico for the second time in program history, as the first was last season at the NAU Mountain Classic in September GCU trails the Lobos in the all-time series, New Mexico used a pair of second-half goals to defeat GCU in the inaugural series game The Lobos out-shot the Lopes 9-4, but GCU goalkeeper Blakely Fraasch tallied three saves UNM goalkeeper Tayler Hammack had two saves GRAND CANYON NOTES (CONT) 3

4 HEAD COACH DEREK LEADER THE LEADER FILE LEADER S HEAD COACHING RECORD Year Team / School Record Grand Canyon Grand Canyon Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State Career Totals (411) COACHING LEDGER Years Team / School Position Grand Canyon Head Coach Georgia State Head Coach SMU Associate Head Coach IMG Soccer Academy Head Coach Derek Leader was named the fourth head coach of the Grand Canyon women s soccer program hisory on Feb 10, 2016 Leader brings over 20 years of coaching experience to the Lopes, including four years as an NCAA Division I head coach and 12 years at the IMG Soccer Academy Leader joined the Lopes from Georgia State where he spent four seasons Under his direction, Leader improved the Panthers RPI from 235 in 2013 to 95 in 2015 The Panthers were ranked in the top-10 in the Southern Region, one of only two non-sec teams on the list Leader also coached the first two NSCAA All-South Region players in program history In just their second year in the Sun Belt Conference, the Panthers finished as runner-up to No 22 ranked South Alabama in the 2015 Sun Belt Conference Championship As assistant director at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Fla, Leader made his mark in the soccer community where he also served as women s soccer head coach from He was inducted into the IMG Soccer Academy Hall of Fame in 2010 Leader coached the 2005 MLS Rookie of the Year, Michael Parkhurst, and the 2013 NWSL Rookie of the Year, Erika Tymrak, among many other future professional soccer players, during his time with IMG During his tenure in Bradenton, he also coached local semi-pro teams, serving as an assistant coach for the Bradenton Academics GCU STADIUM PDL men s team from and as head coach for the Bradenton Athletics W-League women s team from Prior to taking the head coach position at Georgia State, Leader was the associate head coach at SMU for four years Leader assisted head coach, and former GCU men s assistant, Brent Erwin to four-straight Conference USA Tournament appearances, including two double-digit win totals in his last two seasons with the Mustangs Leader is a graduate of Akron in 1995 and is a member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the United States Soccer Coaches Organization He also holds several coaching licenses that include a United States Soccer Federation National A License, an NSCAA Premier License and an International Coaching Diploma from the Victoria Coaching Institute in British Columbia, Canada Leader is a native of Stow, Ohio, and his wife, Kim, hails from Millen, Ga The couple has a daughter named Jacqueline He was awarded with the NSCAA Director of Coaching Emeritus title in recognition of outstanding coaching achievements in 2003, becoming just the fourth coach in the history of the organization to achieve the title ASSISTANT COACHES Malorie Rutledge Assistant Coach Enters her second season with the Lopes after previously coaching at Georgia State with Leader Jordan Day Assistant Coach Enters her second season at GCU after finishing her collegiate career at Texas A&M The state-of-the-art soccer facility hosted its first competitive match on Friday, Aug 26, as the GCU men's team defeated UCF in the 2016 season opener in front of an Arizona-record 6,402 fans The stadium features seating capacity for more than 6,000 spectators, including 3,000 shaded chairback seats The all-natural Tifway 49 Bermuda pitch is surrounded by a 10-foot grass berm on three sides with a tailgating area on a 2,100-square-foot raised, concrete platform on the east side of the stadium Additionally, GCU Stadium has spacious team locker rooms, offices, a satellite training room, and houses the new Student-Athlete Development Center Housed atop the grandstand at midfield, the press box provides ample amounts of room and amenities to accommodate working press and broadcast media ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY Private, Christian university founded in 1949 located in Phoenix On-campus enrollment has increased from 4,000 to 17,500 in the last four years Began transition process from Division II to Division I in the academic year In Year 4 of this process, GCU is not eligible for the WAC or NCAA Tournaments Nickname is officially the "Antelopes" GCU is more commonly referred to as the "Lopes" (with no preceding apostrophe) The university sponsors 21 sports as of the academic year 4

5 WOMEN S SOCCER 2017 GAME NOTES GRAND CANYON TV & RADIO ROSTER 00 KAYSHA BAILEY 1 BLAKELY FRAASCH 2 HANNAH NICHOLS MIKAELA MCGEE 9 CAMRYN LARSON 11 ANYSSA DE VERA ERIKA STORY MCKENZIE COOK 4 BRYLEE HAWKINS 12 RACHEL MINA 5 AMANDA LOPEZ EMMA CAIN 13 SANDRA HILL 14 MILLA BENEDETTI 21 MADISON COX 15 ASHLY HILFER 16 MADISON WISELY 17 KELSEY SMITH HANNAH 18 REBECCA LEIBBRANDT 19 EDWARDS 20 DESEREE DOTY 22 ABBY BURTON 23 MEGAN ANTH 24 JESSICA WONG JOY 25 MARY 26 JENNIFER CARRIERES PIPPIN 37 FIONA SAMODUROV 5 6