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Grand Canyon Archive
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![The Grand Canyon University cross country team held its annual party, and this year most of the invitees from Arizona went away happy. Kipkorir Mutai did a good job representing […]](http://phxfan.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "ASU, UA win team titles at Grand Canyon XC Invitational")
ASU, UA win team titles at Grand Canyon XC Invitational
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 2,906 CommentsThe Grand Canyon University cross country team held its annual party, and this year most of the invitees from Arizona went away happy. Kipkorir Mutai did a good job representing […] -
GCU softball roster for 2012 is almost 100% local talent
Posted on July 30, 2011 | 4,236 CommentsDanielle Legee must feel at times like she’s a newcomer to a foreign land, rather than a recruit to a college softball team. Legee is a pitcher for Grand Canyon […] -
GCU lost top scorer Murphy, but keep an eye on Chilaka
Posted on July 8, 2011 | 725 CommentsNow entering the game for the Antelopes… No. 22 Petrolina Chilaka for No. 20 Samantha Murphy. Murphy, the nation’s scoring leader in Division II women’s basketball last season, graduated from […] -
GCU women’s hoops adds D-I transfers in rebuilding effort
Posted on June 7, 2011 | 703 CommentsWhat do you do when your team graduates the No. 1 scorer in the nation, and the top two scorers in program history? If you’re Grand Canyon University basketball coach […] -
GCU women’s golf team finishes record-breaking season
Posted on May 27, 2011 | 738 CommentsGolf is generally seen as an individual effort, but it was a team effort that lifted the Grand Canyon University women’s golf program to its best season ever. The squad […] -
GCU baseball prepares for a run at the PacWest lead
Posted on April 14, 2011 | 734 CommentsThe Grand Canyon University baseball team begins its assault on the conference lead tomorrow, trying its best not to look past the next series of games. With just eight conference […] -
Conference tourneys capping long college golf season
Posted on April 9, 2011 | 693 CommentsIs it any surprise that college golf teams do well in the state of Arizona? More than 400 golf courses ooze out of every pore of the state, they’re open […] -
GCU baseball turning around under interim head coach
Posted on March 29, 2011 | 2,454 CommentsIt’s been 13 games and almost three weeks since Grand Canyon University unexpectedly fired its head baseball coach, Dave Stapleton, who had been involved with the program for the past […] -
After Region snub, Samantha Murphy named nation’s best
Posted on March 27, 2011 | 761 CommentsSamantha Murphy got the last laugh this week. The Xavier Prep graduate and career scoring leader at Grand Canyon University was named the NCAA Division II Women’s Player of the […] -
GCU seniors looking to close old gym with a new record
Posted on February 21, 2011 | 699 CommentsThe stage is set tonight for a grand finale at Antelope Gym, as the Grand Canyon University basketball teams say goodbye to an old friend. This will be the last […] -
GCU launches new track program, earns early respect
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 794 CommentsArizona’s newest college track & field program has really hit the ground running… so to speak. Grand Canyon University just rolled out its new program and has already earned instant […] -
Murphy’s 38 pts should move GCU into nation’s Top 10
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 836 CommentsThe Grand Canyon women’s basketball team should find out soon whether they’ve cracked the national Top 10 rankings. It would be a shock if the No. 12 Antelopes don’t move […] -
GCU basketball teams get big games from men & women
Posted on January 28, 2011 | 2,781 CommentsIt was a banner night for Grand Canyon University basketball yesterday. Home-court advantage finally paid off for the Grand Canyon men’s basketball team (9-6, 4-1), as they beat Chaminade last […] -
Rugged schedule helps GCU win PacWest hoops opener
Posted on January 10, 2011 | 680 CommentsThere are different philosophies in college sports regarding the early non-conference schedule. Coaches either prefer to pack the early games with easy wins, padding their records and building some early […] -
GCU swim teams nationally ranked and qualifying early
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 2,194 CommentsBuoyed by local high school grads, the Antelopes are churning up the waters, setting school records and climbing to a No. 8 national ranking on the boys’ side. The Grand […] -
GCU women hope to move into Top 25 after beating No. 5
Posted on December 4, 2010 | 760 CommentsToday’s 72-60 win over Northwest Nazarine University upped the Grand Canyon University women’s basketball record to 8-1, but it was yesterday’s win that will do the most to move them […] -
GCU men’s soccer still No. 1; women fall from top spot
Posted on October 4, 2010 | 845 CommentsGrand Canyon University had both of its soccer teams sitting atop the Pac West Conference standings. Until last weekend, that is, when BYU-Hawaii came calling. The men’s team beat BYU-Hawaii […] -
Sisters split up to help Yavapai, GCU volleyball teams win
Posted on September 9, 2010 | 760 CommentsOne sister continues to build on a standout collegiate volleyball career, while the other is just getting started. One stayed home in Phoenix and is playing at Grand Canyon University, […] -
Repeat titles nothing new for Yavapai, GCU soccer teams
Posted on August 31, 2010 | 767 CommentsSmell the mowed grass. It’s a sure sign that the college soccer season is beginning. In Arizona, a couple of men’s teams share more than the smell of grass stains […] -
August tells story of GCU’s growing role in local recruiting
Posted on August 27, 2010 | 3,312 CommentsA flurry of recruit signings announced by Grand Canyon University this month helps to illustrate the impact the private, Christian-based college in west Phoenix is having on the college careers […] -
GCU reaps conference honors for golf, cross-country
Posted on August 15, 2010 | 821 CommentsLocal Valley grads have picked up some impressive honors at Grand Canyon University, one on his way out and the other on her way up. Terence Daniels, who was the […] -
GCU women’s No.12 golf team sets sights higher in 2011
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 3,522 CommentsThe Grand Canyon University women’s golf team narrowly missed cracking the Top 10 last season. The Antelopes finished 12th in the nation and sent its first player ever to the […] -
GCU has a new slant on recruiting…signs top BMX racer
Posted on August 4, 2010 | 803 CommentsLots of college kids buy themselves a bicycle to get around campus. But a Mesquite High School grad has used her bike to get into college. Dominique Daniels was actually […] -
New track program at GCU off to a running start
Posted on July 10, 2010 | 635 CommentsAs each new piece is added, the excitement of building a new college sports program grows exponentially. The recent addition of a state champion like Mason Simmons will accelerate the […] -
GCU basketball teams getting a new 5,000-seat home
Posted on June 27, 2010 | 3,721 CommentsBob Machen worked for the Phoenix Suns for 37 years and was very involved in the construction of US Airways Center where the Suns play. He also had a hand […] -
GCU basketball player scores rare double honor
Posted on June 24, 2010 | 1,935 CommentsYou could see it coming. Samantha Murphy began showing signs of the basketball success that was to come way back in her freshman year at Xavier Prep in Phoenix. The […] -
Local HS soccer players finding opportunity at GCU
Posted on June 18, 2010 | 3,038 CommentsGrand Canyon University continues to build its women’s soccer program by fishing in the local talent pool. The west Phoenix school recently announced the addition of six more signees for […] -
Local high school athletes finding their way back home
Posted on May 9, 2010 | 697 CommentsGrand Canyon University is stocking up again on local athletes, but most of them are finding their way back to the Phoenix school after starting their college careers elsewhere. GCU […] -
Russ Pennell starting to rev up the GCU hoops program
Posted on April 24, 2010 | 698 CommentsRuss Pennell is starting to make his move at Grand Canyon University, hoping to upgrade from what he’s been driving up and down the basketball court this year. Prior to […]