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Wrestling
11-4-09
The Grand Canyon University wrestling team held its annual Purple/Black Dual tonight at Antelope Gymnasium, and the Purple squad -- highlighted by Stephen Towne, who was badly bloodied but not bowed in his match against workout partner Mike Fucci at 165 pounds -- defeated the Black squad, 33-12.
Towne, a redshirt senior (pictured, Phoenix, AZ/Desert Vista) who attended Menlo College in Atherton, Calif. before transferring to GCU, was the 'Lopes' team leader in wins in 2007-08 with 18. His match against Fucci had to be stopped twice after the two wrestlers accidentally butted heads in the first period, opening a deep gash on Towne's forehead. Towne was bleeding so badly that he actually bled through the tape that was wrapped around his head and had to have it replaced. He toughed it out and managed to defeat Fucci (Sacramento, Calif./Sierra College), who will redshirt this season.
Wrestling
10-26-09
The Grand Canyon University wrestling team's theme for the 2009-10 season is "Omaha or Bust," because the Division II National Championships will be held in that Midwestern city on March 12-13, and if results from Saturday's California Baptist University Open are any indication the Antelopes could be well on their way to accomplishing their very lofty goal.
GCU had more individual champions -- four -- than any other team in the tournament.
GCU Athletics
8-26-09
Grand Canyon University athletics will be featured on local television and radio Thursday.
Athletics Director Keith Baker (pictured) will be a guest on the Pat McMahon Show to air at 9 a.m. on AZTV7/Cable 13. McMahon was voted Phoenix's "Best Local TV Personality" for 2009 by AZCentral.com's Critic's Choice.
At 11:25 a.m. on the weekly "Grand Canyon University Sports Report" on AM-1060 "The Fan", GCU head men's soccer coach Petar Draksin will be welcomed by popular and personable host Kevin McCabe, a Phoenix sports TV and Radio staple for 20 years.
8-18-09
Grand Canyon University is the cover story for this month's issue of Sports Arizona.
Launched in April, Sports Arizona is a monthly interactive digital magazine that focuses on the Phoenix sports market.
The site is located at www.SportsArizonaOnline.com.
Wrestling
8-3-09
January will be a busy month for the Grand Canyon University (GCU) wrestling team, with home dates against Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Jan. 6) and Colorado State University-Pueblo and California Baptist University (Jan. 15), as well as the Grand Canyon Duals (Jan. 23). Those three dates highlight GCU's 2009-10 wrestling schedule, announced today by head Coach R.C. LaHaye.
The third-year program has its sights set on the NCAA Division II National Championships March 12-13 in Omaha, Neb.
GCU's season begins on Oct. 24 at the Cal Baptist Open in Riverside, Calif. The Antelopes return home for the Purple/Black Dual on Nov. 4, then hit the road for the Embry-Riddle Open (Nov. 7 at Prescott, Ariz.) and Cal State-Fullerton Open (Nov. 21 at Fullerton, Calif.) and matches against Embry-Riddle (Nov. 28 at Prescott) and Arizona State University (Nov. 29 at Tempe).
2009-10 GCU Wrestling Schedule
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