STEPHENVILLE, Texas - The Purple and White continued their home slate on Saturday, dropping to Grand Canyon in Stephenville, 0-3.

The Texans (7-18 overall, 2-10 WAC), fell to the Lopes (16-8, 9-3) in three sets (21-25, 20-25, 18-25).

Megan Hodges led the team with 36 assists, marking her fifth match this year with 30 or more assists. The junior is coming off a career milestone last week, where she recorded her 2,000th career assist against Abilene Christian.

Allison Bryant notched a team-high 15 kills, followed by Emma Burke with nine. The Texans had two players above a .500 hitting percentage. Burke led the team with a stellar .600 percentage, while Madison Frank registered .500.

Reigning WAC Libero of the Week, Emma Halcomb, led the team with 14 digs. Halcomb has double-digit digs in all but four matches this year.

In the first period, both teams kept it close early, finding themselves tied at 8-8. GCU went on a small run that was derailed by an ace from Hodges to bring the Texans within two points, 9-11. Tarleton pulled ahead at the 15-14 mark thanks to two consecutive kills from Tehana Mo'o. However, the Lopes found a way to rally back, notching the first set victory, 25-21.

Two service aces from the Lopes put GCU up 7-5 early in the second stanza. The Texans kept it close off kills from Bryant and LaNeah Lara but were unable to take a lead to gain advantage of the second set. Tarleton sparked a 6-1 run to bring them within two points, 19-21. Hodges assisted half of the six points during the Texan run, but GCU responded with a 4-1 run to close out the second frame, 25-20.

In the third game, the Lopes opened on a commanding 7-2 run, giving the Texans a tough deficit to recover from. Tarleton orchestrated a 6-2 run that contained four kills from Bryant and two kills from Frank to shorten its deficit to, 14-12. The conference rivals exchanged blows until two service aces from GCU allowed the Lopes to take control of the third and final set. Grand Canyon clinched the match with a 25-18 victory in the third stanza.

Tarleton State Volleyball will have five days off before they take on Southern Utah next Thursday at Wisdom Gym. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with first serve set for 6 p.m. CT.