Regular season closes with Roos

The Grand Canyon softball team heads into its final weekend of regular-season WAC play, as the Lopes travel to Kansas City to face the Roos in a three-game series on Friday and Saturday at the Urban Youth Academy. GCU is coming off a 1-2 weekend against WAC-leading Seattle U.

GCU looks to continue its five-game win streak against the Roos, who were topped 14-5 by the Lopes in last year's WAC Tournament to send GCU to the finale against New Mexico State. In the regular season, the Lopes swept Kansas City 3-0, outscoring the Roos 28-7.

GCU at UMKC
Game Details	Friday, May 3 \| 3 p.m. (AZ time) \| Kansas City, Mo. \| Urban Youth Academy
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GCU at UMKC
Game Details	Saturday, May 4 \| 11 a.m. (AZ time) \| Kansas City, Mo. \| Urban Youth Academy
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GCU at UMKC
Game Details	Saturday, May 4 \| 1 p.m. (AZ time) \| Kansas City, Mo. \| Urban Youth Academy
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2019 NOTABLES

GCU ranks fifth in the country in double plays turned (27).
GCU is on a five-game winning streak against Kansas City.
The Smith twins have combined for 31 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games this season.
Head coach Ann Pierson needs two wins for her fourth consecutive 30-win season and eighth in her career.
Savannah Tourville is tied for first in WAC games in RBI (16) and third in batting average (.415).
Brianna Aguilar leads the WAC in conference play in ERA (0.91).
Ryan Denhart leads the WAC in conference play in opposing batting average (.195).
The Lopes are two games back of league leader Seattle U.
Sierra Smith ranks ninth all-time in WAC history for career triples (13).
Shea Smith owns a six-game hit streak.
Sierra Smith and Shea Smith are second among D-I sets of twins in combined hits (109) and are third among twins in combined batting average (.354).
The Lopes topped undefeated and reigning national champion Florida State 5-3 on March 6. The Seminoles dropped three games over the course of that week following the loss to GCU.
Savannah Tourville became the first freshman to homer in her GCU debut since Barak in 2012. She doubled twice in the win against Florida State.
Ryan Denhart struck out 14 batters against North Dakota to set a new GCU Division I record.
The Lopes won 30 games or more for the third consecutive season in 2018 with 31 wins, and won 20 home games for the second consecutive year.
Pierson is 22 wins away from 500 career wins. The GCU skipper has seven 30-plus win seasons and two 40-plus win seasons.

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Players Mentioned

Brianna Aguilar

Ryan Denhart

Shea Smith

Sierra Smith

Savannah Tourville

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