Midweek slate starts with Oregon

Feb. 18 \| Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark \| Phoenix, Ariz.

	OREGON DUCKS (0-3)	at	(27) GRAND CANYON LOPES (2-1)

PITCHING PROBABLES

Tuesday, Feb. 18 • 1 p.m.
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RHP [JR] Brett Walker (0-0) vs. LHP [R-JR] Jack Schneider (0-0)

With a successful opening weekend in the books, Grand Canyon is set for its first midweek action of the season as it welcomes Oregon to Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark for a Tuesday matinée. The Lopes and Ducks meet for the first time ever with first pitch set for 1 p.m.

The game will stream live on GCULopes.com and the Grand Canyon University channel on YouTube.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

LOPES RANKED: GCU began the year receiving votes in the Collegiate Baseball top-30 poll. An opening-weekend series victory over No. 22 Oklahoma State was enough to propel the Lopes into the top-30 poll at No. 27.
PAC-12 PLAY: Pac-12 opponents continually line the Lopes schedule and that is the case again this season. GCU will face five Pac-12 opponents for a total of nine games. The Lopes look to build off a 2019 season in which they posted a 4-3 mark against Pac-12 teams.
SMITH'S START: The first week of Division I baseball could not have gone much better for GCU junior infielder Drew Smith. The Northeast Community College (Neb.) transfer went 7 for 14 (.500) and posted 11 RBIs while also getting his first home run on opening night. Smith was one of five players nationally to post 11 or more RBIs over opening weekend.

SCOUTING

Oregon entered a new era in its program history when it welcomed a new head coach this offseason in former Purdue skipper Mark Wasikowski. A former Ducks assistant of five years, Wasikowski comes to GCU Ballpark searching for his first win of the season after the Ducks opened the season dropping games to Minnesota, San Diego and Pepperdine after surrendering 26 runs. Like GCU head coach Andy Stankiewicz, Wasikowski is a baseball alumnus of Pepperdine. He is tasked with improving a Ducks program that finished ninth in the Pac-12 last season and has missed the NCAA tournament in each of the last four seasons.

WHAT'S NEXT

GCU welcomes a pair of teams in CSU Northridge and 2019 NCAA tournament qualifier Fordham for the GCU Classic. The Lopes will play host to each team twice in a tournament spanning Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

For more GCU baseball news, notes and numbers, click here to view game notes and click here to view the media guide.

Feb. 18 | Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark | Phoenix, Ariz.

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