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Softball
6 p.m.
vs Pima CC
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, May 5
Phoenix, Ariz.
4:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon
vs
Southern Utah
Lopes host last homestand of regular season
5/3/2023 12:06:00 PM | Softball
GCU scheduled to play Southern Utah in final WAC series of season
Friday-Saturday, May 5-6
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SOUTHERN UTAH
THUNDERBIRDS (6-30, 3-18Â WAC)
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vs. | GRAND CANYON LOPES (40-11, 14-7) |
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3 THINGS TO KNOW
- The Lopes will celebrate Hannah Burnett, Kaila Eastburn, Kinsey Koeltzow, Madison Schaefer and Annie Villalobos, on Senior Day, Saturday.
- GCUÂ is led by Hannah Burnett (.400Â .avg), Kristin Fifield (69Â RBIs) and Meghan Golden (1.89Â ERA).Â
- The Lopes lead the WAC in 10 of 17 categories and hold a top-25 NCAA ranking in nine of those same fields.
SCOUTING SOUTHERN UTAH
- Southern Utah has not won a WAC series this season, and has been swept on four occasions (Abilene Christian, Seattle U, Utah Valley, Utah Tech).
- The Thunderbirds have only won three total games during the WAC season, defeating UT Arlington (W, 4-3), Stephen F. Austin (W, 10-8), and California Baptist (W, 12-2).
- Southern Utah is led by Emily Gonzalez (.408 avg, 29 RBIs), and Payton Goodrich (7.68 ERA).Â
LAST TIME OUT
GCU at California Baptist
- Game 3 - The Grand Canyon softball team clinched its sixth WAC series of the season, improving to 14-7 in conference play with its 9-0 victory at California Baptist. Lopes sophomore pitcher Emily Darwin (7-3) threw her second complete game and her second shutout of the season.
- Game 2 - Meghan Golden threw nearly five innings of no-hit ball before notching a complete-game, single earned run game, win Friday night to even the series.
- Game 1 - Senior pitcher Ariel Thompson and the Lopes stranded seven Lancers on base to maintain their 3-2 lead through the top of the sixth but were met with the tying run when CBU reached base on a single, and GCU allowed its third triple of the season. In what looked to be a promising final inning, the Lopes left the bases loaded before the Lancers hit consecutive seventh-inning doubles for a Game 1 walk-off win.
WHAT'S NEXT?Â
- The Lopes host the 2023 WAC Tournament on May 10-13.Â
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