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Softball
6 p.m.
vs Pima CC
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, March 10
Fullerton, Calif.
10 a.m.
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Photo by: Adrianna Candelaria
4-1 weekend: GCU sweeps Sunday competition
3/10/2024 4:56:00 PM | Softball
Lopes come out on top in extra innings, Rodgers walks it off in 5
FULLERTON, Calif. – With a sweep over Yale and North Dakota, Grand Canyon becomes 20-5 on the season. Senior left fielder Kayla Rodgers led the Lopes offensively with six RBIs on Sunday.
Lopes come out on top in extra innings
Ahead 6-2, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, a Yale grand slam sent the game to extra innings. Tied 7-7 after the eighth, GCU prevailed with a 10-7 final push.
The Lopes scored in six of the nine innings, with senior shortstop Katelyn Dunckel kicking things off with a solo home run to left center in the top of the third. Rodgers tallied three RBIs on a double and two singles.
Tied after seven innings, the tournament rule placed each team's last hitter of the previous inning on second base. A sacrifice fly by Savannah Groshong-Kirk put the Lopes ahead by one in the top of the eighth, but Yale answered with a run of its own for another inning.
In the ninth, junior third baseman Lovey Kepa'a started on second base and came home on a single by graduate first baseman Ashley Trierweiler. Trieweiler scored on a line-out to second base by graduate designated player Ramsay Lopez, and Rodgers dropped a stellar bunt for a single and the winning RBI.
Graduate pitcher Megan Schumacher improves to 3-0 on the season, with pitchers Emily Darwin (junior), Ariel Thompson (graduate), and Hailey Hudson (senior) making appearances in the circle.
The Lopes scored eight runs on 12 hits to walk-off North Dakota in five innings on Sunday.
GCU led North Dakota 4-0 by the end of the first inning, 6-0 through the second, and notched the final two runs on a Rodgers home run to center field.
The Lopes posted their second 8-0 shutout of the weekend, and their seventh shutout of the season with junior pitcher Meghan Golden (4-2) in the circle. Golden struck out six batters and only allowed two hits on the afternoon.
The Lopes return to Arizona for a midweek matchup at ASU.
Lopes come out on top in extra innings
Ahead 6-2, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, a Yale grand slam sent the game to extra innings. Tied 7-7 after the eighth, GCU prevailed with a 10-7 final push. The Lopes scored in six of the nine innings, with senior shortstop Katelyn Dunckel kicking things off with a solo home run to left center in the top of the third. Rodgers tallied three RBIs on a double and two singles.
Tied after seven innings, the tournament rule placed each team's last hitter of the previous inning on second base. A sacrifice fly by Savannah Groshong-Kirk put the Lopes ahead by one in the top of the eighth, but Yale answered with a run of its own for another inning.
In the ninth, junior third baseman Lovey Kepa'a started on second base and came home on a single by graduate first baseman Ashley Trierweiler. Trieweiler scored on a line-out to second base by graduate designated player Ramsay Lopez, and Rodgers dropped a stellar bunt for a single and the winning RBI.
Graduate pitcher Megan Schumacher improves to 3-0 on the season, with pitchers Emily Darwin (junior), Ariel Thompson (graduate), and Hailey Hudson (senior) making appearances in the circle.
Rodgers walk-off wins it in 5
The Lopes scored eight runs on 12 hits to walk-off North Dakota in five innings on Sunday.
GCU led North Dakota 4-0 by the end of the first inning, 6-0 through the second, and notched the final two runs on a Rodgers home run to center field.
The Lopes posted their second 8-0 shutout of the weekend, and their seventh shutout of the season with junior pitcher Meghan Golden (4-2) in the circle. Golden struck out six batters and only allowed two hits on the afternoon.
The Lopes return to Arizona for a midweek matchup at ASU.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schumacher, Megan (3-0)
L: Hannah Turner (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Rodgers, Kayla 1
HR: Dunckel, Katelyn 1
RBI: Dunckel, Katelyn 1 ; Trierweiler, Ashley 2 ; Rodgers, Kayla 3 ; Kirk, Savannah 2
SH: Dunckel, Katelyn 1 ; Lucas, Tinley 1
SF: Kirk, Savannah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dunckel, Katelyn 1 ; Trierweiler, Ashley 1 ; Fifield, Kristin 2 ; Gomez, Makaiya 2 ; Rodgers, Kayla 1 ; Nolan, Mackenzie 1 ; Kepa’a, Lovey 1 ; Wolsky, Haley 1
SB: Trierweiler, Ashley 1
Batting:
HR: Sophie Woodridge 1
RBI: Libby Peoples 1 ; Sophie Woodridge 5 ; Maddie Latta 1
SH: Elena Ohe 1 ; SJ Mull 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Isabella Fortini 1 ; Libby Peoples 1 ; Sophie Woodridge 1 ; Carolyn Skotz 1 ; Katie Donahey 2 ; SJ Mull 1
HBP: Sophie Woodridge 1 ; Sam Goodcase 1
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