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Softball
6 p.m.
vs Pima CC
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, May 9
Seattle, Wash.
1 p.m.
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Photo by: David Kadlubowski
Lopes advance to WAC semifinals
5/9/2024 4:01:00 PM | Softball
GCU defeats Seattle U in 2023 conference championship rematch, plays UVU on Friday
SEATTLE — WAC Tournament No. 1 seed Grand Canyon topped No. 4 seed Seattle U 3-2 in a competitive quarterfinal Thursday afternoon, defeating the host Redhawks for the third time in the past two postseasons.
WAC Pitcher of the Year Hailey Hudson, a Lopes senior, picked up her 14th win and fifth complete game in the circle this season for the defending tournament champion. Hudson struck out five of the 30 Redhawks she faced, while the Lopes retired 10 on flyouts and six on groundouts and retired the Seattle U lineup in order in three innings.
Graduate right fielder and All-WAC second-team member Kristin Fifield led the Lopes with two key hits, while junior center fielder Makaiya Gomez knocked in two of the runs with a fourth-inning single that put GCU ahead 2-1.
Seattle U held a brief lead with solo runs in the third and seventh innings, but GCU took control in the bottom of the fourth with a Fifield single, a hit by pitch from All-WAC first team graduate Ramsay Lopez, a sacrifice bunt by senior left fielder Kayla Rodgers and Gomez's two-RBI single through the right side.
The Lopes scored a valuable insurance run in the bottom of the sixth, when a Fifield one-out triple was followed by Lopez's 56th RBI on a single to right field.
"(Seattle U pitcher Nicola) Simpson threw a great game," GCU head coach Shanon Hays said. "The wind's blowing in from left, so it can be a hard day to score some runs. We figured out a way to get some hits at the right time. Timing's everything, so it worked out."
At 46-11, the Lopes have the 10th-best winning percentage in the nation (.807).
GCU returns to Logan Field on Friday at 1 p.m. (Phoenix time) for a WAC Tournament semifinal game against third-seed Utah Valley, whose seven-game winning streak is tied for the nation's sixth longest. The Wolverines have allowed only five runs in the seven consecutive wins.
The Lopes won the regular-season series against the Wolverines in Phoenix in March, when GCU swept a doubleheader with 9-2 and 7-4 wins before dropping the finale 8-2. The Lopes are 28-4 in the overall series against the Wolverines.
A Friday semifinal win would advance GCU to Saturday's championship round, when the WAC's automatic NCAA tournament berth will be earned by the champion.
WAC Pitcher of the Year Hailey Hudson, a Lopes senior, picked up her 14th win and fifth complete game in the circle this season for the defending tournament champion. Hudson struck out five of the 30 Redhawks she faced, while the Lopes retired 10 on flyouts and six on groundouts and retired the Seattle U lineup in order in three innings.
Graduate right fielder and All-WAC second-team member Kristin Fifield led the Lopes with two key hits, while junior center fielder Makaiya Gomez knocked in two of the runs with a fourth-inning single that put GCU ahead 2-1.
Seattle U held a brief lead with solo runs in the third and seventh innings, but GCU took control in the bottom of the fourth with a Fifield single, a hit by pitch from All-WAC first team graduate Ramsay Lopez, a sacrifice bunt by senior left fielder Kayla Rodgers and Gomez's two-RBI single through the right side.
The Lopes scored a valuable insurance run in the bottom of the sixth, when a Fifield one-out triple was followed by Lopez's 56th RBI on a single to right field.
"(Seattle U pitcher Nicola) Simpson threw a great game," GCU head coach Shanon Hays said. "The wind's blowing in from left, so it can be a hard day to score some runs. We figured out a way to get some hits at the right time. Timing's everything, so it worked out."
At 46-11, the Lopes have the 10th-best winning percentage in the nation (.807).
GCU returns to Logan Field on Friday at 1 p.m. (Phoenix time) for a WAC Tournament semifinal game against third-seed Utah Valley, whose seven-game winning streak is tied for the nation's sixth longest. The Wolverines have allowed only five runs in the seven consecutive wins.
The Lopes won the regular-season series against the Wolverines in Phoenix in March, when GCU swept a doubleheader with 9-2 and 7-4 wins before dropping the finale 8-2. The Lopes are 28-4 in the overall series against the Wolverines.
A Friday semifinal win would advance GCU to Saturday's championship round, when the WAC's automatic NCAA tournament berth will be earned by the champion.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hudson, Hailey (14-5)
L: Nicola Simpson (4-11)
Batting:
RBI: Mikee Morris 1 ; Taylor Fitch 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tai Wilson 2
Batting:
3B: Fifield, Kristin 1
RBI: Lopez, Ramsay 1 ; Gomez, Makaiya 2
SH: Rodgers, Kayla 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fifield, Kristin 2 ; Wolsky, Haley 1
HBP: Lopez, Ramsay 1
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