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6 p.m.
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, May 2
Abilene, Texas
12 p.m.
Grand Canyon
41-6, 19-2
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Abilene Christian
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Grand Canyon
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Abilene Christian
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Tale of 2 games results in doubleheader sweep
5/2/2025 6:50:00 PM | Softball
Game-saving play from McCray extends GCU win streak to 19
ABILENE, Texas – Grand Canyon swept Friday's doubleheader in Abilene in vastly different ways, taking down Abilene Christian 10-1 and 1-0.
GCU (42-6, 20-2 WAC) has won 19 straight games, extending a program record that will be difficult to touch and a win streak that is the longest active one in the country.
Lopes pitchers Taryn Batterton, a junior, and Meghan Golden, a senior, allowed one run over the two games, cementing themselves as one of the nation's best duos. Long balls led the way offensively for GCU.
GCU put on a batting display with14 hits in just five innings. This included GCU's first eight-hit inning since 2016 in the fifth, when the Lopes scored six runs to set up their 19th run-rule win of the season.
In the third inning, GCU sophomore second baseman Savannah Kirk singled and stole second, followed by gradate left fielder Mia Weckel's single. Both came around to score on a passed ball and junior first baseman Emily Gonzalez's sacrifice fly.
Kirk put up her 10th three-hit game of the year and Weckel added her four-hit performance of the season. The one-two punch atop the hitting order has wreaked havoc all season, and that chaos played out in the top half of the doubleheader.
Later in the third, sophomore Alina Satcher was called on for a pinch-hit opportunity with two outs and runners on first and second after sophomore designated player Cooper and freshman third baseman Willa Ford each walked. Satcher delivered with a bases-clearing single off the wall.Â
In the fifth inning, eight GCU batters grabbed a hit, leading to six runs. The inning began and ended with a bang. Gonzalez tanked her 10th home run after hitting four homers in each of her first two seasons. Three hits later, another pinch-hit opportunity presented itself for junior Arriana Wright, who belted a two-run home run over the left-field scoreboard for a 9-1 lead.
In the circle, Batterton just allowed three hits and a run without a walk over her five innings. She moved to 17-1 on the season and 9-0 in WAC play.Â
Golden led the Lopes with a complete-game shutout of the Wildcats, going seven innings while allowing three hits and striking out three.
Golden moved to 13-0, 7-0 in conference play, and dropped her ERA to 0.97 with a game to go before postseason.
Offensively, the Lopes only managed a run on five hits, as ACU's Lina Russo went the distance and shoved herself.
Ford had three of the Lopes' five hits, but GCU did not score on any of them. Graduate right fielder Makaiya Gomez and sophomore catcher Tinley Lucas each added a hit for the Lopes.
Lucas made her hit count with a third-inning solo home run, a mammoth blast to left field that also eclipsed the scoreboard beyond the fence. Her seventh home run of the season was potentially her most important.
The game intensified for Lopes fans when the bottom of the seventh inning came around. Golden had the Wildcats (15-36, 11-12 WAC) down to the final out with a runner on first base when Abilene Chrisitan's Rachel Cook ripped a ball into right-center field.
Gomez came up short on a diving catch attempt, and the ball rolled to junior center fielder Sydney McCray, who threw a one-hop dart to Lucas at home plate. Lucas initially bobbled the ball, but in heroic fashion, recovered the ball and placed the tag on sliding pinch-runner McKenley Clark to record the final out.
GCU and Abilene Christian play the series finale Saturday at 10 a.m. (Phoenix time), at Poly Wells Field in Abilene. The Lopes are going for their 20th consecutive win in the final regular season game.
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GCU (42-6, 20-2 WAC) has won 19 straight games, extending a program record that will be difficult to touch and a win streak that is the longest active one in the country.
Lopes pitchers Taryn Batterton, a junior, and Meghan Golden, a senior, allowed one run over the two games, cementing themselves as one of the nation's best duos. Long balls led the way offensively for GCU.
Game 1: GCU 10, Abilene Christian 1 (5 inn.)
Two big innings of offense and yet another quality outing from Batterton allowed the Lopes to cruise to their 18th straight victory sweat-free.GCU put on a batting display with14 hits in just five innings. This included GCU's first eight-hit inning since 2016 in the fifth, when the Lopes scored six runs to set up their 19th run-rule win of the season.
In the third inning, GCU sophomore second baseman Savannah Kirk singled and stole second, followed by gradate left fielder Mia Weckel's single. Both came around to score on a passed ball and junior first baseman Emily Gonzalez's sacrifice fly.
Kirk put up her 10th three-hit game of the year and Weckel added her four-hit performance of the season. The one-two punch atop the hitting order has wreaked havoc all season, and that chaos played out in the top half of the doubleheader.
Later in the third, sophomore Alina Satcher was called on for a pinch-hit opportunity with two outs and runners on first and second after sophomore designated player Cooper and freshman third baseman Willa Ford each walked. Satcher delivered with a bases-clearing single off the wall.Â
In the fifth inning, eight GCU batters grabbed a hit, leading to six runs. The inning began and ended with a bang. Gonzalez tanked her 10th home run after hitting four homers in each of her first two seasons. Three hits later, another pinch-hit opportunity presented itself for junior Arriana Wright, who belted a two-run home run over the left-field scoreboard for a 9-1 lead.
In the circle, Batterton just allowed three hits and a run without a walk over her five innings. She moved to 17-1 on the season and 9-0 in WAC play.Â
Game 2: GCU 1, Abilene Christian 0Â
GCU took a different approach at winning its 19th consecutive game in the Friday nightcap.Golden led the Lopes with a complete-game shutout of the Wildcats, going seven innings while allowing three hits and striking out three.
Golden moved to 13-0, 7-0 in conference play, and dropped her ERA to 0.97 with a game to go before postseason.
Offensively, the Lopes only managed a run on five hits, as ACU's Lina Russo went the distance and shoved herself.
Ford had three of the Lopes' five hits, but GCU did not score on any of them. Graduate right fielder Makaiya Gomez and sophomore catcher Tinley Lucas each added a hit for the Lopes.
Lucas made her hit count with a third-inning solo home run, a mammoth blast to left field that also eclipsed the scoreboard beyond the fence. Her seventh home run of the season was potentially her most important.
The game intensified for Lopes fans when the bottom of the seventh inning came around. Golden had the Wildcats (15-36, 11-12 WAC) down to the final out with a runner on first base when Abilene Chrisitan's Rachel Cook ripped a ball into right-center field.
Gomez came up short on a diving catch attempt, and the ball rolled to junior center fielder Sydney McCray, who threw a one-hop dart to Lucas at home plate. Lucas initially bobbled the ball, but in heroic fashion, recovered the ball and placed the tag on sliding pinch-runner McKenley Clark to record the final out.
GCU and Abilene Christian play the series finale Saturday at 10 a.m. (Phoenix time), at Poly Wells Field in Abilene. The Lopes are going for their 20th consecutive win in the final regular season game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Batterton, Taryn (17-1)
L: Beeman, Ella (2-8)
Batting:
2B: Cooper, Jada 1
HR: Gonzalez, Emily 1 ; Wright, Arriana 1
RBI: Gomez, Makaiya 1 ; Gonzalez, Emily 2 ; McCray, Sydney 1 ; Satcher, Alina 2 ; Wright, Arriana 2
SH: Gomez, Makaiya 1 ; Ford, Willa 1
SF: Gonzalez, Emily 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kirk, Savannah 1 ; Weckel, Mia 2 ; Gonzalez, Emily 1 ; Cooper, Jada 1 ; Williams, Briah 1 ; Ford, Willa 1 ; McCray, Sydney 1 ; Lucas, Tinley 1 ; Wright, Arriana 1
SB: Kirk, Savannah 1 ; Weckel, Mia 1
Batting:
RBI: Hoffman, Catrin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lista, Miranda 1
HBP: Lista, Miranda 1
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RBI
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