Martin homers twice in win over San José State

Friday, March 20

Phoenix, Ariz.

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

31-1, 4-0

San José State

10-17, 2-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
San Jose State	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	0
Grand Canyon	0	3	1	0	1	0	X	5	12	1

Photo by: Kaily Green

3/20/2026 11:05:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

GCU takes conference home opnener of Mountain West era

By: Braden Dohrmann

Grand Canyon began a new win streak Friday night by capturing the first Mountain West conference home game in program history, beating San José State 5-1 at GCU Softball Stadium.

The Lopes scored five runs on 12 hits, highlighted by graduate outfielder Trinity Martin's second multi-home run game of the season.

Martin got the scoring going in the second inning, launching the first pitch of the bottom half of the inning way out of the park.

"I stand by the rule that I sit on the first 'meatball' pitch," Martin said. "If it is not there, I leave it, but tonight she just happened to give it to me."

Martin started the inning with a bang, but more was to come. GCU sophomore catcher Tinley Lucas singled two pitches later to left field, followed by a bunt single from junior third baseman Mackenzie Nolan. Two outs later, freshman second baseman Raegan Holtorf came up to the plate with runners on second and third.

Holtorf ripped a grounder up the middle, with the San José State second baseman able to glove the ball falling away from first base. The ball was fired to first, but not in time. GCU sophomore pinch-runner Briah Williams scored easily from third, and Nolan slid into home after never breaking stride around third base as the ball was thrown to first base.

Holtorf had a hit in each of the first two innings and earned a third hit in the sixth inning. She and Martin each had three hits on the day. Holtorf leads the team with 35 hits, 29 of which are singles. She is riding a six-game hit streak.

Martin drove in her second run of the game, thanks to a bloop single to shallow left-center field with the bases loaded in the third. After sophomore first baseman Jada Cooper and freshman right fielder Addison Shifflett singled, senior designated player Emily Gonzalez walked the bases loaded. Martin's single advanced every runner one base.

The Lopes stranded all three runners, keeping the score at 4-0 through three frames. Shifflett's two-hit game gave her a five-game hitting streak.

The final GCU run came in the fifth inning, when Martin hammered a ball to the opposite field for her third career multi-home run game and second of the season. She also homered twice against Northern Colorado on Feb. 14, the second weekend of the season.

Martin has six long balls on the season, only trailing Cooper's seven home runs on the team.

In the circle, senior Taryn Batterton moved to 8-0 behind four innings of solid work. Batterton just allowed four hits, while striking out another four. Sophomore Oakley Vickers finished the game with three innings of one-run ball, just allowing a solo shot in the sixth inning. Vickers struck out five and earned her team-best third save of the season. She also leads the team in wins with a 9-0 record.

The Lopes followed up Tuesday's Oklahoma State loss with a win, as Grand Canyon has not dropped consecutive games in a full year exactly. The Lopes lost back-to-back games last season on March 19 to Arizona and March 21 to Tarleton State in extra innings.

"Any loss is tough, we never want to lose," Martin said. "We do not let losses define us. If anything, it re-lit a fire underneath us moving forward."

GCU and San José State will play Game 2 of the three-game set Saturday night at 7. The game was originally scheduled for 1 p.m., but the game was moved back due to the 100-plus degree temperatures. Grand Canyon, 4-0 in Mountain West play, holds a one-game lead on Nevada (3-1) in conference play, as the Wolf Pack won its Friday series opener at Utah State.