GCU faces UNLV in final home series of season

April 24-26, 2026 \| GCU Softball Stadium \| Phoenix, Arizona

	GRAND CANYON LOPES (43-6, 16-3 MW)	vs.	UNLV REBELS (27-18, 14-5 MW)

Grand Canyon plays host to UNLV, which comes to Phoenix tied for second place in the Mountain West.

Grand Canyon holds a two-game lead atop the Mountain West, with Nevada and UNLV tied for second place at 14-5. If the Lopes win this weekend's series against UNLV, they will at least clinch a first-round bye in the Mountain West Championship.
GCU was ranked in the ESPN/USA Softball Top 25 rankings from Week 3 through last week before dropping one spot outside the Top 25 this week. They have the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation and are tied for the most wins in the nation. GCU is No. 21 in the NFCA poll.
The Lopes are No. 30 in the most recent RPI, with the program's highest ranking coming in at No. 27 last week.
Senior center fielder Sydney McCray has the most stolen bases in the nation without being caught (29 for 29), with the ninth-most swiped bags in the country.
Grand Canyon is honoring four seniors on Sunday's Senior Day: Taryn Batterton, Emily Gonzalez, Sydney McCray and Trinity Martin.

Friday night marks the sixth meeting between GCU and UNLV with the Rebels leading the all-time series 3-2. Grand Canyon beat UNLV at home last year.
The Rebels are 27-18 (14-5 MW) on the season as they enter the final stretch of conference play. UNLV is tied for second place in the Mountain West with Nevada. The Rebels are on a seven-game win streak in conference play.
UNLV is hitting .316 with a team ERA of 4.46.
Rebel outfielder Keyannah Chavez leads the team in batting average at .433.

at SAN DIEGO STATE

GCU took two of three games at San Diego State, run-ruling the Aztecs in Games 1 and 2 before losing via run-rule in Game 3.
In Game 2 of the series, GCU scored seven runs in the fifth inning to put the game in run-rule contention.
Grand Canyon had not been run-ruled in two years.

WHAT'S NEXT?

GCU hits the road for the final Mountain West series of the season at Colorado State next week.

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