BASEBALL @GCUBaseball SERIES RELEASE @gcubaseball Josh Hauser, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications · Office: (602) 639-8328 · Cell: (503) 734-8587· E-mail: [email protected] GRAND CANYON #15 ARKANSAS 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS V (12-14 OVR / 6-0 WAC / 9-3 H / 3-10 A / 0-1 N) LOPES S RAZORBACKS (12-14, 6-0 WAC) (22-6, 7-2 SEC) Feb. 17 22/RV Oklahoma State W, 6-1 Feb. 19 22/RV Oklahoma State L, 5-6 Feb. 20 22/RV Oklahoma State W, 4-0 APRIL 4-5 | BAUM STADIUM (10,737) | FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. Feb. 22 at Arizona Diamondbacks ^ L, 1-9 Gabe Benavides (L) Tyler Hansen (L) Feb. 25 at Wichita State L, 0-1 0-0, 4.96 ERA 0-1, 4.50 ERA Feb. 25 at Wichita State L, 0-4 #14 | So. | Wilcox, Ariz. #39 | Fr. | Snowflake, Ariz. Feb. 26 at Wichita State L, 3-5 March 3 at Saint Mary’s L, 11-12 ONE Barrett Loeske (R) TWO Kacey Murphy (L) March 4 at Saint Mary’s L, 6-8 GAME 3-0, 2.87 ERA 2-0, 4.61 ERA GAME March 5 at Saint Mary’s W, 6-4 #46 | So. | Tulsa, Okla. #21 | So. | Rogers, Ark. March 10 San Francisco L, 6-13 N 4:35 p.m. MST | SEC Network + N 1:05 p.m. MST | SEC Network + March 11 San Francisco L, 8-11 March 12 San Francisco W, 5-4 March 14 at UNLV W, 10-8 (11) SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE March 15 at UNLV L, 4-5 vs. Arkansas » The Lopes pause conference play for a mid-week series March 17 at Pepperdine L, 0-1 (12) » This is the first meeting between the two schools. at No. 15 Arkansas. It is the start of a stretch of eight road March 18 vs. Long Beach State (N) L, 1-9 March 19 at Pepperdine L, 2-7 » Overall: -- games in a nine-game span. March 21 at RV/NR New Mexico W, 6-1 » Last time: -- » GCU’s strength of schedule ranks 37th nationally. March 22 at RV/NR New Mexico L, 3-22 » Streak: -- » Grand Canyon is off to a 6-0 start in conference play for March 24 CSU Bakersfield * W, 3-2 PROJECTED STARTERS the first time since 1999, sweeping CSU Bakersfield and March 25 CSU Bakersfield * W, 7-4 Northern Colorado at home the past two weekends. March 26 CSU Bakersfield * W, 8-3 by number of starts, last 5 games March 29 at 13/11 Arizona L, 2-3 » GCU squares up against an SEC opponent for the first time March 31 Northern Colorado * W, 7-0 40 Lerouge since hosting Tennessee on Feb. 26, 2016 and first time on April 1 Northern Colorado * W, 12-3 the road since traveling to Knoxville in early March 2015. 5 Wyatt 7 Schwartz April 2 Northern Colorado * W, 12-2 (7) » The Lopes are 1-6 all-time in their limited encounters with April 4 at 15/15 Arkansas 4:35 p.m. 18 Mumper 2 Bull current SEC schools. The lone victory was a 1-0 win at April 5 at 15/15 Arkansas 1:05 p.m. 13 Malis 9 Evans Tennessee on March 7, 2015 April 7 at Sacramento State * 6 p.m. » Grand Canyon is coming off of its best offensive series of April 8 at Sacramento State * 6 p.m. April 9 at Sacramento State * 12 p.m. Designated Hitter the season, scoring 31 runs on 40 hits and batting .400 28 Bess April 11 8/9 Arizona TV: CW6 7 p.m. 8 Saenz against Northern Colorado in Phoenix. 24 Meyer April 13 at Chicago State * 4 p.m. 27 Cotton » The Lopes are 2-2 vs. top-25 opponents this season, taking April 14 at Chicago State * 1 p.m. STAT COMPARISON two of three from No. 22 Oklahoma State. Their two losses April 15 at Chicago State * 10 a.m. have been by one run each to OSU and No. 13 Arizona. April 21 UT Rio Grande Valley * 7 p.m. CATEGORY » Friday night starter Jake Wong was named WAC Pitcher of April 22 UT Rio Grande Valley * 2 p.m. the Week for the week of March 27 - April 2. April 23 UT Rio Grande Valley * 12 p.m. 12-14 W-L 22-6 April 25 Kansas 7 p.m. LAST TIME OUT April 26 Kansas 7 p.m. OFFENSE April 28 at New Mexico State * 5 p.m. .287 AVG .288 » The Lopes topped Northern Colorado by scores of 7-0, 12-3 April 29 at New Mexico State * 1 p.m. .377 SLUG .453 and 12-2 for its second straight sweep to open WAC play. April 30 at New Mexico State * 11 a.m. .358 OBP .379 » GCU starting pitchers went 3-0, allowing just four earned May 5 Seattle U * 7 p.m. TV: CW6 5.3 RUNS (AVG) 7.0 runs in 18.1 innings of work (1.96 ERA). GCU’s bullpen May 6 Seattle U * 7 p.m. worked 6.2 scoreless innings on the weekend. May 7 Seattle U * 12 p.m. 9.7 HITS (AVG) 9.8 May 9 San José State 7 p.m. 10 HR 37 » In mid-week action, GCU fell one run shy of No. 13 Arizona. May 10 San José State 7 p.m. 6.4 SO (AVG) 6.9 The Lopes allowed a three-run third, but limited nation’s May 12 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. 3.4 BB (AVG) 4.2 third-ranked offense well under 9.4 run average. May 13 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. 13 SB 14 May 14 at Utah Valley * 11 a.m. WHAT’S NEXT May 18 at UC Davis 2 p.m. PITCHING May 19 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 4.97 ERA 3.45 » The Lopes will finish this five-game road trip with a week- end WAC series at Sacramento State. May 20 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 6.3 SO (AVG) 10.4 * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold » GCU returns home for a rematch against No. 8 Arizona on .274 OPP AVG .226 All times listed in Arizona Time (MST) Tuesday, April 11, a game that will be televised on CW6 in ^ D-Backs Collegiate Baseball Series at Salt River Fields FIELDING the Phoenix market and on ESPN3. .973 FLD% .978 Rankings in format (USA Today Coaches / D1Baseball.com) ‹ 1 › BASEBALL // MEDIA INFORMATION vs. SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES Current placing 1st FRIDAY, MARCH 31 SATURDAY, APRIL 1 SUNDAY, APRIL 2 Current streak W-3 WONG SPINS 7.1 TWO-HIT INNINGS GRAND CANYON CLINCHES SERIES GCU RUN RULES NORTHERN Longest winning streak 3 games (2x), 3/31-4/2 IN SERIES-OPENING WIN FROM NORTHERN COLORADO COLORADO, CAPPING OFF SWEEP Longest losing streak 5 games, 2/25-3/4 R H E R H E R H E Overall series 3-4-2 Northern Colo. 0 3 3 Northern Colo. 3 7 1 Northern Colo. 2 7 0 Home series 3-1-0 Grand Canyon 7 9 0 Grand Canyon 12 15 1 Grand Canyon 12 16 0 Away series 0-3-2 W - Wong (3-1) | L - Hamilton (2-2) W - Repavich (3-2) | L - Watson (3-2) W - Schneider (2-0) | L - Leedholm (1-1) Sweeps 2-2-0 Last 5 4-1 Last 10 7-3 TO THE MEDIA INJURY INFORMATION Series openers 5-4 The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA Series finales 5-4 a communications office staff that works diligently to - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of in- Day games (before 6 p.m.) 7-11 promote the individual and team accomplishments of jury information. 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