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BASEBALL // NOTES @GCU_Baseball Josh Hauser, Assistant A.D. for Communications // E-mail: [email protected] 2020 SCHEDULE S E FEB FEB FEB BRAZELL FIELD Y T PHOENIX NU AT GCU BALLPARK 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ATE 0-0 E ARIZONA CI V D 14 15 16 4,000 OVERALL WAC H A N OKLAHOMA STATE GRAND CANYON »Feb. 14 (22) Oklahoma State 6 p.m. »Feb. 15 (22) Oklahoma State 2 p.m. COWBOYS LOPES »Feb. 16 (22) Oklahoma State 1 p.m. (0-0) (0-0) Feb. 18 Oregon 2 p.m. A Feb. 21 CSUN ^ 6 p.m. » Head Coach: Josh Holliday (8th at OSU, 271-153-1, .639) T » Head Coach: Andy Stankiewicz (9th at GCU, 252-188-1, .573) Feb. 22 Fordham ^ 6 p.m. Feb. 23 CSUN ^ 10 a.m. AVERAGE POWER SPEED AVERAGE POWER SPEED Feb. 23 Fordham ^ 2 p.m. Carson McCusker Carson McCusker Hueston Morrill Cuba Bess Cuba Bess Jonny Weaver Feb. 28 at (17) Stanford 7 p.m. .311 AVG (61 x 196) .520 SLUG% 12-for-15 SB .352 AVG (62 x 182) .632 SLUG% 7-for-8 SB Feb. 29 at (17) Stanford 3 p.m. March 1 at (17) Stanford 2 p.m. GAME 1 | FRIDAY 6 P.M. GAME 2 | SATURDAY 2 P.M. GAME 3 | SUNDAY 1 P.M. March 3 New Mexico 6 p.m. FOX 10 Xtra (Ch. 45), ESPN3, GCULopes.com GCULopes.com/Watch GCULopes.com/Watch March 4 New Mexico 2 p.m. RHP [FR] Bryce Osmond (--) LHP [JR] Parker Scott (--) RHP [FR] Justin Campbell (--) March 6 Pacific 6 p.m. RHP [SR] Kade Mechals (--) RHP [SO] Pierson Ohl (--) RHP [JR] Dawson McCarville (--) March 7 Pacific 2 p.m. March 8 Pacific 12 p.m. SERIES HISTORY THIS SERIES March 10 at (7) Arkansas 4:30 p.m. March 11 at (7) Arkansas 1 p.m. » (14 previous meetings) » Grand Canyon opens its 68th baseball season, 15th at the vs. Oklahoma State March 13 at Baylor 4:30 p.m. GCU record in series: 2-12 Division I level, and third at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark. March 14 at Baylor 1 p.m. At GCU: 2-6 | At Oklahoma State: 0-6 » The Lopes open the season at home for the sixth straight March 15 at Baylor 11 a.m. Last: GCU wins 2 of 3 in Phoenix, 2/17-20, 2017 year and have won five of the last six home openers. March 17 vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (exhib.) 6 p.m. » GCU hosted then-No. 22 Oklahoma State to open the 2017 March 20 Chicago State * 6 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS season with the Lopes claiming two of three games. March 21 Chicago State * 6 p.m. by number of starts, last three games March 22 Chicago State * 12 p.m. THIS SEASON March 25 UNLV 2 p.m. March 27 at UT Rio Grande Valley * 5 p.m. » Senior pitcher Kade Mechals and junior first baseman March 28 at UT Rio Grande Valley * 4 p.m. Cuba Bess earned Preseason All-American honors. March 29 at UT Rio Grande Valley * 10 a.m. » This year’s group of 15 newcomers was ranked as the March 31 at UNLV 2 p.m. No. 30 recruiting class nationally by Collegiate Baseball. April 3 New Mexico State * 6 p.m. Alongside Coastal Carolina (No. 28), GCU is one of just April 4 New Mexico State * 6 p.m. two non-Power Five schools in the top 30. April 5 New Mexico State * 12 p.m. April 7 at (9) Arizona State 6:30 p.m. » GCU was tabbed one of 10 mid-major programs “primed April 9 at Seattle U * 4 p.m. for a breakthrough” in the 2020s by Baseball America. April 10 at Seattle U * 4 p.m. » GCU is picked to win the WAC in a preseason polling of the April 11 at Seattle U * 12 p.m. STAT COMPARISON | 2019 coaches. Kade Mechals is the Pitcher of the Year. April 14 at Arizona 6 p.m. » The Lopes’ 2020 schedule features seven NCAA Tourna- April 17 at California Baptist * 6 p.m. OFFENSE ment teams. For the first time since 1999, GCU will host April 18 at California Baptist * 5 p.m. both Arizona and Arizona State. April 19 at California Baptist * 12 p.m. .268 AVERAGE .280 April 21 (9) Arizona State 6 p.m. » GCU added former big leaguer Blake Hawksworth as its April 24 Utah Valley * 6 p.m. .465 SLUGGING .452 pitching coach. Previous experience includes pitching April 25 Utah Valley * 6 p.m. .369 ON-BASE .382 coach at Cal State Fullerton with a 2017 CWS appearance. April 26 Utah Valley * 12 p.m. 6.3 RUNS | AVG. 6.7 » GCU’s group of newcomers includes NJCAA D-II Player of April 29 at USC 6 p.m. 9.0 HITS | AVG. 9.8 the Year Drew Smith, who hit .465 at Northeast CC. May 1 at CSU Bakersfield * 6 p.m. May 2 at CSU Bakersfield * 6 p.m. 93 HOME RUNS 58 LAST SEASON May 3 at CSU Bakersfield * 12 p.m. 10.7 STRIKEOUTS | AVG. 7.5 May 8 Sacramento State * 6 p.m. » In their second year of full eligibility in 2019, the Lopes 4.8 WALKS | AVG. 5.1 May 9 Sacramento State * 6 p.m. advanced to the WAC Tournament Final before dropping May 10 Sacramento State * 12 p.m. 46 STOLEN BASES 74 two one-run games to narrowly miss NCAA Tournament. May 12 Arizona 6 p.m. PITCHING » GCU matched a progam best when five players were May 14 at Northern Colorado * 1 p.m. picked in the 2019 MLB Draft. Four signed professionally May 15 at Northern Colorado * 12 p.m. 4.08 ERA 4.16 while Mechals elected to return. Additionally, two new- May 16 at Northern Colorado * 11 a.m. 8.3 STRIKEOUTS | AVG. 7.1 comers were also drafted but elected to join the Lopes. May 20-24 WAC Tournament (Mesa, Ariz.) .250 OPP. AVERAGE .259 » Right-handed pitcher Pierson Ohl was the 2019 WAC Home games in bold All times listed in Phoenix Time (MST) FIELDING Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American. * WAC game ^ GCU Classic rankings are in format: D1Baseball.com / USA Today Coaches .970 PERCENTAGE .977 » The Lopes led the conference with seven All-WAC picks. ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP BASEBALL // MEDIA INFORMATION VS SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES WAC placing t-1st Current streak -- Longest winning streak -- Longest losing streak -- Overall series (3+ games, single opponent) 0-0 Home series 0-0 Away series 0-0 Sweeps 0-0 Last 5 0-0 Last 10 0-0 BROADCAST INFO Series openers 0-0 Series finales 0-0 Game 1: FOX 10 Xtra (Ch. 45/ Cable 9), ESPN 3, GCULopes.com/Watch Game 2: GCULopes.com/Watch In weekend games 0-0 Game 3: GCULopes.com/Watch In mid-week games 0-0 Day games (before 6 p.m.) 0-0 Night games (6 p.m. or later) 0-0 vs. top-25 teams 0-0 QUICK FACTS TO THE MEDIA ONLINE The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Updated bios, notes, rosters, schedules, statistics, ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS a communications office staff that works diligently to quotes, etc., will be available throughout the Baseball Contact Josh Hauser promote the individual and team accomplishments of season for every sport on GCULopes.com. Specific Email [email protected] student-athletes, coaches and staff. Our staff will fulfill information not readily available on the website may all reasonable requests. be available through the communications office. Secondary Contact Jerob Moon Physical Address: Please contact the sport representative with your Email [email protected] 3300 West Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85017 request. Ballpark Location: INJURY INFORMATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Southwest edge of campus School Grand Canyon University Parking: Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA Location Phoenix, Ariz. Available in Halo garage, enter at 35th Ave., turn right - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of injury information. GCU athletes will be required Founded 1949 CREDENTIALS Enrollment 22,000 to sign a waiver before their injury information President Brian Mueller All members of the office follow the guidelines is released to the media. If the athlete chooses Interim VP of Athletics Jamie Boggs set forth by the NCAA and the Western Athletic to withhold that information, GCU officials will be Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference (WAC) in governing the issuance of restricted to informing the media members of their Nickname Lopes credentials. All credential requests should be playing status only. submitted to the sport contacts. Mascot Thunder HOME GAME MEDIA SERVICES Colors Purple, Black & White INTERVIEW REQUESTS Conference Western Athletic Conference (WAC) » Pre-game notes packets Athletics Website www.GCULopes.com When making interview requests through the » Pre-game lineups and post-game statistics BASEBALL FACILITY communications office, please allow at least 24 hours » A running play-by-play notice. If the time requested with a student-athlete » Game programs Facility Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark (4,000) or coach is longer than normal (for photography » Statistical monitors are provided to the TV and Record at GCU Ballpark 38-23 (.623) or videography purposes), more advance notice radio broadcasts based on availability. The media is Record at Brazell Field 1,347-641 (.678) will help ensure that your request will be handled encouraged to follow live statistics online through Stadium Opened 2018 efficiently. Home and cell phone numbers for players StatBroadcast (GCUstats.com).