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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 WICHITA STATE 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS V (2-1 OVR / 0-0 WAC / 2-1 H / 0-0 A / 0-0 N) LOPES S SHOCKERS Feb. 17 22/NR Oklahoma State W 6-1 (2-1, 0-0 WAC) (3-0, 0-0 MVC) Feb. 19 22/NR Oklahoma State (CW6) L 5-6 Feb. 20 22/NR Oklahoma State W 4-0 FEB. 24-26 | ECK STADIUM (7,851) | WICHITA, KAN. Feb. 22 at Arizona Diamondbacks ^ L 1-9 Jake Wong (R) Degan Harte (R) Jake Repavich (L) Feb. 24 at Wichita State 2 p.m. 1-0, 0.00 ERA 0-1, 3.00 ERA 1-0, 0.00 ERA Feb. 25 at Wichita State 1 p.m. #6 | So. | Chandler, Ariz. #26 | Jr. | Glendale, Ariz. #16 | Jr. | Vail, Ariz. Feb. 26 at Wichita State 12 p.m. March 3 at Saint Mary’s 3 p.m. Willie Schwanke (R) Cody Tyler (L) TBA March 4 at Saint Mary’s 2 p.m. 1-0, 4.50 ERA 1-0, 1.80 ERA -- GAME ONE March 5 at Saint Mary’s 2 p.m. GAME TWO #6 | R-Sr. | Frisco, Texas #39 | R-Jr. | Terrell, Texas GAME THREE #-- | -- | -- March 10 San Francisco 7 p.m. N 2:00 p.m. MST | ESPN3 N 1:00 p.m. MST | ESPN3 N 12:00 p.m. MST | Cox7 Arizona / ESPN3 March 11 San Francisco 2 p.m. March 12 San Francisco 1 p.m. March 14 at UNLV 6:05 p.m. SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE March 15 at UNLV 2:05 p.m. March 17 at Pepperdine 3 p.m. Grand Canyon vs. Wichita State » The Lopes take to the road for the first weekend series of RV/NR » 8 previous meetings, dating back to 1981. the season, matching up with Wichita State for the first March 18 vs. Long Beach State (N) 3 p.m. March 19 at Pepperdine 1 p.m. » Overall: 2-6 (Home: 2-3, Away: 0-2, Neutral: 0-1) time since 1995. March 21 at RV/NR New Mexico 5:30 p.m. » Last time: Wichita State def. GCU 5-1 in Honolulu on 3/27/95 » Wichita State is coming off of a three-game sweep against March 22 at RV/NR New Mexico 12 p.m. » Streak: Wichita State, won 3 reigning WAC Tournament champion, Utah Valley. March 24 CSU Bakersfield * 7 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS » The highlights for each team’s opening weekend were March 25 CSU Bakersfield * 2 p.m. varied, with the Shockers getting it done offensively and March 26 CSU Bakersfield * 12 p.m. 15/19 by number of starts, last 10 games the Lopes relying on strong pitching. March 29 at Arizona 6 p.m. March 31 Northern Colorado * 7 p.m. 11 Pavlica » All-time, GCU is 9-9 against current Missouri Valley April 1 Northern Colorado * 2 p.m. schools (1-0 vs. Bradley, 0-1 vs. Southern Illinois, 6-2 vs. 4 Quiggle 7 Schwartz April 2 Northern Colorado * 12 p.m. Dallas Baptist, 2-6 vs. Wichita State). April 4 at RV/NR Arkansas 4:35 p.m. 2 Bull 5 Wyatt » GCU has won its road opener in two of three seasons since April 5 at RV/NR Arkansas 1:05 p.m. 13 Malis 9 Evans returning to Division I in 2014. The Lopes defeated San April 7 at Sacramento State * 6 p.m. Francisco last year and Cal Poly in 2015. April 8 at Sacramento State * 6 p.m. April 9 at Sacramento State * 12 p.m. Designated Hitter » The Lopes went 0-1-1 in the state of Kansas last season. 15/19 40 Lerouge April 11 Arizona (CW6) 7 p.m. April 13 at Chicago State * 4 p.m. C Barnes LAST TIME OUT April 14 at Chicago State * 1 p.m. STAT COMPARISON » Grand Canyon went toe-to-toe with none other than the April 15 at Chicago State * 10 a.m. Arizona Diamondbacks, unofficially kicking off MLB Spring April 21 UT Rio Grande Valley * 7 p.m. CATEGORY Training. The Lopes fell 9-1 in the exhibition. April 22 UT Rio Grande Valley * 2 p.m. » In previous regular season action, the Lopes took a three- April 23 UT Rio Grande Valley * 12 p.m. 2-1 W-L 3-0 April 25 Kansas 7 p.m. game series from No. 22 Oklahoma State, 2-1. April 26 Kansas 7 p.m. OFFENSE » GCU outscored the Cowboys 15-7 and out-hit OSU 30-20. April 28 at New Mexico State * TBA .297 AVG .313 » Grand Canyon knocked around preseason All-American April 29 at New Mexico State * TBA .416 SLUG .505 Tyler Buffett for eight hits and five earned runs in the April 30 at New Mexico State * TBA RV/NR .330 OBP .405 opener. He was removed from the game after 4.0 innings. May 5 Seattle U * 7 p.m. RV/NR 5.0 RUNS (AVG) 8.7 May 6 Seattle U * 2 p.m. » The starting pitching staff of the Lopes dominated the May 7 RV/NR Seattle U * 12 p.m. 10.0 HITS (AVG) 10.3 Cowboys, a 2016 CWS participant. Wong (Fri), Harte (Sun) May 9 San José State 7 p.m. 2 HR 3 and Repavich (Sun) totaled 18.0 innings, allowing just 10 May 10 San José State 7 p.m. 10.0 SO (AVG) 5.7 hits and 2 earned runs while striking out 20. May 12 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. 1.3 BB (AVG) 5.0 WHAT’S NEXT May 13 at Utah Valley * 5 p.m. 2 SB 2 May 14 at Utah Valley * 11 a.m. » Following the first road series of the season, GCU briefly May 18 at UC Davis 2 p.m. PITCHING May 19 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 2.00 ERA 3.00 returns home before taking to the road once again for a three-game series at 2016 NCAA Tournament participant, May 20 at UC Davis 1 p.m. 9.0 SO (AVG) 6.7 Saint Mary’s in Moraga, Calif. * Denotes WAC games Home games in bold .204 OPP AVG .227 All times listed in Arizona Time (MST) » The Lopes then return home to Brazell Stadium to host ^ D-Backs Collegiate Baseball Series at Salt River Fields FIELDING San Francisco beginning March 10. .964 FLD% .974 Rankings listed in format (USA Today Coaches / D1Baseball) ‹ 1 › BASEBALL // MEDIA INFORMATION vs. SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES Current placing T-2nd FRIDAY, FEB. 17 - GM 1 SUNDAY, FEB. 19 - GM 2 MONDAY, FEB. 20 - GM 3 Current streak W-1 WONG LEADS LOPES IN DEFEAT OF GCU’S LATE RALLY FALLS GCU PITCHING LIFTS LOPES OVER Longest winning streak 1 game NO. 22 OKLAHOMA STATE ONE RUN SHY NO. 22 COWBOYS Longest losing streak 1 game R H E R H E R H E Overall series 1-0 Oklahoma State 1 4 1 Oklahoma State 6 9 2 Oklahoma State 0 7 1 Home series 1-0 Grand Canyon 6 12 1 Grand Canyon 5 10 2 Grand Canyon 4 8 1 W - Wong (1-0) | L - Buffett (0-1) W - Elliott (1-0) | L - Harte (0-1) W - Repavich (1-0) | L - Teel (0-1) Away series 0-0 S - Franks (1) S - Battenfield (1) Sweeps 0-0 Last 5 2-1 TO THE MEDIA INJURY INFORMATION Last 10 2-1 Series openers 1-0 The Grand Canyon Athletics Department is served by Grand Canyon University athletics will abide by HIPAA a communications office staff that works diligently to - a federal privacy act with regard to the release of in- Series finales 1-0 promote the individual and team accomplishments of jury information. 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