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Baseball to Back Champs Game Notes 2015 • 2017 • 2018 BACK BASEBALL TO BACK CHAMPS GAME NOTES 2015 • 2017 • 2018 Josh Hauser, Director of Creative Media · Office: (602) 639-8328 · Cell: (503) 734-8587· E-mail: [email protected] 2019 SCHEDULE FEB. 26 | BRAZELL FIELD AT GCU BALLPARK | PHOENIX, ARIZ. (3-4 OVR / 2-1 H / 1-2 A / 0-1 N / 0-0 WAC) Feb. 15 Wichita State ^ W, 9-1 UC RIVERSIDE GRAND CANYON Feb. 16 Ball State ^ W, 12-2 Feb. 16 vs. Wichita State ^ (Tempe, Ariz.) L, 8-7 HIGHLANDERS LOPES Feb. 18 (#12/9) Stanford ^ L, 14-4 (2-6, 0-0 BWC) (3-4, 0-0 WAC) Feb. 22 at (#18/17) TCU W, 4-1 A Feb. 23 at (#18/17) TCU L, 17-9 Feb. 24 at (#18/17) TCU L, 6-5 » Head Coach: Troy Percival (4th, 64-140, .314) T » Head Coach: Andy Stankiewicz (8th, 218-166-1, .568) »Feb. 26 UC Riverside 6 p.m. March 1 at USC 7 p.m. AVERAGE POWER SPEED AVERAGE POWER SPEED March 2 at USC 3 p.m. Alec Arnone Alec Arnone Damien Sanchez Kona Quiggle Kona Quiggle Preston Pavlica March 3 at USC 2 p.m. .368 AVG (7-19) .421 SLUG% 2-for-2 SB .391 AVG (9-23) .739 SLUG% 1-for-2 SB March 6 Nevada 6 p.m. March 8 (RV) Illinois 6:30 p.m. GAME 1 | 6 P.M. March 9 (RV) Illinois 2 p.m. GCU.tv March 10 (RV) Illinois 12 p.m. RHP [JR] Connor Cannon (0-0, 54.00) March 13 Xavier 6:30 p.m. RHP [FR] Brodie Cooper-Vassalakis (0-0, 4.50) March 14 Xavier 6:30 p.m. March 15 Xavier 6:30 p.m. SERIES HISTORY AT A GLANCE March 16 Xavier 2 p.m. March 18 Utah 2 p.m. » vs. UC Riverside (42nd meeting all-time) » GCU and UC Riverside play the first of two meetings this March 22 California Baptist* 6:30 p.m. Overall: 20-21 year with the second coming on May 14 in Riverside. March 23 California Baptist* 6 p.m. Home: 17-15; Away: 3-6 » The Lopes rank second in the WAC at 7.1 runs per game. March 24 California Baptist* 12 p.m. Last year: Split series 1-1 (L 9-8, 14 inn.; W 6-1) March 25 Team Italy (exhib. at Hohokam) 1 p.m. » GCU hosted an opening-day crowd of 4,562 fans on Feb. 15 March 27 at Nevada 3 p.m. -- the 9th-largest opening-day crowd nationally, largest in March 29 at Utah Valley* 5 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS Arizona and largest in program history. March 30 at Utah Valley* 1 p.m. by number of starts, last three games » Junior outfielderQuin Cotton was named a Preseason March 31 at Utah Valley* 11 a.m. All-American by Perfect Game, the first such recognition April 2 UNLV 2 p.m. 11 Pavlica in GCU’s D-1 history. Cotton ranked 14th nationally with his April 5 at New Mexico State* 5 p.m. 34 Bess 27 Cotton .390 batting average last year. April 6 at New Mexico State* 1 p.m. April 7 at New Mexico State* 11 a.m. 18 Mumper 2 Bull » GCU is picked to win the WAC and Cotton is the Player of April 9 (RV) Arizona 6 p.m. 5 Wyatt 24 Quiggle the Year in the WAC preseason poll. Senior infielderPikai April 12 UT Rio Grande Valley* 6:30 p.m. Winchester earned first-team preseason recognition. April 13 UT Rio Grande Valley* 6 p.m. April 14 UT Rio Grande Valley* 12 p.m. Designated Hitter » The Lopes have won 17 consecutive WAC series, the 3 Winchester longest streak in the nation. GCU’s 39-9 record in confer- April 16 at UNLV 2:05 p.m. April 18 Seattle U* 6:30 p.m. 23 Avitia ence play the past two seasons is fifth-best nationally. The Lopes have won the last two WAC regular season titles. April 19 Seattle U* 6:30 p.m. STAT COMPARISON April 20 Seattle U* 12 p.m. » GCU returns over 70 percent of its at bats, runs scored, April 23 at (RV) Arizona 6 p.m. hits, doubles, walks drawn and stolen bases from 2018. OFFENSE April 26 at Chicago State* 1 p.m. » The Lopes are one of four programs to feature the April 27 at Chicago State* 12 p.m. conference’s player of the year in back-to-back seasons. April 28 at Chicago State* 10 a.m. .236 AVERAGE .261 April 30 at New Mexico 6 p.m. » Pitching coach Rich Dorman introduces a new pitching .297 SLUGGING .432 May 1 at New Mexico 1 p.m. rotation after losing 50 of its 57 games started from 2018. .325 ON-BASE .371 May 3 CSU Bakersfield* 6:30 p.m. » Four Lopes were picked in the MLB Draft for the first time May 4 CSU Bakersfield* 6 p.m. 5.1 RUNS | AVG. 7.1 since 1995, headlined by RHP Jake Wong going in the May 5 CSU Bakersfield* 12 p.m. 8.1 HITS | AVG. 9.0 third round to San Francisco -- GCU’s highest choice since May 10 Northern Colorado* 6:30 p.m. 3 HOME RUNS 7 Tim Salmon in 1989. May 11 Northern Colorado* 6 p.m. May 12 Northern Colorado* 12 p.m. 9.8 STRIKEOUTS | AVG. 8.6 LAST TIME OUT May 14 at UC Riverside 6 p.m. 3.5 WALKS | AVG. 5.6 May 16 at Sacramento State* 7 p.m. » GCU took one of three games on the road at No. 18 TCU. 3 STOLEN BASES 5 May 17 at Sacramento State* 6 p.m. » The Lopes won the opener 4-1 behind a strong pitching PITCHING May 18 at Sacramento State* 12 p.m. performance from Kade Mechals and a pair of solo hom- May 22-26 WAC Tournament (Mesa, Ariz.) 7.81 ERA 6.20 ers from Quin Cotton and Tyler Wyatt. Home games in bold 8.4 STRIKEOUTS | AVG. 6.4 WHAT’S NEXT All times listed in Phoenix Time (MST) .334 OPP. AVERAGE .309 » The Lopes are back on the road with more Power 5 * WAC game FIELDING competition, set for a three-game series at USC. ^ Angels College Classic (GCU Ballpark and Tempe Diablo Stadium) » GCU returns to begin a 12-game homestand on March 6. .958 PERCENTAGE .973 rankings are in format: D1Baseball.com / USA Today Coaches ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP BASEBALL // MEDIA INFORMATION vs. SUMMED UP LAST THREE GAMES WAC placing t-4th Saturday, Feb. 23 Sunday, Feb. 24 Current streak L-2 Friday, Feb. 22 Longest winning streak W-2 (2/15 - 2/16) Mechals, solo homers lead GCU Lopes 5-0 lead evaporates in GCU pulls close late, tying run Longest losing streak L-2 (2/16 - pres) to defeat of No. 18 TCU in opener big loss tagged out at plate in 8th Overall series (3+ games, single opponent) 0-1 R H E R H E R H E Home series -- GCU 4 8 1 GCU 9 9 2 GCU 5 8 0 Away series 0-1 (18) TCU 1 4 0 (18) TCU 17 16 0 (18) TCU 6 10 1 Sweeps -- Last 5 1-4 Last 10 3-4 BROADCAST INFO Series openers 1-0 Series finales 0-1 Game 1: GCU.tv | Michael Potter (play-by-play) In weekend games 3-3 In mid-week games 0-1 Day games (before 6 p.m.) 1-4 Night games (6 p.m. or later) 2-0 vs. top-25 teams 1-3 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 Office Phone (602) 639-8328 all reasonable requests. be available through the communications office. Cell Phone (503) 734-8587 Physical Address: Please contact the sport representative with your 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 20,500 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 Vice President of Athletics Mike Vaught 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. 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