TUCSON REGIONAL GRAND CANYON June 4-7 Hi Corbett Field BASEBALL Tucson, Ariz. 2021 SCHEDULE GRAND CANYON (1) ARIZONA LOPES (40-15, 21-9 PAC-12) 39-19-1 29-7 20-13 16-6-1 3-0 OVERALL WAC H A N (39-19-1, 29-7) V (2) OKLAHOMA STATE Feb. 19 Missouri W 11-3 W 8-4 HC: Andy Stankiewicz (10th at GCU, 300-216-2, .581) (35-17-1, 12-12 BIG 12) Feb. 20 Missouri S Missouri L 9-7 AVERAGE POWER SPEED Feb. 21 Missouri W 10-3 L 4-0 Elijah Buries Elijah Buries Elijah Buries (3) UC SANTA BARBARA Feb. 25 Oregon State Feb. 26 Oregon State L 3-1 .365 (62 x 170) .553 slg, 10 2B, 6 HR 13 for 17 SB (39-18, 29-11 BIG WEST) Feb. 27 Oregon State L 9-2 Feb. 28 Oregon State L 4-2 L 3-1 TV LISTEN STATS March 5 at #15 Oklahoma State March 6 at #15 Oklahoma State L 9-2 ESPN3 1580 The Fanatic March 7 at #15 Oklahoma State T 4-4 99.3 FM & 95.9 FM NCAA.com March 12 UT Rio Grande Valley* L 6-2 Roxy Bernstein play-by-play 1580thefanatic.com W 8-4 (7) Wes Clements analysis March 13 UT Rio Grande Valley* Michael Potter play-by-play UT Rio Grande Valley* L 9-4 March 14 UT Rio Grande Valley* W 5-2 POSTSEASON HISTORY THE REGIONAL March 19 Seattle U* W 5-3 March 20 Seattle U* W 9-2 (7) » NCAA Division I: first appearance » GCU qualifies for its first D-I NCAA Tournament in just its Seattle U* W 9-8 » NCAA Division II: 6-7 third opportunity since becoming eligible in 2018. March 21 Seattle U* W 8-4 March 23 Pepperdine L 14-5 » NAIA: 31-13 » In the last three seasons, the Lopes are 4-5-1 against March 24 Pepperdine L 4-3 teams in the Tucson Regional. March 26 at Tulane L 7-4 WAC TOURNAMENT March 27 at Tulane W 8-7 PROJECTED STARTERS March 28 at Tulane W 6-0 by number of starts, last three games » GCU won three straight games to capture the title. April 1 at Utah Valley* W 8-2 W 4-1 (7) » WAC Coach of the Year Andy Stankiewicz won his 300th April 2 at Utah Valley* 6 Burton at Utah Valley* L 4-3 game in the championship, all coming in 10 years at GCU. W 7-2 48 Verdusco 24 Aguilar April 3 at Utah Valley* STORYLINES April 9 Northern Colorado* L 4-2 14 Ortiz 7 Weaver April 10 Northern Colorado* W 4-0 (7) » The Lopes are 25-5 in their last 30 games. W 5-0 2 J. Wilson 29 Buries Northern Colorado* » GCU is one of only 13 teams to rank in the nation’s top 45 in April 11 Northern Colorado* W 10-3 both batting average (.290, 41st) and ERA (3.85, 28th). April 13 #16 Arizona W 5-4 (10) W 5-4 Designated Hitter April 16 at New Mexico State* » GCU has surpassed its 2019 squad for most D-I wins (36). W 4-2 (7) 30 T. Wilson April 17 at New Mexico State* at New Mexico State* W 3-1 23 Avitia » The Lopes led in all-conference honors for the third straight time, headlined by Pierson Ohl as Pitcher of the April 18 at New Mexico State* W 11-3 BY THE NUMBERS Year. GCU landed eight on All-WAC first or second teams. April 20 at Arizona State L 13-10 April 21 Arizona State W 4-1 » The Lopes finished the regular season with a 93 RPI, April 30 at Sacramento State* W 15-55 p.m. (7) besting the program’s previous best of 110 in 2019. May 1 at Sacramento State* W 6-12 p.m. (7) at Sacramento State* W 12-0(DH) (7) AVERAGE .290 .325 .281 .288 » Elijah Buries’ .365 average ranks among the nation’s top 20 for freshmen. It is the highest qualifying average by a May 2 at Sacramento State* L 3-2 SLUGGING .422 .502 .470 .457 May 4 at Arizona L 13-2 Lopes freshman since Trevor Santor hit .384 in 2010. May 7 Dixie State* W 10-0 (7) ON-BASE .373 .427 .398 .380 » The Lopes are holding opposition to a .242 batting aver- May 8 Dixie State* W 5-0 (7) W 4-3 (10) RUNS (AVG.) 5.9 8.7 7.5 7.0 age, their lowest mark since 1976 (.242). Dixie State* W 6-3 » Frankie Scalzo’s 12 saves this season sit in the top-10 for May 9 Dixie State* HITS (AVG.) 9.6 11.6 9.6 9.9 May 14 at Tarleton* W 16-7 most in the nation and are the most by a Lopes D-I pitcher W 12-4 (7) 47 58 70 61 May 15 at Tarleton* HOME RUNS and second-most in program history. at Tarleton* W 7-3 STRIKEOUTS (AVG.) 6.2 7.7 9.9 7.9 » Pierson Ohl won his last nine starts against WAC teams May 16 at Tarleton* W 9-4 and is tied for the nation’s lead with seven complete May 20 California Baptist* W 5-1 WALKS (AVG.) 3.8 5.4 5.4 3.8 May 21 California Baptist* L 5-3 (7) games. He is one of the nation’s top-10 draft-eligible pitch- STOLEN BASES 60 27 28 82 California Baptist* W 7-2 ers, per D1Baseball.com analytics. He become the third May 22 California Baptist* L 4-2 ERA 3.85 4.45 4.27 3.86 member of GCU’s D-I 100-strikeout club for a season. WAC TOURNAMENT | MESA, ARIZ. W 5-4 WHIP 1.28 1.44 1.45 1.30 » GCU has made 46 double plays to rank 16th nationally. May 27 vs. (4) New Mexico State W 11-0 (7) » 285 of GCU’s 567 hits (50.3%) come from underclassmen. May 28 vs. (2) Sacramento State STRIKEOUTS (AVG.) 8.1 9.4 10.8 10.3 May 29 vs. (3) UT Rio Grande Valley W 5-4 » GCU has posted seven shutouts, its most in a D-I season | OPP. AVERAGE .242 .255 .235 .239 NCAA REGIONAL TUCSON, ARIZ. and among the nation’s top-10 this season. June 4 at (1) #5 Arizona 7 p.m. FIELDING PCT. .974 .965 .973 .977 » The Lopes have 567 hits to rank ninth nationally. June 5 vs. (2) Okla. State or (3) UCSB 1 or 7 p.m. » GCU is one of 10 schools in the West to have a player Josh Hauser [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS selected in seven straight MLB Drafts. Jerob Moon [email protected] ‹ 1 › #LOPESUP 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship GRAND CANYON Regional - Tucson BASEBALL TUCSON REGIONAL June 4-7, 2021 #3 UC Santa Barbara (39-18) Game 1 Friday June 4 1 p.m. ESPN3 Game 4 2 Oklahoma St. (35-17-1) Saturday June 5 7 p.m. TBD #1 Arizona (40-15) Game 2 Friday June 4 7 p.m. ESPN3 Game 6 Sunday #4 Grand Canyon (39-19-1) June 6 6 p.m. Loser Game 4 TBD Game 5 Sunday Game 7 Loser Game 1 June 6 Regional Champion 12 noon Monday TBD June 7 Game 3 (if necessary) Saturday 7 p.m. June 5 TBD 1 p.m. TBD Loser Game 2 © 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association. No commercial use without the NCAA's written permission. GAMEAll times LISTING are local and subject to change HIGHER SEED LOWER SEED Date Opponent Result R H E LOB R H E LOB Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Time Att. 6/4 (2) OSU vs. (3) UCSB 6/4 (1) ARIZ vs. (4) GCU ‹ 2 › #LOPESUP GRAND CANYON BASEBALL 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Regionals Super Regionals Men's College World Series (MCWS) Men's College World Series (MCWS) Super Regionals Regionals June 4-7 June 11-13 or June 12-14 June 19-29/30 June 19-29/30 June 11-13 or June 12-14 June 4-7 *Campus or Neutral Sites *Campus or Neutral Sites Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska *Campus or Neutral Sites *Campus or Neutral Sites Double Elimination Best-of-Three Games Double Elimination Double Elimination Best-of-Three Games Double Elimination First-Round Pairings First-Round Pairings First-Round Pairings First-Round Pairings Best-of-Three MCWS Finals Best-of-Three MCWS Finals #1 *Arkansas (46 - 10) #1 *Texas (42 - 15) vs. vs. #4 NJIT (26 - 22) #4 Southern U. (20 - 28) #3 Northeastern (36 - 10) Regional Champion Regional Champion #3 Fairfield (37 - 3) vs. vs. #2 Nebraska (31 - 12) #2 Arizona St. (32 - 20) Super Regional Champion Super Regional Champion #1 *Louisiana Tech (40 - 18) #1 *Florida (38 - 20) vs. vs. #4 Rider (23 - 16) #4 South Fla. (28 - 27) #3 Alabama (31 - 24) Regional Champion Regional Champion #3 South Alabama (33 - 20) vs. vs. #2 NC State (30 - 17) #2 Miami (FL) (32 - 19) #1 *Stanford (33 - 14) #1 *Notre Dame (30 - 11) vs. vs. #4 North Dakota St. (41 - 17) #4 Central Mich. (40 - 16) #3 Nevada (25 - 18) Regional Champion Regional Champion #3 Michigan (27 - 17) vs. vs. #2 UC Irvine (40 - 16) #2 UConn (32 - 17) Super Regional Champion Super Regional Champion #1 *Texas Tech (36 - 15) #1 *Mississippi St. (40 - 15) vs.