![]() ![]() Yorke needs two hits to break the program's all-time freshman hits record of 74. freshman Zach Yorke needs two more RBIs to break the program's all-time freshman RBIs record of 61. broke the program's single-season D-I stolen base record of 22. junior Jacob Wilson broke the program's D-I career hits record of 217. junior Elijah Buries reached the 200 mark for his career. GCU broke its season cumulative attendance record with 37,849 fans this season. JUST A FEW RECORDS: It was an eventful weekend in the program's record books: GCU is looking to extend what is already a Division I program record of 13 consecutive wins.The Lopes are also collecting national recognition with Wilson landing on the 25-man Golden Spikes Award semifinalist list and junior left-hander Zach Thornton earning a spot on the 60-man Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist list. Junior shortstop Jacob Wilson was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Year and landed on the All-WAC first team alongside sophomore pitcher Daniel Avitia and junior outfielder Homer Bush Jr. Lopes head coach Gregg Wallis was the first rookie head coach to win in the 38-year history of the award. AWARD SEASON: GCU led the WAC, collecting 12 All-WAC awards which was double the nearest school.The Lopes have won five of the last six regular-season titles. GCU's 133-37 (.782) WAC record the last six years is the nation's best conference record in that span. The Lopes won their last 13 conference games to go from 9-7 to 22-7 and overcome season-long league-leader Sam Houston. WAC SUCCESS: Grand Canyon mounted a furious comeback to claim its third consecutive WAC Regular-Season Championship on the regular season's final day Saturday.GCU needs to win four consecutive games to claim the tournament championship.Īll of the tournament's games will be available on ESPN+. 7 UTRGV won opening-round games, and the Lopes were paired with the Vaqueros as the lower-seeded advancing team. The eight-team tournament got underway on Tuesday with the four lowest seeds playing games. 7 UT Rio Grande Valley.Ĭlick here to view the tournament bracket. 1 seed for the third consecutive year and will open on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Sean Montplaisir went 2-for-5 with a double, three runs and four RBIs.Grand Canyon returns to Hohokam Stadium in Mesa for the WAC Tournament. Kolten Wong went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer against LaTech to move into second place on the school’s all-time list with 25 career home runs. Kitamura returned to play against Fresno State, going 3-for-4. Hawaii played without sophomores Breland Almadova and Pi’ikea Kitamura, who missed the game with apparent food poisoning. Randy Yard (3-0) got the win with two shutout innings in relief of starter Zach Gallagher, who allowed four runs on five hits over the first two innings. Lenny Linsky struck out the final two batters of the game to set a single-season school record with his 14th save. Nine different Bulldogs appeared in the seventh spot of the lineup. UH and LaTech combined for 28 runs, 34 hits and used 14 different pitchers. ![]() ![]() The Rainbows staved off elimination with an 18-10 win over Louisiana Tech earlier in the day. The Rainbows (34-25), with an RPI that will probably finish somewhere in the 60’s, will find out on Monday morning at 6:30 whether they will receive an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament. Second-seeded Fresno State won its fifth Western Athletic Conference tournament title in six years with a dominant 15-4 win over top-seeded Hawaii on Saturday night at Hohokam Stadium. ![]()
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