GCU softball qualifies for first NCAA Tournament, and will face UCLA on Friday in Los Angeles regional opener.
This is an ongoing tracker of Grand Canyon University athletics news, notes and updates. Return to azcentral for the latest.Grand Canyon issued nine walks in the first three innings, leading to big innings for UCLA and leading to a 12-1 run-rule 5-inning loss to the No. 5-ranked Bruins Friday night in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Los Angeles Regional.
GCU came into the tournament hitting .330 as a team, the 10th-best in the country. But the Lopes couldn't solve pitcher Holly Azevedo, who has a 1.17 ERA. They avoided being shut out for the first time this season in the fifth inning, when Stephanie Reed and Macee Barnes ripped back-to-back doubles.
"We certainly expected to have a good team with the new recruits that we brought in," Hays said."We brought in three kids that had College World Series experience."Add Stephanie Reed, another top transfer from Utah State, the Lopes, mixing 15 newcomers with six returners, came in with high expectations.The Grand Canyon softball team won its first WAC Tournament and clinched on automatic bid to its first NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon.The top-seeded Lopes defeated No.
Junior pitcher Ariel Thompson was named the WAC Tournament MVP. She pitched in all four of GCU’s games in the tournament, earning two wins and a save. For the tournament, Thompson surrendered only four runs in 16 2/3 innings .
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