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M Golf
2-8-10
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Grand Canyon is in 12th place after two rounds of the GolfWeek Spring Invitational at Reunion Resort Independence Course.
Nova Southeastern leads the 18-team field with a 13-over-par 589. West Florida is two strokes behind. GCU is 31-over par with a 607 (301-306).
Sophomore Richie Kernagis (pictured, Mesa, Ariz./Red Mountain/CS Bakersfield) is tied for 17th with a five-over-par 149 (72-79). Senior Bentley Nakasawa (Yuma, Ariz./Catholic/South Mtn. CC) is tied for 23rd at six-over-par (76-74 -- 150).
Junior Daniel Harrington (Chandler, Ariz./Dobson/South Mtn. CC/Holy Names) and sophomore Tyler Wooldridge (Carefree, Ariz./Cactus Shadows) are tied for 48th at 11-over-par. Senior Terence Daniels (Smith's, Bermuda/Desert Mountain) is tied for 69th at 14-over-par.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Baseball
2-7-10
Grand Canyon batted around twice in a 15-3 victory over Regis Sunday. It was the series clinching win and gave the 'Lopes a 3-1 record to start the season.
"It was important for us to win the series," said GCU skipper Dave Stapleton, whose club will head to No. 3 UC San Diego for a four-game series next weekend. "We showed some different things this weekend. We came to the ballpark with some energy and we executed."
Trailing 2-1 in the second, GCU took advantage of five walks and sent 10 men to the plate in a 5-run second. Jay Green (Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon) drove in two with a single and had five RBIs on the day.
Grand Canyon added one more in the third, three in the fifth and five more in the sixth.
While the offense was doing its job, the 'Lopes got a solid pitching performance for the fourth straight game. Sophomore Kevin Burbank (Phoenix, Ariz./Deer Valley) went five solid innings to earn the win. He retired 10 of the last 12 batters faced.
Softball 2-7-10 MizunoBest of the West Tournament Canceled As teams arrived at the Pedretti Sports Complex in Turlock, Calif. this morning to prepare for Sunday's games of the Mizuno Best of the West Invitational softball tournament, a downpour dumped more rainon the already saturated fields prompting the cancellation of the tournament. The tournament was scheduled to resume on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. after Saturday's cancelation. Crews worked onthe fields all day Saturday and had them ready for play early Sunday. After delaying the start on Sunday for an hour, many teams opted to hit the road to return home. Tournament officials, umpires, grounds crew and coaches deemed that fieldswould be unsafe to play on. Eleven games of the 35 tournament games were completed on Friday with Grand Canyon University, Cal State Dominguez Hills and Chico State all went 2-0. No tournament winner will be declared. ###
M Basketball 2-6-10 Dixie State Avenges Last Week’s Loss to GCU  The headline on the Dixie State College Athletics website read "Revenge Game with GCU." Grand Canyon University beat Dixie State College, 82-80, last Saturday in Phoenix. It was the first Pacific West Conference loss for the Red Storm, who entered the game ranked No. 5 in the West Region, riding a seven-game winning streak and in first place in the PacWest with a record of 12-3 overall, 6-0 in conference play. And despite shooting more than 60 percent against the Antelopes, they lost. Hawaii-Pacific University since has taken over the conference lead at 8-1, 16-4 overall, after wins over Academy of Art and Notre Dame de Namur. So revenge was on the minds of Dixie State’s players and coaches entering tonight’s game. And they exacted it, beating GCU, 78-68, tonight in St. George, Utah.
W Basketball
2-6-10
ST. GEORGE, Utah -- Trailing by as much as 20 points in the second half, Grand Canyon got the deficit down to two, with 1:08 left, before losing to Dixie State 93-88 in a Pacific West Conference contest at Burns Arena Saturday.
GCU (12-7, 6-2) was down 56-40 at halftime. The 'Lopes tightened things with a 14-0 run, getting seven points from senior Stacy Haddow (Chino Valley, Ariz./Chino Valley), five from junior Samantha Murphy (pictured, Phoenix, Ariz./Xavier Prep) and the final two on a layup from Kia Gibson (Nine Mile Falls, Wash./Lakeside/N. Idaho).
The rally cut the score to 86-82 with 3:03 left. Two Murphy free throws at the 1:08 mark got the margin down to two.
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