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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.
Baseball
2-6-10
Grand Canyon (2-1) scored 12 runs in the second inning, on eight hits, and defeated Regis 17-6 in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader at Brazell Stadium. GCU lost 4-3 in the opener.
The teams play the series finale Sunday at noon.
Junior right fielder Tyler Bair (Scottsdale, Ariz./Coronado) had an RBI-double, two-run single and scored twice in the big inning. Sophomore center fielder Joey Bristyan (Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon) had an RBI-single, RBI-double and two runs scored in the frame. Sophomore shortstop P.J. Garcia (Phoenix, Ariz./Thunderbird) had three RBIs in the inning, including a two-run double.
Redshirt freshman third baseman Ryan Jones (Scottsdale, Ariz./Sunnyslope) started the inning off with a walk, he had two in the inning. Sixteen batters came to the plate.
Starter Danny Skelly (Elmwood Park, Ill./St. Joseph's/Chandler-Gilbert CC) threw five solid innings, striking out five and earning his first win as a Lope.
Baseball
2-6-10
Regis scored a run in the top of the seventh inning to give Grand Canyon its first loss of the season, 4-3, in the first game of a doubleheader at Brazell Stadium Saturday.
GCU left 13 runners on base. Thje loss put the teams even, one game apiece, in the four-game series. The series finale is noon Sunday at Brazell Stadium.
Senior pitcher Colin Courtland (Litchfield Park, Ariz./Millennium) pitched well but suffered the loss. He threw six-plus innings and gave up three earned runs, five hits, one walk and struck out six.
GCU took a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. Freshman second baseman Mike Kenneth (Chandler, Ariz./Marcos de Niza) walked, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior outfielder Tyler Bair (Scottsdale, Ariz./Coronado) and scored on a double from sophomore outfielder Joey Bristyan (pictured, Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon). Bristyan later scored on a error for a 3-2 lead.
Baseball
2-5-10
Grand Canyon University opened the baseball season with an 11-6 win over Regis University at Brazell Stadium Friday.
Junior Joey Jacobson (Scottsdale, Ariz./Coronado) had a seventh-inning pinch-hit double to put the 'Lopes ahead to stay and start a four-run rally. GCU added four more in the eighth.
"I think we had to make a statement that we're a different team and we did that in the seventh," said GCU skipper Dave Stapleton.
The 'Lopes made an early statement, too. Trailing 2-0, GCU scored three times in the bottom half of the first, highlighted by a two-run home run from senior first baseman Bryce Lefebvre (Scottsdale, Ariz./Paradise Valley/Scottsdale CC/UCSB).
Senior starter Jeff Urlaub (pictured, Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon/Arizona State/UNLV) held the Rangers at bay most of the night and senior reliever Mark Hardy (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork/Salt Lake CC) picked up the win.
Baseball
2-4-10
Live Online Coverage for Opening Weekend 
The GCU Athletics department is pleased to offer the following web links so that you can follow the opening weekend of GCU Baseball even if you can’t make it out to Brazell Stadium. For Friday’s opener, we will have our first ever live video webcast for baseball. It will be a simple, one camera feed with audio, but it’s the next best thing to having a seat in the bleachers.
On Saturday we will have “audiocast” coverage of the first game of the doubleheader (previously scheduled basketball broadcasts prevent our coverage of both games on Saturday).
On Sunday, we will have audio only coverage of the series finale. The “videocast” on Friday requires a login but is free to anyone wishing to see the game. The radio broadcast style “audiocasts” are also free but do not require a login.
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