{"id":256785,"date":"2026-04-08T02:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256785\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:07:18","slug":"busy-week-takes-lopes-to-fresno-back-home-to-face-boise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256785\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy week takes Lopes to Fresno, back home to face Boise"},"content":{"rendered":"


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GCU is ranked in the Top 25 across most major softball polls. (25 in ESPN\/USA Softball, 20 in NFCA, & 23 in D1Softball.) They have the fourth-best best record and winning percentage in the nation.<\/p>\n


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The Lopes hold a two-game lead on the entire Mountain West, with Nevada in second place at 8-4.<\/p>\n


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The Lopes are No. 29 in the most recent RPI, with the program’s highest ranking coming in at No. 27 last week.<\/p>\n


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Graduate left fielder Trinity Martin<\/a> is riding a hot streak at the plate over the last three weeks of conference play, hitting eight home runs and driving in 21 runs. Martin began the San Jos\u00e9 State\u00a0series 7\/7 with 4 HR. She had a six-RBI game in game two at Utah State, and drove in six of GCU’s ten runs in the Nevada series.<\/p>\n


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Senior center fielder Sydney McCray<\/a> has the most stolen bases in the nation without being caught (25\/25), with the eighth-most swiped bags in the country.<\/p>\n


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