GCU, NM State Seasons Close at NCAA Regionals
Grand Canyon and NM State saw their postseason runs come to an end on Saturday afternoon in their respective NCAA Regional sites.
Missouri State 8, Grand Canyon 7
A pair of late inning rallies spelled doom for the Lopes. Grand Canyon held a 7-1 edge heading into the eighth inning of the elimination game but Missouri State scored the game's final seven runs to claim the win.
Thanks to homeruns by Juan Colato and Jacob Wilson and a pair of blasts from Tayler Aguilar, the WAC regular season champions looked to be in control at the Stillwater regional.
However, Missouri State started their rally with a two-run homerun in the eighth inning from Drake Baldwin. The big fly proved critical in the ninth inning as Spencer Nivens and Mason Hull hit a three-run and two-run homerun respectively to complete the comeback.
Vanderbilt 21, NM State 1
The longtime NCAA baseball power jumped out a 4-1 lead after three innings then scored at least one run in each of the last five innings to advance in the Corvallas regional.
NM State, the WAC's tournament champions, were led at the plate by Nolan Funke's 2-for-4 effort. Kevin Jimenez drove in the Aggies lone run with an RBI base knock in the third frame.