2025 WAC SB Week 3 Release

GRAND CANYON CONTINUES WINNING WAYS
Grand Canyon saw another successful weekend on its home field last week, going 4-1 with the one loss coming to #19 Oregon. Sophomore catcher Tinley Lucas was a big offensive force for the Lopes, hitting two home runs and collecting nine RBIs. Her two-out, three-run homer against Washington helped seal the win for GCU. Sophomore pitcher Maggie Place picked up a win and a save after going 10 innings in the circle racking up eight strikeouts and allowing just one earned run.
 
SEATTLE U SWEEPS WEEKLY AWARDS
Seattle U emerged from the CSUN Matador Classic with three wins in four games following some stellar performances from this week’s WAC Player of the Week, Taylor Fitch, and the WAC Pitcher of the Week, Nicola Simpson. Fitch went 7-for-18 (.389) with one home run, one triple, and four doubles while knocking in 10 RBIs and scoring four runs. Simpson went 16 innings in the pitching circle posting 18 K’s and not allowing a single earned run.
 
SHUTTING OUT THE COMPETITION
Part of Simpson’s strong weekend included her shutout victory versus Pacific where she picked up the win by going the distance and allowing just one hit in seven innings. Some other dominant pitching performances in the WAC included Southern Utah’s Keimon Winston who threw a complete game three-hit shutout against Oregon State and Abilene Christian’s Lina Russo who got ACU its first win of the season by going five scoreless innings against East Texas A&M while striking out six batters and giving up just one hit and one walk.
 
WAC IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Seattle U is second in the nation in hit by pitches (15) and eighth in doubles per game (2.2) while Utah Tech is fourth in total hits with 118. On the defensive side, Grand Canyon is fifth in the country in strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.45) and 11th in WHIP (0.93). UTU’s LB Kahahawai-Kekona has the fifth most hits with 19 and her teammate Cassidy Hornung has crossed the plate 15 times, ranking tenth nationally. GCU’s Savannah Kirk has stolen the seventh most bases (10) and collected the tenth most hits (18).
 
250 WINS FOR TARLETON STATE’S MARK CUMPIAN
Tarleton State defeated Houston Christian 10-2 on Friday which marked career win number 250 as a head coach for Mark Cumpian. Cumpian is currently in his ninth season as the Texans’ skipper and has spent his entire coaching career (head and assistant coaching) at Stephenville. Since becoming the leader of the program in 2017, Cumpian has racked up a record of 251-178.