OREM, Utah – WAC leader Grand Canyon University scored three times in the top of the 11th to take game one of a three-game WAC series, 10-7, at Utah Valley University in a 5-hour and 25-minute marathon on Friday night at Brent Brown Ballpark.

Ian Evans doubled home Tom Lerouge with nobody out in the 11th for the game-winning run. The Lopes (25-23, 19-3) also got an RBI single from Greg Saenz and a ground-rule double from Griffin Barnes for a pair of insurance runs. Barnes' double was originally signaled as a three-run home run but was later changed to a ground-rule double. The Wolverines (15-31, 8-11) got back-to-back hits from Trevor Peterson and Trevor Howell to begin the bottom of the 11th, but were unable to score. 
 
Howell had a career-high five hits for UVU while Peterson had a four-hit night. Jackson Overlund doubled twice and had three hits with Zac Willis also finishing with three hits. Utah Valley had a season-high 22 hits in the game but left 19 runners on base. Garrison Schwartz had four hits, including a home run, and three RBIs for Grand Canyon.
 
The Lopes got a two-out base hit from Schwartz to jump out in front 1-0 but the Wolverines answered with two in the bottom of the first. Jake Berry reached on an infield single, which allowed Peterson and Overlund – who doubled – to score.
 
In the second, Howell had an RBI single that scored Skyler Davis to give Utah Valley a 3-1 lead. Overlund, who doubled into the corner in left in the first, recorded his second double of the game into right-center to drive in David Modler. Willis added an RBI single to that plated Howell before Overlund was called out trying to score on a bang-bang play at the plate.
 
Utah Valley led 5-1 in the third when Grand Canyon scored twice, one on an RBI double by Schwartz and on an RBI single from Preston Pavlica. The Lopes got another run in the fourth to make it a one-run game after Barnes doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly to center from Austin Bull to get GCU within a run.
 
Peterson had an RBI single in the fifth that scored Paul Estrada and gave the Wolverines a 6-4 lead, but Grand Canyon answered with a two-out, two-run double from Lerouge to tie the contest.
 
The teams continued to trade punches with Estrada delivering a two-out RBI single up the middle in the sixth that brought home Berry before Schwartz tied the game again, on an opposite-field home run to left, in the top of the seventh. GCU was still batting with two on and one out, but Marco Briones got out of the inning, inducing a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
 
UVU was in the same situation, with runners at first and second and one out with Overlund up. Overlund hit a hard liner back up the middle but GCU pitcher AJ Franks snagged it on a hop and started a 1-6-3 twin killing to keep the game tied at 7-7.

Patrick Wolfe entered with two on and two out in the eighth and a 1-0 count Schwartz. After the count ran full, Wolfe struck out Schwartz on a fastball at 92 to preserve the tie.

Wolfe (1-2) took the loss after the three runs in the 11th were charged to him. He pitched three innings and struck out five. The runs against Wolfe were the first he's allowed in 15 innings during WAC play. Mick Vorhof (3-3) tossed 3.2 scoreless innings and struck out five to pick up the win.

The series continues on Saturday with another 6 p.m. MT first pitch. Jake Mayer is slated to start for Utah Valley against Grand Canyon left-hander Jake Repavich. The game will air live on the WAC Digital Network via WACsports.com/live.