PHOENIX — Grand Canyon edged Utah Valley, 2-1, on Saturday afternoon at GCU Softball Stadium to complete a series sweep and wrap up the opening weekend of WAC play.
 
The Wolverines (11-16, 0-3) got another solid pitching performance from Devyn Cretz, but the offense couldn't get going, stranding 10 runners going just 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
 
Down 1-0 in the sixth, Jade Miller tripled to lead off the sixth and scored an RBI single from Emery Nielson to tie the game. Nielson's hit was the lone hit with runners in scoring position for UVU.
 
The Lopes (14-16, 3-0) answered in the bottom of the inning, getting back-to-back one-out doubles from Lilly Bishop and Krisin Fifield. Fifield's double scored pinch-runner Taylor Olsen and went as the game-winning RBI.
 
Cretz, for the second straight day, pitched well enough to win but took a tough-luck loss. She allowed one earned run on four hits and struck out seven. Grand Canyon's first run, in the fourth inning, came in on error and went as an unearned run. Miller was 3-for-3 for the Wolverines, who finished with seven hits as a team.
 
Up next is a Tuesday midweek contest at Utah State that is set to start at 4 p.m. MT. The Wolverines will head to California Baptist next weekend to continue WAC play.