The Arizona baseball team travels to Phoenix today for a rare matchup against a Division II opponent.

The Grand Canyon University Antelopes (29-23) await the Wildcats (28-14, 7-5 Pacific-10 Conference) for the 7 p.m. game at Brazell Stadium, which will be UA's next-to-last non-conference game of the year. GCU is the only non-Division I team on the Wildcats' schedule this season.

Though Arizona may be tempted to overlook today's game and focus instead on its pivotal three-game set at Pac-10 leader Stanford this weekend, a surprising 12-11 loss to Sacramento State in the Wildcats' last non-conference action on April 14 may linger in their memory.

A similar loss to Grand Canyon (enrollment 3,011), a team perhaps best known for producing former American League rookie of the year and longtime Anaheim Angel Tim Salmon, would make for an unsightly blemish on Arizona's record.

"I think we learned that we can't take anybody lightly," head coach Andy Lopez said. "It doesn't matter who we play ÷ if we don't play well, we're going to lose."

Junior Joe Little (4-2, 4.63 ERA) will make the start in an attempt to recover from a ghastly two-day stint last week in which he made two starts in as many days and gave up a combined nine earned runs in 3.2 innings, failing to record a decision or make it past the third inning in either game.