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Show Wolverines come up short against Utes V - y u April 7-11 Sports editor Shortly before a bad April fools joke blanketed the outfield grass with a thin, yet frigid layer of snow, the UVU baseball team fell short in its quest to knock off the University of Utah 9-6 at Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem. This, after the game, which was supposed to be held in Salt Lake, was moved to Utah Valley. The Utes jumped out to a 3-0 lead early, but the lead was quickly erased in the fifth inning when Jake Rickenbach laced a tworun triple scoring Kevin Arendse and Billy Burgess propelling the Wolverines to a 4-3 advantage. Later in the seventh inning, with the bases loaded, Jace Brinkerhoff added two more runs to the UVU lead with a tworun double down the first baseline all the way to the wall. Unfortunately for the Wolverines, the 6-3 lead they took into the bottom of the seventh wouldn't hold as Utah came storming back. UVU gave up four walks and a hit batter in the second half of the frame to assist the Ute rally. Utah would score six runs to regain a 9-6 lead and hold on for the victory. Although down, but not quite out, UVU manufactured a rally in the bottom of the ninth. Brinkerhoff reached on an infield single and Chris Benson hit a ground-rule double to right. After the Utes walked Sage Thorpe to load the bases, bringing the winning run to the plate for UVU, Utah pitcher Greg Krouse struck out the next two UVU batters to secure the win and record the save. UVU will have another crack at the Utes on April Dave Iba/UVU Review 7th when Utah will again make the trip to Orem to UVU sophomore Jake Rickenbach slides Into second. The Wolverines fell to the Utes 9-6 at Brent Brown Ballpark. take on the Wolverines. Tuesday, Apr 7 Baseball vs. Utah Orem, UT Wednesday, Apr 8 Softball vs. BYU Orem.UT Friday, Apr 10 Baseball at Sacramento State Sacramento, CA Softball at Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Track at UCLA Invite Westwood.CA Saturday, Apr 11 Track at UCLA Invite Westwood.CA Wolverines get one win in. doubleheader Sports writer The lady Wolverines took on in-state rival Utah State last Tuesday for a doubleheader taking game one, but letting game two slide. Game one started with Utah State stepping up to bat first and scoring a quick two runs as the Wolverines followed with one run in the first inning and sophomore Megan Woodworth hitting a home run to get the game going. In the third inning, each team picked up one more run bringing the score to 3-2 for Utah State. By the end of the fifth inning, Utah State had scored two more runs Final Score GAMEl Wolverines 6 Aggies 5 GAME 2 Aggies 7 Wolverines 0 while the Wolverines hadn't picked up any more. UVU came alive during the top of the sixth, scoring two runs — one of which was a home run hit by Junior Cheryiyn McGraw, which of the third, Utah State had brought them within one brought home five more runs point of Utah State. and tacked on one more run The Wolverines didn't in the forth inning, which waste anytime during the gave them the 7-0 win over final inning and quickly got UVU. the first three Utah State The Wolverines will be players up to bat out. Senior back in action at home on Megan Niemann then hit a Wednesday April 8 facing nice ball to center field and BYU at MStar Field. brought in one run to tie the game at five. UVU then finished off the game with senior Kylee Next Game Steadman hitting a drive past first base and bringing UVU vs. BYU another player home to grab the 6-5 win. W h e n : Wednesday, April 8 In game two, Utah State W h e r e : MStar Field came out strong getting off to a quick start with a home T i m e : 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. run, giving them a l-O lead in the first inning. By the end Dave Iba/UVU Review Amber Sackett gets ready to hurl the pitch toward the plate in the Wolverines doubleheader against Utah State. Jace Brinkerhoff... I Jace Brinkerhoff... The former 5A MVP at Spanish Fork High School has been a bright spot in the Wolverine lineup in his third season at UVU. The junior third baseman is currently second on the team with a .404 batting average. He has also hit two home runs and has recorded 17 RBIs on the young season. |