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Show SPORTS www.uvureview.com VOL L ISSUE 30 April 11, 2011 UVrr Utah Valley falls to Utah "IMPOIII ■ gmir°,w;•=A--- - '11111•1111•11011111wm•SMIIMMINII ■111111• SCHEDULE TUESDAY APR. 12 Women's Soccer at Utah Salt Lake City 4:30 p.m. Kira Terry/UVU Review Baseball vs. Utah Orem, Utah 6 p.m. Freshman Ty Hansen Loss to crosstown rival THURSDAY APR. 14 By Kira Terry Sports Editor Track at Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. All Day FRIDAY APR. 15 Baseball vs. North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 2 p.m. Track at Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. All Day Track at Azusa Pacific Invitational Azusa, Calif. All Day SATURDAY APR. 16 Women's Soccer UVU Alumni Game Orem, Utah 4 p.m. Track at Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. All Day Kira Terry/UVU Review Junior Lyndi Prestgard has two runs, four hits and one RBI so far this season. Lady Wolverines lose to in-state rivals at UVU Invitational By Kira Terry Sports Editor The softball team played instate rival Utah twice in four days, April 2 and 5, dropping both games at 6-2 and 8-3. The losses put the lady Wolverines 7-18 on the season going into last weekend's road trip to Portland to face Portland State in two double-headers. The lady Wolverines first faced the Utes in Salt Lake City as they hosted the UVU Invitational on Utah's field due to renovations being done on the Wolverines' field. The lady Wolverines welcomed Southern Utah, Northern Colorado and Utah to the UVU Invitational. Utah Valley faced Southern Utah and Utah in two days of play, April 1-2. The lady Wolverines ultimately fell 0-3 in the invitational as they faced Southern Utah twice and Utah once. In the first day of invitation- al play, Utah Valley first faced Southern Utah. The lady Wolverines got an early two-run lead in the first inning and held the T-Birds for three innings before they scored four in the fifth inning, giving SUU a tworun lead. Southern Utah wrapped up the game in the seventh inning, bringing two more runs across the plate and taking the game 6-2. Day two of the invitational saw the lady Wolverines face Southern Utah early in the day. The T-Birds tallied two runs each in both the second and third innings before Utah Valley hit the scoreboard in the fifth, bringing in one run. The lady Wolverines tied it up in the sixth inning by bringing in three runs, but the T-Birds secured themselves the game at 5-4 in the seventh, scoring one run and holding Utah Valley to no runs. Utah Valley had a few hours break before getting back on the diamond against the Utes that afternoon. The Utes had a three-run lead before the lady Wolverines brought in two runs in the fifth inning. Utah didn't follow the lady Wolverines for very long as they tallied another three runs in the bottom of the fifth giving them the 6-2 win. The lady Wolverines then traveled back to Salt Lake City to again face Utah in a mid-week game last Tuesday where they also took a loss, 8-3, against the in-state rival. Utah Valley will remain on the road this week as they travel to Seattle to face Seattle University April 16-17 in a fourgame series. The lady Wolverines will then play cross-town rival BYU April 19 before returning to their home field April 22 in a four-game series against Northern Colorado. Men's golf ready for conference championship By Nate Gray Asst. Sports Editor Track at Long Beach Invitational Long Beach, Calif. All Day Keep up with UVU sports online at www. wolverinegreen.corn Courtesy of UVU Athletics Junior Nicholas Tarasiewicz Golf is a sport of precision, patience, and preparation. More than any of those, golf is a sport of consistency. In most, if not all sports, athletes can get away with making a few mistakes here and there and still exceed. When a quarterback completes 15 of 18 passes, it's more than likely he'll have a few touchdowns and help set his team up for victory. Any time a shooting guard goes 15 of 18 from the floor in basketball, he's guaranteed to make the highlights with at least 30 points in the game. Baseball players don't even think about going 15 of 18 hit- ting. In fact, if they can go 6 of 18, they'll be hitting .333, which, if maintained through a season, could find the player in a batting title race. Now, playing up to "par" on 15 of 18 holes of golf, not quite the same. In fact, any avid golfer knows that not only could one hole destroy a round, but just one shot could be the difference in a great round and an average to poor round. UVU's men's golf team has all witnessed this at some time during the 2011 spring season. "We worked hard this off-season on course management and playing high percentage golf," said Coach Chris Curran. "We have been trying to control and execute the game plan." continued on B2 Utah Valley took the short drive up the road to Provo last Tuesday evening to play cross-town rival BYU, ultimately falling to the Cougars 11-3. The Cougars scored one run in the bottom of the first to get things started, giving them the first lead. Utah Valley answered back in the top of the fourth, bringing in three runs off of two hits, putting them up 3-1 over the Cougars. Junior outfielder Kirk Doxey and sophomore infielder Cole McWhorter were both hit by a wild pitch early in the inning, loading up first and second base before senior Chris Benson hit a triple to left center, bringing both of them in. Junior Billy Burgess then hit a grounder out to short-stop, bringing in Benson. Those were the last points the Wolverines got on the board before the Cougars took over the game. "We had opportunities to really handle and control a lot of stuff if we do things right," said Coach Eric Madsen. "I really felt like we had opportunities throughout that game to change the momentum and to handle some things that they were trying to do and we didn't really react the right way to it. It's tough; that's a good team." BYU went on to score three runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and three each in the seventh and eighth innings. Despite the loss, Madsen is still confident in his roster as they begin Great West Conference play. "I really think that it's still a good club," said Madsen. "We've shown that we're capable of swinging the bat; I'd just like to see more consistency out of the offense and more consistency out of the pitching. The pitching's been really good, but then they've had their times when they've been really bad and I just think that's what we need to change. They just need to be consistent all the time. If we do that, we're going to be pretty good." The Wolverines sat on a twogame loosing streak going in to last weekend's games against conference opponent NJIT in Newark, New Jersey. Utah Valley will be back in action at home this week as Utah comes to town on Tuesday to face the Wolverines at Brent Brown Ballpark at 6:00 p.m. The Wolverines will then not see home action until April 21 when they begin their 10-game home stand. Utah Valley will face two conference opponents, Chicago State and NJIT, and two non-conference opponents, Utah and Seattle University, during those 10 games before heading back out on the road. |