Sacramento State defeated Utah Valley University 7-2 on Sunday afternoon at John Smith Field in Sacramento, California to sweep the weekend series.

The Hornets (28-23, 17-13 WAC) used early runs and solid pitching to keep in front of Utah Valley (16-35, 9-18 WAC). The Wolverines brought home two runs but could not rally from behind.

UVU got a runner on base in the second after Cole Jordan drew a two-out walk to give the Wolverines their first base runner of the game. Jordan was left on the bases after a groundout ended the inning.

Trailing 5-0 in the fourth, Spencer Olsen was hit by a pitch with one out before Mick Madsen hit his third home run of the year to right field to bring the score back to 5-2. For Madsen, it marked his second home run of the week after going deep on Wednesday at Portland.

After holding Sac State scoreless in the bottom of the fourth, the Wolverines looked to get more runs back. Kyle Coburn got a two-out double to right field before Mitch Moralez drew a walk to put two runners on base. The inning ended as Trey Cutchen grounded into a fielder’s choice.

Moralez reached base in the eighth after being hit by a pitch. Cutchen lined a ball right at the Hornet first baseman, who tagged first for a double play.

Trey Goodrich (1-0) picked up the win tossing 2.0 innings, allowing one hit, and holding the Wolverines scoreless. Mason Gray (2-5) gets tagged with the loss after going 2.1 innings for Utah Valley. Kevin Haynes picked up his second save of the year after throwing three hitless innings.

Luke McCullough went 2.2 innings in relief of Gray, allowing three hits and one run. Blake Zeleny went 2.0 innings, giving up two hits and one run. Bobby Voortmeyer closed the game for Utah Valley throwing one inning on two base hits.

Offensively the Wolverines were led by Madsen, who had the two-run home run, and Coburn with a double. Moralez reached base twice in the contest.

The Wolverines will now head to Stockton, California to close a nine-game trip at Pacific on Monday at 1:00 p.m. MT/noon PT. Utah Valley will then come home to close out the regular season in a crucial WAC series against New Mexico State beginning at 6:05 p.m. on Thursday, May 19.

Wolverine track finishes third at WAC Championships

Everlyn Kemboi, Larissa Dabb, and Seth Krauss led the UVU men’s and women’s track and field team to a third-place finish in the 2022 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Seattle, Wash. The Wolverines finished with five gold medals to go along with 18 podium finishes as Kemboi and Dabb each won a pair of gold medals. Kemboi was also named the Women’s Outstanding Track Performer.

On the women’s team, Kemboi won both the 5000m and the 10,000m races, shattering WAC records in both events. Kemboi completed the 5000m race with a time of 16:15.85, topping a WAC Championship record that had stood for nearly 25 years. In the 10,000m, Kemboi broke a 25-year-old WAC Championship record, finishing with a time of 33:58.39. Hannah Branch (33:58.74) and Mazzie Melaney (34:02.91) took second and third the 10,000m, finishing with times that would have also broken the previous record. Branch also took third in the 5000m, finishing with a time of 16:19.28.

Dabb won gold in the 400m, clocking in with a time of 55.14 to move into third in school history. Dabb, Krista Farley, Ellie Norton, and Emma Newbold combined to lead the women’s 4x100m team to a first-place finish, completing the relay with a time of 47.42. Kallie Given took second in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.73m to set a school record. Caila Odekirk finished third in the 1500m with a time of 4:26.44 while Maysen Rollo also took third in the pole vault with a height of 3.80m to set a new school record.

On the men’s side, Krauss broke the school record in the high jump, taking gold with a height of 2.17m. Aaron Johnson took second in both the 100m and the long jump, finishing with a time of 10.36 and a distance of 7.39m. Adam Bunker finished second in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:44.91, while Zane Farrer took third in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.12 to climb to second in school history. Dallin Snyder took third high jump, clearing a height of 2.08m while Neal Berkey finished third in the decathlon with 6670 points. The men’s 4x400m relay team, comprised of Cameron Franklin, Caleb Furnell, Jacob Supinger, Seth Dabb, took third in the relay with a time of 3:12.97.

The Wolverines now await to see which athletes will make the cut for the upcoming NCAA West Preliminary competition, held in Fayetteville, Ark. on May 26-28.

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