Utah Valley’s seventh-inning rally came up short as the Wolverines fell 4-1 to the Southern Utah Thunderbirds on senior day at Wolverine Softball Field in Orem.

Megan Gibbs capped off her home career with a 1-for-3 day, driving in the lone run of the day with a double in the seventh inning. Gibbs, along with fellow seniors Rachael Brown and Victoria Vasquez were honored postgame.

Utah Valley struggled to get the bats going, as SUU’s Riley Nielson took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before Rachael Brown broke the seal with a single through the left side.

Lily Riley pitched a strong game in her first start since March 28, going 6-plus innings while being charged with all four runs. Riley held the T-Birds to just two extra-base hits, only one of which led to a run.

SUU struck first in the second inning when the T-Birds after a leadoff single came around to score thanks to a two-out walk and single. SUU doubled that lead in the fifth with three straight singles.

Riley fell on the wrong end of a nine-pitch battle to lead off the seventh when Ariyana Miranda hit a solo homer to make it 3-0. Two singles and a wild pitch put two T-Birds in scoring position, then an error by Britney Moreno allowed the fourth and final run of the day to come in.

Back-to-back doubles by Angelique Mann and Gibbs got the Wolverines on the board, but a deep flyout by Brown, a strikeout by Amber Rodriguez, and a sharp lineout by Tatum Hall ended the game.

Utah Valley will enter the WAC Tournament as the No. 8 seed in Riverside, Calif., hosted by California Baptist. The Wolverines will open tournament play against the No. 5 seed Abilene Christian Wildcats on Wednesday, May 7 at 2 p.m. MDT in a win-or-go-home matchup.

With a win, Utah Valley would advance to the double elimination bracket and face the No. 4 seed Seattle U Redhawks later that evening at 8 p.m. MDT. All action will be streamed live on ESPN+, with live stats at UVUStats.com.

Utah Valley baseball gets swept at UT Arlington

The Utah Valley baseball team improved in each of its three games at UT Arlington, but couldn’t do enough to get a win.

After dropping Game 1 (18-8 in six innings) and Game 2 (14-6), the Wolverines put together their best performance in Sunday’s finale but it wasn’t enough as the Mavericks completed the sweep with a 7-4 victory.

The visitors surged in front with three runs in the top of the fourth (two of them coming on a Luke Iverson double), but UT Arlington narrowed the gap by plating a pair of runs of its own in its half of the inning.

UVU then increased the lead with a run on an Iverson sacrifice fly in the sixth, but the Wolverines couldn’t find a way to score the rest of the way as the Mavericks rallied to win.

Iverson paced UVU at the plate, going 2-for-3 with the three RBIs. Wolverine pitcher Jacob Heppner gave up five runs on seven hits in five innings and took the loss.

The Wolverines next take Utah at Smith Ballpark in Salt Lake City on Tuesday at 6 p.m. MT.

Wolverine track sets program records at BYU Robison Invitational

Cameron Franklin and Ella Hopper both established new 400-meter program records with their performances at the BYU Robison Invitational on Saturday. Isaiah Archer also competed with his PR in the 400 moving him to No. 2, behind only Franklin, in UVU’s record book.

Franklin clocked 45.51 seconds to finish second in the race, with his time putting him firmly in the mix to earn a spot at the NCAA West Preliminary rounds in College Station at the end of the month. He broke his own previous record of 46.30 seconds he had set at last May’s WAC Outdoor Championships. Archer joined Franklin in the men’s invite 400, setting his new personal record of 47.07 seconds, which is second all-time and trails only Franklin in the record book.

Hopper finished Saturday’s race in 53.70 seconds to take second place overall. Her performance broke the old mark of 54.01 that she set three weeks ago at Weber State.

The Wolverines will now prep for the WAC Outdoor Championships in two weeks at UT Arlington. The three-day championship gets underway on Thursday, May 15.

Utah Valley wrestling to host three-day prospect camp in May

Utah Valley head coach Adam Hall is pleased to announce UVU’s upcoming Prospect Camp, coming up on May 16-18 inside the Wolverine Wrestling Room in Orem.

The camp costs $50, and campers will receive instruction from UVU head coach Adam Hall, his staff, and the Utah Valley wrestling team. Housing is not provided for the three-day camp.

The Wrestling Room is inside the Wolverine Service Center, 1165 W. 800 S., Orem, Utah 84058.

For questions about the camp, please contact UVU Assistant Coach, Joey Lavallee at Joey.Lavallee@uvu.edu.

All camps are open to any and all entrants, limited only by number, age, grade, and or gender.