UVU Roundup: Baseball drops 10-inning decision at Pacific
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Utah Valley baseball split a four-game series at Pacific to open the 2026 season.STOCKTON, Calif. – Utah Valley University fell 3-2 in 10 innings Sunday in the series finale against the University of the Pacific. UVU (2-2) received a superb outing from sophomore Landon Zaborowski, who tossed six innings of two-hit ball while striking out eight, but the Tigers’ (2-2) Levi Sotomayor spoiled the game in the 10th with a double down the right-field line for a walk-off hit.Zaborowski finished one strikeout shy of his career high of nine, set last season against Seattle U in March. He grew stronger as the game progressed, striking out four of five consecutive hitters during one stretch. Six of his eight strikeouts came the second time or later through the Tigers’ order.Jayden Smith finished with two hits, including a double, for the Wolverines. He was joined by Mason Hamlin’s two-hit performance, highlighted by a triple to left field. The pair accounted for two of Utah Valley’s three extra-base hits, with Kaden Carpenter adding the third on his first home run in a Wolverine uniform on the second pitch of the game to give UVU a 1-0 lead.
UVU split the four-game series with Pacific. The Tigers won the season opener for both schools 3-2 in 11 innings on Friday despite two home runs from Hunter Katschke. The Wolverines rebounded to win Game 2 9-6 in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader, getting three RBI each from Mason Strong and Trenton Rowan. Pacific scored a 13-7 victory in Game 3.
The Wolverines (2-2) remain on the road for a four-game series at Nevada in Reno beginning Thursday, Feb. 19, at 4:05 p.m. MT on the Mountain West Network. The Wolf Pack opened the season with a three-game series at Ole Miss and were swept in Oxford.
Wrestling edges out Northern Colorado
GREELEY, Colo. — In a dual that came down to the final match, Utah Valley University defeated Northern Colorado 21-17 on Sunday afternoon at Bank of Colorado Arena. The teams split 10 matches, but three technical falls lifted the Wolverines (5-7, 3-4) to the win in their final Big 12 dual of the season.Utah Valley trailed 17-13 with two matches remaining and needed wins in both to secure its second consecutive conference road victory of the weekend.At 197 pounds, No. 28 Kael Bennie defeated Tyler Perry 9-4 to pull UVU within one, 17-16, and set up a winner-take-all finale. No. 27 Jack Forbes left little doubt in the 285-pound bout, recording six takedowns in a 20-4 technical fall over Enzo Cappabianaca. UVU also received technical falls from No. 15 Haiden Drury and No. 7 David Evans.
“That was an ugly win, but our team found a way. We will address our vulnerabilities this week as we prepare for Nebraska,” head coach Adam Halls said. “We know that our best wrestling is ahead of us. We look forward to the challenge next week.””That was an ugly win, but our team found a way. We will address our vulnerabilities this week as we prepare for Nebraska,” head coach Adam Halls said. “We know that our best wrestling is ahead of us. We look forward to the challenge next week.”
Softball drops to 5-5 after loss to Coastal Carolina
TUCSON, Ariz. — Two big innings from the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (5-5) proved to be insurmountable as Utah Valley (5-5) fell 11-3 in five innings to close out the weekend at the Bear Down Fiesta.
The Chants rallied for five in the first and four in the fourth to pull away from the Wolverines. Bailey Marvin and Angelique Mann each picked up a pair of base hits and an RBI, while Britney Moreno extended her reached-base streak to nine games with a 1-for-3 game.
After retiring Utah Valley in order to start the game, Coastal put up five runs in a hurry, punctuating the rally with a three-run homer by Hannah Bendle over the batter’s eye in center.
The Wolverines responded with a run of their own in the second, but threatened for more. Back-to-back singles by Marvin and Mann along with a wild pitch put two runners in scoring position with no outs, but the only run of the frame came in on a Tatum Hall sac fly.
The Chants tacked two more in the third on a two-run shot by Georgia Hood to center, but the Wolverines were able to match it with two of their own in the fourth on RBI singles by Marvin and Mann.
Coastal put the game on ice with four in the bottom of the fourth to secure the run-rule victory. Utah Valley put two on in the fifth, but couldn’t push a run across to extend the game.
The Wolverines will now head to Las Vegas, Nev., for the Rebel Classic at UNLV. Utah Valley’s first game will be Thursday against Valpo at 4:30 p.m. MT, with the game being streamed live on the UNLV Rebels YouTube channel.
