Location: Provo, Utah
Date: April 20 
Times: 2:00 pm (MST)
Site: Larry H. Miller Field @ Brigham Young University
Radio: None
Internet Broadcast: None
Series Record: First Meeting 

April 19, 2004

OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley State baseball team will host the University of Utah on Tuesday at 2:00 pm at Brigham Young University. This will be the first of six meetings between the two teams this season. 

Wolverine Update:
UVSC swept Weber State University in a doubleheader last Saturday. Jed Jensen stole the show in both games. In game one, Jensen pitched a complete game two-hitter, while only giving up one unearned run, and striking out nine. In game two, Jensen hit for the cycle, with 6 RBI and a grand slam. The cycle came in consecutive at bats, getting the extra base hits out of the way first. Jensen had a RBI double in the second inning, a RBI triple in the third, a grand slam in the fourth, and then legged out an infield single in the fifth. The cycle was the first ever in UVSC's short history as a NCAA Division I program.

With the sweep the Wolverines improve to 13-13 and get to .500 for the first time this season. After a 2-9 start, UVSC has won 11 of its last 15 games, and have a current five-game winning streak. 

Utah lost two games to UNLV last weekend. The third game of the Mountain West Conference series was postponed due to rain. In the first game the Utes aloud an 11-5 lead to slip away, and eventually lost 19-17 in 10 innings. In game two, UNLV out hit the Utes 12-6 on way to a 15-2 win. Utah comes into Tuesday's game with an overall record of 10-21.

Wolverine Probable Starters:
Catcher: Jeff Broadhead (.383, 9 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.321, 6 2B, 11 RBI)
First Base: Trent Perry (.265, 6 HR, 19 RBI)
Second Base: Pepe Jones (.300, 3 2B, 8 RBI)
Shortstop: Jeremy Harris (.196, 1 3B, 9 RBI) 
Third Base: Reno Mendenhall (.329, 9 2B, 10 RBI, 9 SB) 
Left Field: Kevin Hashimoto (.235, 3 2B, 6 RBI)
Center Field: Canyon Vance (.284, 3 3B, 16 RBI)
Right Field: Jed Jensen (.302, 4 2B, 8 RBI) or Todd Bateman (.500, 2 2B)
Designated Hitter: Josh Hinckley (.400, 2 HR, 10 RBI) or Dan Bulow (.321, 6 2B,
11 RBI)

Probable Pitching Rotation:
Tuesday's Starter: Jason Ward, RHP (2-2, 6.94)

Home Away From Home:
The Wolverines will play all their home games at Brigham Young University's Larry H. Miller Field due to the construction of Parkway Crossing Stadium.

Parkway Crossing Stadium:
The future home of Wolverine Baseball will be a long awaited 3.5 million dollar stadium to be built and ready for the 2005 campaign. Parkway Crossing Stadium will have primary grandstand area seating of 2,500. An additional 2,500 fans can throw down blankets on the grass berming down the left field line extending behind the left field wall. The unique design will follow the trend of several of the major league fields that have been constructed recently with different angles and corners down the lines and in the gaps around the outfield wall. The field dimensions will challenge opposing hitters in the gaps expanding to 449 feet in left-center and 413 feet to right-center. The center field wall will be 435 feet away. Directly down the left field line will be 325 feet with a 16-foot wall to contend with, and the short porch directly down the right field line is 307 feet, but immediately gets deeper toward the right-center field gap. The convenient location just off the I-15 will allow baseball fans to enter and exit the stadium quickly. The stadium will also be host to future high school state tournaments and Division I college tournaments and post-season play. 

On Deck:
The Wolverines will travel to Ogden, Utah to play Weber State University in a doubleheader on Saturday, April 24. The first game will start at 12:00 pm (MST) and the second game will start approximately 25 minutes after the first game ends. The Wolverines swept the Wildcats in a doubleheader on April 17.