April 2, 2004 

PROVO, Utah - A four run seventh inning gave University of  Northern Colorado the advantage in a 6-3 win over Utah Valley State on Friday at Brigham Young University. 

The Bears scored one run in the first inning on a RBI single by Brad Baker. Wolverine starter, Jed Jensen minimized the damage by getting John Ray to pop out the first base with the bases loaded. 

The Wolverines tied the game in the bottom of the second inning on a solo homerun by Josh Hinckley, his second of the year. Hinckley went 2-for-3 on the day with 2 RBI. 

UVSC added two more runs in the fourth inning when Pepe Jones led off the inning with a single and Trent Perry walked. Hinckley came up and doubled down the right field line to score Jones and move Perry to third. Canyon Vance scored Perry on a groundout to give the Wolverines a 3-1 advantage. 

UNC got one run back in the top half of the fifth when Jon Dyson singled in Chad Clark, who led off the inning with a double. 

In the seventh inning Jensen struck out Ray for the first out of the inning. UNC's Ryan Symons then hit a homerun to left field. Clark came up and hit a soft ground ball to UVSC third baseman Reno Mendenhall who dived to his left and made a good stop. But Mendenhall's throw pulled Perry off the bag. It was ruled a hit, and proved to be an important play because following that play which would have been the second out, the Bears had three straight hits and scored three more runs. 

The Wolverines had a chance to make some noise in the bottom half of the seventh inning when they got runners on first and second on back to back singles by Jeremy Harris and Adam Hutchinson. With one out the rally was stomped out when Kevin Hashimoto grounding into a double play. 

On the day UNC (20-11) turned three double plays while UVSC turned two. 

Jensen suffered the loss and falls to 1-3 on the year. UNC's Craig Ayers earned the win and improves to 6-1. He pitched seven innings giving up five hits and three runs. 

UVSC (8-13) and UNC will play the final game of the two game set on Saturday at 1:00 pm at BYU.