April 8, 2008
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
OREM, Utah - Alli Bramwell didn't surrender an earned run while Utah Valley pounded 17 hits and scored 12 runs in a double header sweep of Idaho State at MSTAR Field. The Wolverines (7-22) won 8-0 in six innings and 4-3.
Bramwell recorded two complete-game wins while giving up just seven hits, walking one batter and striking out 17 combined. A variety of hitters contributed to UV's lopsided game one victory while Heidi Stocks accounted for much of the offense in game two.
"With the exception of the last inning of the second game I'm happy with how we played in all facets of the game," UV head coach Todd Fairbourne said. "Alli pitched well, we hit the ball well and played good defense for the most part."
Utah Valley jumped out to an early lead in game one when the first three Wolverine batters reached base. Kylee Steadman delivered her first of two RBI in the game on a bases loaded sacrifice fly to plate Meghan Woodworth. Jessica Anderson delivered the big blow of the first inning, a three-run deep home run to put the Wolverines up 4-0. The homer was Anderson's first in her Division I playing career.
Meanwhile after ISU's Megan Miller led the game off with a hit, Bramwell didn't surrender another hit the rest of the game. The only other baserunners came on an error and a hit batter. Bramwell struck out eight in game one.
The Wolverines picked up runs in the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, McGraw had a RBI single and scored on a Stocks triple. Stocks was plated on a RBI single from Steadman. In the sixth Abby Bowcutt led the inning off with a RBI double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a walk-off RBI single by Magan Niemann.
The Wolverines got off to a quick start in game two as well when Woodworth led off with a single, moved to second on a bunt and scored on a Stocks RBI single.
ISU got the run back after a pair of Wolverine runs in the top of the third inning helped score Krista Armstrong, who led the inning off with a hit.
UV's big inning came in the bottom of the fourth when McGraw walked to start the inning and scored on Stocks' fourth home run of the season, a deep two-run shot to right center. Anderson nearly went yard for the second time on the day when she doubled off the top of the fence two batters later. She later scored on a RBI single by Bowcutt to put the Wolverines ahead 4-1.
Bramwell held the Bengals off the scoreboard until the final inning when the UV defense had trouble closing the game out. ISU scored two seventh inning runs off three Wolverine errors. Bramwell struck out her career-high tying ninth strike out to end the game.
The Wolverines will continue their play against Division I independents when they travel to play Cal State Bakersfield in a pair of double headers Saturday and Sunday.
