Utah Valley at Seattle U
Friday-Saturday, April 29-30   |   5 & 7 p.m. MT on Fri. and 3 p.m. MT on Sat.
Seattle, Wash.   |   Logan Field
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OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University softball team will head to Seattle this weekend to close conference play against Seattle University. The three-game WAC series will begin Friday, April 29 at Seattle U's Logan Field.
 
The fifth-place Wolverines and the sixth-place Redhawks will open the series with a Friday doubleheader at 5 p.m. MT/4 p.m. PT and 7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT before closing the series with a single game on Saturday at 3 p.m. MT/2 p.m. PT.
 
"We're looking forward to getting to Seattle this weekend," head coach Nikki Palmer said. "These should be three winnable games and we're anticipating a sweep."
 
UVU will enter its final league series with a 6-36 record and in fifth place in the conference standings with a 2-10 league record. The Wolverines will enter play having dropped five straight ballgames after getting swept by Grand Canyon in its final home series last weekend. The Antelopes took the first contest, 4-0, before recording back-to-back 10-6 decisions in the final two games to sweep the series.
 
Errors doomed the Wolverines in the series, as GCU scored a total of 14 unearned runs off of UVU miscues. Despite going 0-3 in the circle, the UVU pitching staff posted a 3.33 ERA on the weekend.
 
Junior Brittney Vansway led Utah Valley offensively against the Lopes by hitting an even .600 (6-for-10) with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored. Sophomore Taleigh Williams was next by going 4-for-9 (.444) with a pair of runs batted in and a run scored, while fellow sophomore Breezy Roth extended her season-high reached base safely streak to 18 games after hitting .429 for the series with three walks and three RBIs.
 
Vansway leads the Wolverines on the season with a .326 batting average, five home runs, 14 doubles and 26 RBIs. Fellow junior Brianna Gatlin is next with a .308 clip and 23 runs batted in, while sophomore Makayla Shadle paces the UVU pitching staff with a 4.85 ERA and a 1-6 record.
 
ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Seattle U will enter the series with a 15-30 overall record but just 1-11 in league play to sit in sixth place in the WAC standings. The Redhawks will enter Friday's opener having dropped eight straight ballgames after getting swept at home by UMKC last weekend, as well as at CSU Bakersfield the previous week. SU's lone league win came over GCU at home on April 8. The Redhawks were picked to finish fifth in the WAC this season after going 4-10 in conference play a year ago.
 
Paige Bouska leads SU on the year with a .344 average while Isabella Geronimo paces the team with 26 RBIs. Alyssa Reuble is tops on the pitching staff with a 6-10 record and a 3.78 ERA.
 
Friday's opener will mark the 23rd all-time meeting between UVU and SU. Seattle U will enter the weekend holding a 13-9 series advantage despite Utah Valley having won four of the last six meetings, including two at the 2015 WAC Tournament.
 
ON DECK FOR UVU
The Wolverines will step out of conference play to conclude their regular season at No. 5 Oregon on May 3 and Portland State on May 4. UVU will play a doubleheader at both Oregon and PSU before returning to Seattle May 12-14 for the 2016 WAC Tournament.