UTAH VALLEY AT CSU BAKERSFIELD
Friday, April 27 - Saturday, April 28
3 p.m. MT/2 p.m. PT & 5 p.m. MT/4 p.m. PT (FRI) | 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT (SAT)
Wildcat Softball Field  |  Ogden, Utah 
Live Video (WAC Digital Network) | Live Stats | UVU Notes | CSUB Notes
 

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UTAH VALLEY TRAVELS TO BAKERSFIELD FOR FINAL WAC SERIES
OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University softball team will travel to Bakersfield, California this weekend for its final Western Athletic Conference series of the season at CSU Bakersfield. The three-game league series will open with a doubleheader on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. MT/2 p.m. PT, and the weekend will close with a single game on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT/1 p.m. PT.
 
All three games will be streamed live on the WAC Digital Network and will also feature live stats by visiting GoRunners.com.
 
The Wolverines (16-24, 7-4 WAC) will enter the final series currently in third place in the WAC standings and could potentially move into second place and receive a first-round bye for the WAC Tournament with a series sweep. CSUB will enter the series with a 6-33 overall record and currently in fifth place in the conference standings with a 3-9 league ledger. In another key series on the weekend, New Mexico State and Seattle U will battle it out for the regular season championship in Las Cruces this weekend. The two teams will enter the series tied for first with identical 9-3 conference records.
 
UVU will enter the final league series having won six of its last eight ballgames, which includes a three-game sweep at UMKC and taking two-of-three over the first-place NM State Aggies at home last weekend. The Wolverines took the opener over NMSU 9-7, as well as split the doubleheader on Saturday with a 5-3 setback and a 7-6 victory in the finale thanks to a walk-off RBI single from Kaylee Bott in the last of the seventh inning to help propel Utah Valley to its first series win in program history over the Aggies.
 
Following the NM State series, UVU most recently dropped a tightly contested 4-3 decision to in-state foe Weber State in non-conference action on Tuesday in Ogden. The Wolverines held a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning of the ballgame, but WSU's Courtney Petsky managed to drive out the go-ahead two-run home run in the last of the fifth inning en route to leading the Wildcats to the 4-3 come-from-behind victory.
 
Despite falling for the third time on the season to the defending Big Sky champion Wildcats, Basia Query recorded a three-hit ballgame for the Wolverines on Tuesday by going 3-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in. Brianna Moeller and Lyndsay Steverson too had multi-hit outings by each recording two hits apiece.
 
Moeller leads UVU on the season with a .376 batting average, while freshman Peyton Angulo is next with a solid .354 clip. Steverson paces the Wolverines in RBIs with 26 and Madison Sisco leads the way in round trippers with six. The one-two punch of Addie Jensen and Makayla Shadle pace UVU in the circle, as Jensen holds a 9-9 record and a 3.35 ERA while Shadle is right behind her with a 5-8 win-loss mark and a 3.59 ERA.
 
ABOUT CSU BAKERSFIELD
The Roadrunners will enter the series having dropped eight of their last nine contests and currently sit in fifth-place in the WAC standings with a 3-9 record. CSUB took one out of three at UMKC last weekend and two-of-three from Grand Canyon earlier in the year. Bakersfield also holds non-conference wins over St. Mary's, San Diego and UC Santa Barbara on the year. The 'Runners were picked to finish sixth in the WAC this season after going 12-33 overall and 4-11 in league play in 2017.
 
Julea Cavazos leads CSUB with a .318 average and 12 runs batted in, while Chris Hipa, Jocelyn Betancourt and Ariana Acedo are tied for the team lead in homers with one, and Kaylynn Burt paces the way in stolen bases with 13. Daryn Hitzel leads CSU Bakersfield in the circle with a 4-8 record, while Summer Evans holds a team-best 4.66 ERA and six complete games.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. CSU BAKERSFIELD
Friday's opener will mark the 30th all-time meeting between the Wolverines and 'Runners. UVU will enter play holding to an 18-11 all-time series lead and an 11-5 lead in WAC regular season play. Utah Valley took two-of-three from CSUB in Orem last year, but the 'Runners hold an 8-6 all-time advantage in Bakersfield.
 
ON DECK FOR UVU
The Wolverines will conclude the 2018 regular season next week with a UCCU Crosstown Clash at neighboring rival BYU and a non-conference series at Nevada. UVU will first take on Brigham Young on Tuesday, May 1 at 6 p.m. at Gail Miller Field in Provo, before heading to Reno for a three-game weekend series at the Nevada Wolf Pack May 5-6. Following the series, Utah Valley will then head to the 2018 WAC Tournament that will run May 9-12 at the NM State Softball Complex in Las Cruces, New Mexico.