GREELEY, Colo.—Alexander Marco and Mick Madsen each tallied three hits to lead Utah Valley to a 9-6 road win over Northern Colorado in the first game of a three-game series at Jackson Field in Greeley, Colorado.
 
Utah Valley improves to 6-22 overall and 3-4 in WAC play. Northern Colorado falls to 6-19 overall and 2-5 in league play.
 
Utah Valley took an early lead as the Wolverines got three runs in the top of the second inning. Marco got things going in the second inning with a single to the left side. Drew Sims then forced four balls and reached first on a walk, sending Marco to second. Madsen then singled to left field, scoring Marco and advancing Sims to second base. Pacen Hayes kept things going with a double to the center field wall to send Madsen and Sims across home plate to give the Wolverines a 3-0 advantage. UNC then got out of the inning as it forced UVU into back-to-back-to-back ground outs to end the inning. 
 
Northern Colorado got a run back in the bottom of the second inning to cut the UVU lead to a 3-1 advantage. However, UVU responded in the top of the third as Ryan Eastburn singled to center before Marco homered to give the Wolverines a 5-1 lead.
 
UNC got a run in the bottom of the fourth and another in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Wolverines lead to just two runs, 5-3. Utah Valley then rallied with two outs in the top of the sixth as Kody Hall singled and then advanced to third on a couple of UNC errors that also helped Michael Beltran get to first. Beltran then stole second and advanced to third with Hall crossing the plate on an error. Beltran then scored on a passed ball to give the Wolverines two runs in the inning to help extend their lead to 7-3.
 
UVU continued to cross the plate in the top of the seventh as Madsen reached on a walk before advancing to second on a passed ball. Hayes then homered to score himself and Madsen for a pair of runs to extend UVU's lead to 9-4. UVU was held scoreless in the eighth and then got out of the bottom half of the inning as the Wolverines turned a double play with one out and a runner on first base.
 
Northern Colorado rallied in the bottom of the ninth as the Bears scored a pair of runs and had two on base with one out and the tying run at the plate. Cole Yocum was then able to force UNC into a flyout to center loading the bases. Romeo Carrillo then came in to strikeout the final UNC batter as UVU held on for the 9-6 victory.
 
Utah Valley scored its nine runs on 13 hits while not committing an error. Northern Colorado scored its six runs on 12 hits.
 
Jake Carr worked 7.0 innings on the mound to earn the win. He tallied seven strikeouts while giving up only eight hits on the 31 batters he faced. Yocum went 1.2 innings and allowed just two earned runs. Carrillo came in to register the final out with a strikeout to help preserve the victory and record his first collegiate save. 
 
Marco and Madsen each had three hits on the day to lead the Wolverines at the plate. Marco went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a pair of RBI. He had one home run on the day. Madsen went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk. He scored two runs and had an RBI. Eastburn and Hayes each helped with two hits apiece.
 
Utah Valley will continue play in the three-game series at Northern Colorado as the two teams will meet up on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Greeley