OREM, Utah – Fresh off of a series split at San José State over the weekend, the Utah Valley University baseball team will head to Provo for a Tuesday midweek crosstown clash against neighboring rival BYU. The in-state battle will begin at 5 p.m. MT and will be contested at Brigham Young's Larry H. Miller Field in Provo.
 
Tuesday's ballgame will be streamed live on both BYUtv.org and the BYUtv App. Live audio will also be available by visiting GoUVU.com/watch as well as on the radio on ESPN 960. Live stats can also be followed by visiting BYUstats.com.  
 
UVU will enter the contest with a 3-9 record on the young season after splitting a four-game non-conference series at SJSU over the weekend. After dropping the series opener, 3-1, the Wolverines responded by coming from behind to earn a 6-5 13-inning game in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader. The Spartans then responded by claiming the nightcap, 10-1, before UVU bounced back by winning a 1-0 shutout on Sunday for head coach Eric Madsen's 300th career victory.
 
Senior outfielder Jake Berry was the hero for UVU in Saturday's win, as the Bay Area native went 3-for-6 with a home run in the ninth and a go-ahead RBI double in the 13th, as the Wolverines recorded the 6-5 extra-inning win. Trailing 5-3 in the ninth, Berry started a ninth-inning rally by smacking out UVU's first home run of season to left to make it a one-run game. With two runners on and one away, Mitch Moralez delivered the game-tying RBI by driving home Garrett Broussard with an RBI single to left to force extras. After a trio of scoreless extra innings, Kade Poulsen started off the 13th with a leadoff single. Pinch runner Jake Plecas then advanced to second on a passed ball and came around to score what proved to be the winning run on the clutch RBI double from Berry.
 
In Sunday's series finale, Mason Gray was dominant on the mound for UVU by going a career-long 8.2 innings while scattering five hits and striking out four. He faced the minimum in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings, and allowed just three hits into the ninth. The Spartans then got two hits off of him in the ninth and later loaded the bases with two away, but UVU closer Pedro Perdomo came on and drew a game-ending groundout off the bat of Johnny Mendoza to earn the save and seal the win for the Wolverines. 
 
Kade Poulsen led UVU offensively in Sunday's win over SJSU by going 3-for-4 with the lone RBI of the game. Alexander Marco too had a multiple hit day by going 2-for-4. 
 
Poulsen also led the Wolverines at the plate in the series over San José State by hitting .429 (6-for-14) with an RBI, while Moralez followed by going 5-for-17 (.294) with a double, two RBIs and a run scored. 
 
SEASON LEADERS
The senior Poulsen leads UVU on the year with a .346 batting average, while Moralez follows with a .333 clip and team-leading tallies of five doubles and six RBIs. The freshman Broussard is next with an even .300 batting average, five RBIs and a team-best six runs scored. 
 
Jesse Schmit leads Utah Valley's starting pitching staff with a 1-0 record, 1.50 ERA and 19 strikeouts over 18.0 innings, while lefty Logan Petet is the top reliever with an 0-0 record, 0.93 ERA and seven strikeouts over 9.2 innings or work. Freshman right-hander Devin Smith is scheduled to start Tuesday's contest and will go up against BYU righty Tyson Heaton.
 
MADSEN NOTCHES WIN NUMBER 300
Behind a combined shutout from Mason Gray and Pedro Perdomo, head UVU coach Eric Madsen recorded his 300th career victory in 1-0 victory in the series finale at San José State on Sunday. In his 12th season at the helm of Utah Valley, Madsen now holds an NCAA Division I career record of 300-327 (all at Utah Valley). During his tenure at UVU, Madsen has led his Wolverines to three Great West Conference regular season and tournament championships, as well as the program's first NCAA Regional berth (2016 Baton Rouge Regional) after winning the WAC Tournament in 2016. He has also led his club to a pair of 40-win seasons, which included an improbable 32-game winning streak in 2012 and a program-record 47 wins that year (47-12).
 
ABOUT BRIGHAM YOUNG
The Cougars will enter Tuesday with a 6-6 overall record after dropping three of four at New Mexico over the weekend. BYU also holds wins on the year over No. 25 Oregon State, Gonzaga, and three over Cal Poly. Brigham Young was picked to finish second in West Coast Conference this season after going 36-17 overall in 2019 and winning the WCC with a 19-8 conference mark. 
 
Freshman Cutter Clawson leads BYU with a .417 batting average. Andrew Pintar is next with a .326 clip and a team-best 10 runs scored, while preseason All-WCC selection Mitch McIntyre is hitting .238 and has a team-leading tally of eight runs batted in. Justin Sterner is BYU's top starting pitcher so far in 2020 with an 0-0 record, 3.18 ERA and 19 strikeouts over 17.0 innings of work, while reliever Cooper McKeehan is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA and eight strikeouts over 4.1 innings. 
 
ALL-TIME HISTORY VS. BYU
Tuesday's game will mark the 39th all-time meeting between UVU and BYU. The Cougars will enter play holding to a 29-9 series advantage after having won eight straight contests. Last year, BYU won both season meetings with a 5-1 win on March 5 in Provo and a 14-13 extra-inning victory on March 19 in Orem. 
 
ON DECK FOR UTAH VALLEY
UVU will cap its 17-game stretch away from home to start the 2020 campaign by heading to Seattle this weekend for a four-game non-conference series against Pac-12 foe Washington. The series will run Friday to Sunday, March 6-8, at UW's Husky Ballpark. The Wolverines will then welcome Air Force to town for a two-game midweek set at the new doTERRA Field at UCCU Ballpark on March 10 and 11.