RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California Baptist came from behind to avoid a series sweep, defeating Utah Valley, 6-5, in Western Athletic Conference softball on Saturday afternoon in Southern California.
 
The Wolverines (14-17, 2-4) led 3-0 after a three-run third, but two in the fourth and four in the fifth helped the Lancers (13-21-1, 3-3) salvage the final game of the series. The big blow was a go-ahead three-run home run from Amanda Argomaniz in the fifth. 
 
After UVU shut out CBU during both games in Friday's doubleheader, Devyn Cretz kept the Lancers off the board for the first three innings, retiring nine of the first 10 hitters she's faced.
 
Abby Robertson singled to begin the fourth, and Makayla Jordan followed with a home run to end a scoreless streak that dated all the way to last Sunday against Dixie State, a 31-inning stretch without a run for CBU.
 
After a three-run home run yesterday, Jaeden Barajas made an earlier CBU error hurt in the top of the fifth when she singled home Laynee Betancur with two down. Down 6-4 after the big inning for CBU, the Wolverines got a run back in the sixth after Linnah Rebolledo singled, moved to second on a wild pitch, and then scored on a Siena Sandoval base hit.
 
Utah Valley had 10 hits in the game, with four different players collecting two hits each. Kyla Hardy was 2-for-4 with with two doubles for the Wolverines. The Lancers finished with nine hits. Despite seeing her scoreless streak end at 14.2 innings, Cretz still finished the week 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA in 21.0 innings pitched during the week.
 
The Wolverines will play a Tuesday midweek game at Weber State at 4 p.m. before opening the WAC home schedule on Friday with a doubleheader at 1 p.m. against preseason favorite Seattle University.