SEATTLE — Utah Valley University saw its run in the WAC Tournament come to an end by just inches in a 4-3 loss to No. 1 seed New Mexico State on Friday night at Logan Field.
 
The Wolverines had the tying run at second with two outs, but the final out was made at the plate with Madison Carr trying to tie the game on an Emery Nielson base hit. Carr doubled past third with two outs and nobody on, but couldn't beat the throw home on Nielson's hit to end it.
 
The Wolverines finish the season — head coach Stacy May-Johnson's first full season at the helm — at 24-28 overall, with one of those wins coming on Thursday over NM State in the WAC Tournament opener.
 
"This season has been up-and-down, but this group is resilient," said May-Johnson. "They just fight. Every game. We didn't always come out on top, but I love the way this team competes. I love the way they play the game."
 
Basia Query collected her program record 204th career hit in her final game, and also had two RBIs during a three-run fourth inning.
 
Trailing 4-0 entering the fourth, Linnah Rebolledo walked with one out and Rien Milliken followed with a double to put two in scoring position. Query drove home both runners with a base hit to right and then scored when Siena Sandoval doubled to right. Peyton Prigge delivered a base hit that looked to have tied the game, but Sandoval was called out at the plate on a close play, preserving the lead for the Aggies.
 
Brooke Carter pitched the final 6.0 innings and didn't allow a run on just two hits and struck out eight including a streak of four in a row during the third and fourth innings.
 
The Aggies struck quickly behind a three-run home run in the of the first from WAC Player of the Year, Nikki Butler. Matalasi Faapito, who retired the first eight hitters she faced in the circle, added a sacrifice fly in the second inning.
 
NM State will now advance to face Seattle U in Saturday's championship round, needing to beat the Redhawks twice to win the WAC's bid to the NCAA Tournament. Seattle U defeated the Wolverines, 5-1, earlier on Friday.