OREM—Faith Webber recorded Utah Valley's first hat trick since 2018 and led the Wolverines back from a 0-3 second half deficit to defeat California Baptist, 4-3, on Friday night at Clyde Field. 
 
Utah Valley improves to 6-2-3 overall and 2-0-1 in WAC play. CBU falls to 5-2-2 overall and 2-1-0 in WAC play.
 
"We thought we outplayed them from minute one to minute 90 and the possession at halftime was 75 percent to 25 percent in our favor," said Utah Valley head coach Chris Lemay. "Give them credit for hitting a couple of really nice bombs in counterattack moments but at the end of the day we were quite pleased with how we played from the beginning to the end. As soon as our first goal hit the back of the net the momentum changed, and we were relentless in our pursuit to get a win tonight.
 
California Baptist took an early 1-0 lead as Lourdes Bosch stole the ball away from a UVU defender and immediately sent a shot into the net from about 25 yards out in the fourth minute.
 
The Lancers scored again in the 25th minute after Makayla Soll headed a pass forward to Kaylee Hauk who then lofted a shot into the goal from long range to give CBU a 2-0 advantage. CBU's Hauck scored again with her left foot from 20 yards out to give the Lancers a 3-0 lead in the 53rd minute. 
 
UVU then got things going in the 59th minute as Isabella Stewart sent a ball to the top of the box to Heather Stainbrook. Stainbrook then sent it over to Webber on the right side of the box where she fired a shot towards the far post and into the back of the net to cut the CBU lead to a 3-1 advantage. 
 
In the 69th minute, Hannah Lee dribbled down the right side of the field and sent a ball to Julianna Carter on the right side. Carter then poked it towards the top of box where Webber fired a shot that made it past the CBU keeper on the left side to make the score 3-2.
 
Just over a minute later Lee dribbled the ball down the middle of the field and sent a ball forward that was sent right back to her at the top of the box. Lee immediately struck the ball into the net to tie the game, 3-3.
 
Carter sent a ball to Stainbrook on the right side in the 84th minute. Stainbrook then made a move around a CBU defender and sent the ball into the middle of the box where Webber shot it into the goal to give the Wolverines their first lead of the game, 4-3. The goal gave Webber a hat trick—the first hat trick since Sadie Brockbank scored four goals in 2018.
 
"We never stopped believing in us," said Webber. "Playing in front of the home crowd after playing such a long stretch of road games and having such a large home crowd and playing front of our fans was amazing."

Utah Valley outshot California Baptist 28-8, including a 19-4 edge in shots on frame. The Wolverines forced CBU keeper Noa Schumacher into 15 saves, which are the most saves ever recorded in a single game in CBU history. Webber led UVU with a match-high 11 shots, including nine on frame. Stainbrook and Lee each had five shots. UVU had eight corner kicks while holding the Lancers without a corner kick. 

Idalia Serrano played the first half in goal for UVU, while Hailey Hillock played the second half in the box with one save. The UVU defense helped the Wolverines maintain possession for nearly 60 percent of the match.
 
Utah Valley now travels to Phoenix, Arizona to take on Grand Canyon on Sunday night at GCU Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. MT. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.