ST. GEORGE, Utah — Nine different Wolverines registered a hit — including a four-hit day by Peyton Hall and homers by Emma Haygood and Megan Gibbs — to lead Utah Valley to a resounding 14-0 win in five innings over the Utah Tech Trailblazers on Saturday afternoon.
The Wolverine bats were hot from the jump, plating four runs in the top of the first and pulling away with a nine-run third inning to take the series finale from the Trailblazers.
"That's the potential that we can reach every game," said head coach Cody Thomson. "We've worked really hard to get to this point and we've just got to be mentally tough and be prepared to do this every game."
Peyton Hall put up her second four-hit performance in the last seven games, and has hit safely in each of those with a .600 average in that span. Haygood and Gibbs drove in a team-high three, all of which came on their respective homers.
Tatum Hall, Bailey Marvin, and Britney Moreno each drove in two runs apiece, with Marvin's coming in a pinch-hitting capacity. Trinity Johnston picked up the first hit and RBI of her collegiate career in her first start with a double that was just short of home run distance.
Utah Valley scored four runs in the first before ever recording an out. After Gibbs and Amber Rodriguez reached to start the inning, Tatum Hall doubled and Haygood homered to drive in the runs.
Cam Davis worked around a pair of walks to keep Utah Tech off the board in the home half of the first. Davis was untouchable in 2.2 hitless innings of work, and the Wolverines gave up just two hits overall.
Tatum Hall picked up an RBI in the top of the second on a tough comebacker to the pitcher plated Gibbs.
15 Wolverines came to bat in a nine-run top of the third that blew the game wide open. Peyton Hall, Johnston, and Moreno each reached twice while driving in at least one in the inning. The big hits of the inning were a three-run moonshot by Gibbs and a two-run double by Marvin.
Utah Valley will continue rivalry week with the Crosstown Clash against the BYU Cougars at home on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. MDT, and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats at UVUStats.com.
