Box Score ABILENE, Texas – Utah Valley baseball fell to Abilene Christian 16-6 in the series finale Sunday afternoon. Derek Houston finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a homer and two doubles for UVU (16-34), while Mason Strong added a 2-for-3 performance. ACU (25-26) was led by a two-home run game from Diego Cardenas and six RBIs from Brady Ladusau.
 
The Wolverines jumped on the board first, scoring two runs in the top of the first inning. Brody Block was hit by a pitch to begin the game and stole second before advancing to third when the throw went into center field. Kaden Carpenter worked a walk to put runners on the corners, and Chipper Beck grounded out to third base to make it 1-0. Strong then singled through the hole, but the ball deflected off the glove of the ACU shortstop to allow Carpenter to score.
 
After the Wildcats responded and took a 3-2 lead, Houston doubled on the second pitch of the second inning and later scored on a single by Cooper Brass to even the game at 3-3.
 
Houston tied the game again in the top of the fourth inning with a solo homer to left-center field. It was his fifth home run of the season, and the fourth time this season that he has recorded three hits in a game, and his fifth multi-hit game.
 
The Wolverines answered ACU's two-run fourth inning with a two-run fifth of their own. Hunter Katschke started the rally with a four-pitch walk, and Block hit a sharp ground ball to second base on a short hop to put two runners on with no outs. Strong delivered a clutch two-out single following a pair of strikeouts to bring home a run and cut the ACU lead to 6-5. Following an ACU mound visit, Houston struck again with a ground-rule double to left-center field to tie the game at 6-6.
 
Abilene Christian scored nine runs over the next three innings to clinch the series. 
 
Earlier in the day, UT Arlington defeated Utah Tech, officially eliminating Utah Valley from WAC Tournament contention. The Wolverines will play Tuesday night in Provo against BYU with the first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. MT. UVU will wrap up the 2026 campaign with a three-game series against UT Arlington beginning on Thursday, May 14 at 6:05 p.m. MT.