The Trailblazers lost to Utah Valley University softball with a score of 0-14 over 5 innings, a defeat in the last game of the series March 22.
The game was on Stand Up For Cancer Day. Utah Tech wore pink uniforms and both teams wrote the name of someone on a poster to show their support for them.
Utah Tech went against UVU twice March 21 and won both games. The first game with a score of 10-8 and the second with a score of 7-2.
The first game started with four runs in the first inning. The second inning had a three-run score with the bases loaded as Marisa Rubio hit one into center field allowing the three players to run home.
The second game started with UVU scoring in the second inning and Utah Tech returning the favor in the third. The fourth inning had six runs, giving them the lead for the rest of the game.
Catcher Kinley Pappas, a freshman sports management major from Eugene, Oregon, is disappointed about the loss, but she is ready for the team to learn what they can to improve for the next game.
“I feel that now that [the loss] happened I think we got it out of the way,” Pappas said. “I think there is a lot to learn from.”
Pitcher Sauren Garton, a junior business marketing major from Pendleton, Oregon, said what they can take away from the loss is to practice their consistency.
Garton said: “I think we need to work on being more consistent. Consistent in all aspects of the game. Yesterday we had a great day; today we came out and we didn’t win any aspect of the game really. Good teams have to be consistent throughout the whole spring.”
Second base and shortstop Ellie Evans, a senior English major from Seattle, said the highlight for her was the preseason tournament in Hawaii and said it was fun to go play and relax with the team.
Evans said: “We had a preseason tournament in Hawaii this year, so that was super fun. We all got to go to Hawaii and we got to go swimming and we got to go to the beach. It was really cool to go to Hawaii with all our best friends.”
March 22 closed the three-game series vs. UVU. The team is ready to learn what they can before their next game March 25 against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
