This week was marked by successes from the Utah Tech University women’s track and field team, which included a broken program record and multiple top-place finishes.
Men’s golf
Utah Tech finished the regular season in Goleta, California, finishing in eighth place in the Gaucho Invitational at University of California Santa Barbara.
The Trailblazers had two golfers land in the top 20 of the individual standings. Tanner Telford clocked his fifth straight finish in the top 20, ending in a four-way tie for 16th. Zach Felts finished 20th, which was his third top 20 finish of the spring.
The team will hit the green again April 25 for the beginning of the Western Athletic Conference Championship in Payson, Arizona.
Women’s golf
The women’s team capped off the 2024-25 season with a fourth place finish at the Bobcat Invitational, hosted by Montana State University. They finished with plus-12 876 after three rounds and snuck into fourth place.
Samantha Phelan placed in the top 10 for the fourth time this season while the other five competing Trailblazers landed in the top 40.
The team is currently in Arizona to prepare for the WAC Championship April 14.
Women’s track and field
Another UT track and field record was broken at the Fullerton Friday Night Lights meet hosted by California State University, Fullerton. The record holder is senior Kylie Bishop, who placed first and hit a 1.69 meter high jump.
Two Trailblazers placed in the top five in the 400-meter hurdles. Ilenia DeHart won with a 1:03.11, and Madelynne Crawford placed fourth with 1:04.87.
The team also won the 4×400 meter relay with a 3:49.91 time. They look ahead to the Bryan Clay Invitational April 16-18 hosted by Azusa Pacific University.
Baseball
The Brigham Young University Cougars came to St. George for a rematch April 8. The Trailblazers won the first matchup March 17, 10-3, but the Cougars got their revenge with a hefty 19-1 victory in seven innings.
Gavin Glasgow’s triple in the second inning was followed by an RBI by Petey Soto Jr.
The Trailblazers then traveled to Texas for a series against the Abilene Christian University Wildcats. They lost the first by a score of 2-3, but the hitting game was highlighted by senior Ethan Royal going two for three and hitting an RBI.
The Trailblazers had the lead for most of Game 2, but ACU crawled back in and stole the 8-9 win with a walk-off single home run in the ninth inning.
Despite being down by one run going into the seventh, the Trailblazers fell short again by a score of 5-11 and ended the weekend 3-0.
Softball
UT softball traveled to Provo to take on BYU and fell short by a score of 7-12.
The Cougars jumped to a 0-5 lead with a grand slam and a single, but with help from four different hitters, the Trailblazers were able to tie the game at five going into the fifth inning. However, the Cougars stole the lead right back and scored seven more runs while holding the Trailblazers to only two.
“[We want to] score early [and] score often,” said coach Randy Simkins before the Southern Utah University series. “We talked about controlling tempo. We gotta get on base… [and] we have to put the pressure on them every inning.”
The Trailblazers split the double-header against the Thunderbirds April 11 with a 12-6 win and a 8-9 loss. Senior Carly Eldredge went three for three in the win and tallied 4 RBIs to help put the Trailblazers on top. They ended the series 1-2 after losing 11-14.
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