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Kate Nygaard went 3-for-3 at the plate and helped the softball team down UCR today, 5-0.
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April 15, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY - After getting off to a slow start, the University of Utah softball team jumped all over California-Riverside in collecting a 5-0, non-league win here this afternoon.
The Utes scored in each of their last three at-bats, including a three-run fifth inning, in upping their record to 13-20 for the year. The Highlanders stumble to 11-32 overall.
Ute hurler Lindsie Nielsen continues to stymie the opposing batters. After a five-inning, six-strikeout performance in relief on Wednesday, the Sandy native went the distance today in mowing down nine, walking one and scattering four hits. She improves to 5-10 for the year. Highlander Danira Iolamo took the loss and is 2-2 this season.
Three Utes tallied multi-hit outings today, led by Kate Nygaard's 3-for-3 outing. Ivette Hernandez did the most damage, though. She was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. She also belted her team-high seventh homer for the year. Bryanne Durrence bagged a pair of hits too, going 2-for-4.
Hernandez' solo home run in the fourth to right field got the offense rolling for Utah as it gave the home team a slim 1-0 lead.
But, Utah saw its lead stretch to four runs with a three-run fifth. Devina Quintero plated the insurance run and made it 2-0 with an RBI-single up the middle. Diana Phillips, who stretched her hitting streak to seven games, scored from second. The Utes would then score two runs off of bases-loaded walks. A walk to Sharee Fonoti scored Hernandez and another walk to Lynsey Wall allowed Nygaard to score.
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Mountain West Conference action is up next for Utah as it returns to the diamond tomorrow afternoon. The Utes host Colorado State in doubleheader action starting at noon.
