Weber State University Athletics
Weber State University
Utah Valley
'Cats power past Wolverines, move into PCSC lead
4/21/2012 3:24:00 AM | Softball
OREM, Utah - Behind another double-digit hitting performance at the plate, the Weber State University softball team stepped into sole possession of first place in the Pacific Coast Softball Conference's Mountain Division.
Senior right-hander Sarah Clark went 3-for-3 at the plate, and captured her single-season record-tying 16th win on the mound, as the Wildcats knocked off Utah Valley 8-1 in the opening joust of a four-game Pacific Coast series at Wolverine Field, moving one-half game ahead of idle Portland State in the division standings.
Game two of Friday's scheduled doubleheader was suspended due to darkness with the game tied at 4-4 at the end of the 8th inning.
Clark held the Wolverines scoreless through the first 5.1 innings, giving her a 14-inning shutout streak that dated back to Game 2 of the Wildcats' series with Idaho State, before surrendering a run on a throwing error in the bottom for the sixth.
Senior Lyndsey Minnich, junior London Clarke and sophomore Brooke Silva each had two hits in the game, which saw Weber State take a 3-0 after three innings and then surge ahead 7-0 in the top of the fifth.
Silva had a two-RBI double in the third, and senior Symbree Minniear had an RBI on sacrifice bunt, making it 3-0.
Freshman Cydnee Clarke had an RBI double in the fifth inning, Clark had an RBI walk, and Minnich had an RBI single during the fifth inning, which ended with the Wildcats leading 7-0.
After Utah Valley pulled one back in the sixth, Clark had an RBI single in the seventh to make it 8-1, and Weber State closed it out in the bottom of the inning.
Game two of the series between Weber State (9-4 PCSC, 20-24 overall) and Utah Valley (6-7 PCSC, 25-18-1) will resume at 11 a.m. on Saturday, followed by the regularly scheduled doubleheader, which was set to begin at Noon.
