Softball Byu finishes scanning in the first Big 12 series against Utah – Deseret News

The Softball Byu-Utah series ended anti-limatic on Saturday afternoon, while cougars have comfortably put the UTES 14-5 in a sixth round rule.

After the first two games saw Byu to make seventh -round feedback crowned by the match winners, the cougars followed again on Saturday early Saturday, but rallied quickly and then built a big lead to finish the series scan on their rival.

After a solid start, the UTES increased 4-1, UTAH coach Amy Hogue made the decision to shoot the starter Shelbee Jones for the Brooklyn Carreon lift in the third round.

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To put it lightly, it was not the Carreon round.

The cougars exploded for nine points in the third, including two points scored by Junior Lily Owens. Its 3-point circuit in the round has extended the advance of the cougars to six to 10-4.

Owens herself had the series. On Thursday, she struck the single of Balk-off RBI in additional sleeves to crown the return of the cougars. In the three games, Owens have achieved nine strokes, seven points and six products produced.

“This weekend was electric,” said Owens. “The third match was” to go out and have fun and continue to score “. The rating is fun.

“His level of play was great all year round,” said BYU head coach Gordon Eakin when he asked him about Owens’ performance. “She had an excellent year.”

The first -year slugger of Byu, Ilove’ Brittingham, also made the story on Saturday. His single of 2 RBIs in fifth round put it at 62 points produced on the season, the most for any first -year student by byu in the history of the school.

“There is no one more deserving than they,” said Owens about his record teammate. “She’s going to have a great career here.”

With the victory on Saturday, the cougars increased to 29-12 in total and 11-7 in the Big 12. They are fifth in the Big 12 ranking.

“A scan of the series against Utah is great, simple and simple,” said Eakin. “They are our rival and we want to beat them. To sweep them away, especially in the way we made and the figures we put in place, was really nice … It also gives us a big momentum in the future in our last two series ”

Owens also addressed what it meant to take revenge on the Utes after last season’s defeat.

“We lost against Utah last year in a mid -week match, not being in the same conference, so being able to come back and managing them is simply great,” said defender of the veteran center.

This loss of series was emblematic of the season that Utah has. The UTES are now 12-34 in total and 4-14 in play Big 12. It is a team of young Utes, with few upper binders on the list and not seniors in the turning of pitching.

In 2023, the UTES reached Women’s College World Series for the first time since 1994. There are only seven players on this list.

Utah will seek to bounce back on its home diamond against Iowa State next week. The three -game series will go from Friday to Sunday.

Now, a sequence of five consecutive victories, Byu will go to Waco, Texas, to play Baylor on Thursday.