ST. GEORGE, Utah — The Utah Valley Wolverines dropped their final two games of the season, falling to the Utah Tech Trailblazers 6-3 and 10-2 in Saturday's doubleheader.

The loss drops Utah Valley (10-14 WAC) into a three-way tie for eighth place with California Baptist and Abilene Christian, but CBU will claim the final spot in next week's WAC Tournament by virtue of holding the tiebreaker over both teams. 

Early inning runs from the Trailblazers spelled doom for the Wolverines, as Utah Valley was unable to dig itself out of the deficits in either game. 

GAME 1

Utah Tech plated a pair of runs in the first off of a home run from Shea Clements, and added another in the third on a solo shot from Hannah Hughbanks. 

The Wolverines had trouble capitalizing with runners on in game one, stranding seven runners on base, including four in the first three innings. Payge Armendariz broke through with a one-out RBI double to score Angelique Mann, but an inning-ending double play two batters later snuffed out the rally. 

The Trailblazers got that run back with another solo home run in the bottom of the fourth. Megan Gibbs gave Utah Valley a pair of runs in the fifth when she blasted her 11th home run of the season out to left field. 

Utah Tech plated some key insurance runs in the bottom half of the sixth to re-extend the lead back up to three. Rylee Thorpe doubled with two outs in the seventh, but the Wolverines were unable to capitalize on it.

GAME 2

Utah Valley escaped a jam in the bottom of the first allowing just one run, but the Trailblazers blitzed the Wolverines for four runs in both the second and third to pull away. 

The Wolverines got two runs back in the fourth with an RBI groundout from Kalena Shepherd and an RBI double from Armendariz, but Utah Tech was able to secure the run-rule victory in the fifth with a walk-off sacrifice fly. 

Gibbs' 11 home runs in 2023 is tied for the eighth-most in a single season in program history, and her 20 career home runs ranks seventh in UVU history.