No. 13 Utah Drops Opener to No. 8 UW, 12-1

Thursday, May 11

Salt Lake City, Utah

7:00 PM

University of Utah

33-12, 0

Washington

41-11, 0

Washington

Utah

5/11/2017 9:03 PM | Softball

Box Score Utah vs. Washington Notes

Utes look to bounce back tomorrow night

SALT LAKE CITY – No. 13 Utah suffered a stinging loss in its opener with No. 8 Washington this evening, 12-1

The Huskies got things going immediately when Sis Bates singled and Casey Stangel walked. After a grounder to short, Taylor Van Zee smoked a ball back to the circle that caught Katie Donovan and scored the game's first run. Julie DePonte followed with a single to left and the relay throw home was not in time, giving UW a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom half of the frame, Hannah Flippen reached via a fielder's choice and after stealing second, she scored on an Anissa Urtez single to right, halving the deficit

In the second, Kelly Burdick bunted her way on, stole second and after a Ali Aguilar single moved her to third, the No. 9 hitter came home on a passed ball.

After a pair of walks, Morganne Flores cleared the bases with a double. She would score on defensive indifference as Utah cut down a would-be base stealer at second.

Kirstyn Thomas smashed the third pitch of the third inning to center for her seventh homer of the season and the Huskies added four more in the fourth.

Van Zee smacked her sixth homer of the year, a two-run shot, Ali Aguilar slapped a single to right and a Utah error tacked on another to make it 12-1

Donovan (15-9) suffered the loss as she surpassed 100 pitches in a game for the seventh time this season. Hailey Hilburn recorded the final four outs in relief. On the other side, Taran Alvelo improved to 26-6 for UW.

Join us tomorrow for the annual Alumni Game and Power of Pink Night. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. MT. You can watch the entire series live on the Pac-12 Networks, stream it via pac-12.com/live or listen on UtahUtes.com and KUTE