Hogue Wins #500 as Utah Closes Mary Nutter Classic

Monday, February 19

Cathedral City, Calif.

9:30 AM

University of Utah

5-5

Loyola Marymount

3-5-1

Utah

LMU

Hogue Wins #500 as Utah Closes Mary Nutter Classic

2/19/2018 4:14 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 LMU 4 Utah 1 Utah 9 UCSB 0

Donovan moves into fifth all-time on carer strikeout list

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – Utah head coach Amy Hogue earned the 500^th win of her career as Utah Softball defeated UC Santa Barbara, 9-0, to close the 2018 Mary Nutter Classic

Utah 9, UCSB 0
Hailey Hilburn drove in four runs and Katie Donovan matched a career-high with nine strikeouts in a record-setting win for the Utes.

Donovan pitched five innings and allowed just three hits as she passed Meghan Dyer for fifth place on Utah's career strikeout list. For the weekend, she went 3-0 with a 0.68 ERA with 32 strikeouts in four starts.

The Utes responded to an earlier loss by putting up a pair of runs in the first. Julia Noskin singled as she and Heather Bowen both scored on Hilburn's two-run single.

After Donovan stranded the bases loaded, Utah added to its tally. Ally Dickman worked a four-pitch walk and then scored on Alyssa Barrera's RBI double. Noskin followed with another double and Kelly Martinez added another two-bagger for a 5-0 lead.

In the fourth, Barrera reached on a bunt single and scored on Martinez's second RBI double of the contest. She would advance on a wild pitch and scored as Abby Robertson legged out an infield grounder.

Another extra-base hit for Martinez came in the sixth and she quickly came home, courtesy of Hilburn's first homer of the season, a two-run shot to left.

LMU 4, Utah 1
After both pitchers worked out of early jams, LMU took the lead in the second. The Lions got a pair of singles before pitches hit two players. A RBI ground out followed and a Utah error allowed another run to come in, digging the Utes an early 3-0 hole.

LMU tacked on another run in the fifth when Delanie Wisz rapped a RBI single but further damage was avoided despite the first five batters in the inning reaching base.

Utah tried to get back in the game in the sixth when Heather Bowen doubled and scored on a Hailey Hilburn single. Despite hitting the ball hard on a number of occasions, the Utes could not add any more against the stingy LMU defense.

Despite suffering the loss, Miranda Viramontes struck out eight batters and in two starts this weekend, sat down 16 batters while only walking one

The Utes are off this weekend but return to action on Fri., Mar. 2 at Texas A&M. The Utes open with Texas State and the host Aggies in a doubleheader down in College Station.