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Postgame Notes: Utah vs. Ole Miss (May 21)
5/21/2023 5:20 PM | Softball
Postgame Notes
2023 NCAA Salt Lake City Regional
Salt Lake City, Utah (Dumke Family Softball Stadium)
No. 15 Utah 4, Ole Miss 1
Sun., May 21, 2023
First Pitch: 12:05 p.m. MT | Game Duration: 2:35
Attendance: 2,506 (sellout)
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Utah
Ole Miss
2023 NCAA Salt Lake City Regional
Salt Lake City, Utah (Dumke Family Softball Stadium)
No. 15 Utah 4, Ole Miss 1
Sun., May 21, 2023
First Pitch: 12:05 p.m. MT | Game Duration: 2:35
Attendance: 2,506 (sellout)
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Utah
- Utah advanced to its third Super Regional in program history (2016, '17, '23) and are projected to host a Super Regional for the first time in program history.
- Utah is 31-36 all-time in NCAA Tournament play, and 29-24 in regional competition.
- Amy Hogue, the winningest head coach in Utah softball history, is 438-390-1 in her 16 seasons leading the Utes.
- Utah's 40 wins on the season are the most since Marianne Bullis and Kyle Magnusson guided the 2006 edition of the program to 40 victories. Utah has won 40-plus games seven times in its history (1982, '85, '94, '97, 2000, '06, '23).
- Junior left-handed pitcher Mariah Lopez pitched her second complete game of the regional, 14th of the season her 21st as a Ute. Lopez is the first Utah pitcher in the Pac-12 era to throw two complete games in the same regional weekend.
- It was Lopez's 32nd start in the circle during the 2023 season (37 total appearances) and 68th career start (92 appearances).
- All of Utah's four runs came in the second (3) and fourth (1) innings. The Utes scored in both frames after putting the leadoff batter on base (single in the second; double in the fourth).
- Freshman shortstop Karlie Davison clubbed her 11th home run of the season during the second inning. It is the most by a Utah freshman during the Pac-12 era (since the 2012 softball season).
- Freshman center fielder Abby Dayton recorded her second outfield assist of the season during the fifth inning. Dayton's other came in the game vs. Stanford on April 14.
- Multi-hit performances went on the books for Aliya Belarde (22nd), Abby Dayton (ninth) and Julia Jimenez (14th).
- Dayton extended her hitting streak to 10 consecutive games and has reached base safely in 15 straight contests, both the longest active streaks on the team.
Ole Miss
- Ole Miss appeared in the NCAA Softball Tournament for the seventh consecutive season. All of the Rebels' appearances in program history have come since 2016. All-time the Rebels are 17-15 in NCAA Tournament play.
- Head coach Jamie Trachsel is 455-253-1 in her 13-season head coaching career, including a 109-69 ledger in three seasons leading Ole Miss.
- Freshman center fielder Jalia Lassiter had an RBI double during the fifth inning. It was Lassiter's eighth double and 22nd RBI of the season, both leading freshmen on the team.
- Lassiter had her 14th multi-hit game of the season—tied with Tate Whitley for the most on the team.
- Senior shortstop Mikayla Allee's 2-for-3 performance was her ninth multi-hit game on the year. Allee doubled in the fourth inning; it was her 10th two-bagger on the season.
- Allee made her 256th career start at Ole Miss; it is the most by any player in program history.
- Senior first baseman Paige Smith worked two walks to extend Smith's on-base streak to eight games.
- Sophomore right-handed pitcher Catelyn Riley started her 16th game of the 2023 season and made her 24th appearance in the circle. In Riley's career, she has made 27 starts and 54 appearances.
- Ole Miss' senior class includes Nyomi Jones, Makenna Kliethermes, Paige Smith and Brooke Vestal. Jones and Smith were members of the team for its last three NCAA Tournament appearances, Vestal for a second straight postseason run while Kliethermes reached her first NCAA Tournament this season with Ole Miss.
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