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University of Utah
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West Virginia
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Utah Baseball Treks to No. 11 West Virginia
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First meetings with Mountaineers on deck in Morgantown
| 2025 Utah Baseball Game Notes | |
| Games 27-29 Date // Time (MT) |
Utah (13-13, 2-7 Big 12) at No. 11 West Virginia (24-4, 4-3 Big 12) Friday, April 4 // 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5 // 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6 // 10 a.m. |
| Location | Morgantown, W. Va. (Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark) |
| Live Statistics | StatBroadcast |
| Watch | ESPN+ |
| Game Notes | Utah // West Virginia // Big 12 Conference |
| @UtahBaseball Social Media | Twitter/X // Instagram // Facebook // #GoUtes // #UteNotes |
The First Pitch: Things to Know
The fourth Big 12 Conference series of the season is on deck for the Utah baseball team and it brings the Utes to West Virginia for a three-game set with the Mountaineers. The series will be played from April 4-6 inside Wagener Field at Kendrick Family Ballpark in Morgantown, West Virginia.
- West Virginia is ranked in three of the five major college baseball polls this week. The Mountaineers were slotted No. 11 in the Perfect Game poll, No. 23 by the NCBWA and No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
- The series this weekend will mark the first time that Utah has played in the Eastern Time Zone since 2019. In April of that season, the Utes took two of three games played on the campus of East Carolina, dropping the opener to the host Pirates before rattling off neutral-site wins over Western Carolina and Wright State.
- In the available history of the Utah baseball program, this is the first time the team has faced a program from The Mountain State (either West Virginia or Marshall).
- Utah is looking to snap out of a four-game losing streak and was most recently in action with a weekend series against Arizona State. Austen Roellig went 7-for-12 and all of Core Jackson's four hits went for extra bases, but the ASU bats were too hot for Utah to keep up with at Smith's Ballpark.
- Both Friday's opener and Sunday's series finale last weekend were tied after six innings, before ASU pulled away late in both contests. Utah had opportunities in the middle game on Saturday, but left 12 men on base and was plagued by four errors.
- Now members of the Big 12 Conference, the league is Utah's fifth affiliation since resuming varsity baseball in 1948. Previously, the Utes have played in the Skyline Conference (1948-62), WAC (1963-99), Mountain West (2000-2011) and Pac-12 Conference (2012-24). Since joining the WAC, Utah has won five conference championships, most recently in 2016 as a member of the Pac-12.
- Shortstop and senior Core Jackson continues to lead the Utah offense with a .406 batting average, 10 doubles, six home runs, 24 RBI and 31 runs scored—all team bests. In addition, infielder Austen Roellig (.336), outfielder Kaden Carpenter (.324) and infielder Tyler Quinn (.308) are each hitting over .300 with at least 19 RBI and 11 extra-base hits.
- Both Jackson and right-handed pitcher Colter McAnelly were included on the midseason position rankings released by D1Baseball.com. Jackson was listed as the No. 13 shortstop in the country and McAnelly checked in as the No. 32-ranked starting pitcher.
- Following the trip to Morgantown, the Utes will turn their attention to a three-game rivalry series against in-state foe BYU from April 10-12 at Smith's Ballpark.
This Week in Utah Baseball History
April 3, 2016 – Utah completes its first Pac-12 Conference sweep since joining the league with a 4-2 win at home over Arizona. The Utes had to come from behind in all three games at Smith's Ballpark and sealed the sweep when DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. smacked a two-run double in the eighth inning of game three. In the series opener two days earlier, Jayson Rose pitched a seven-inning start with 10 strikeouts. Utah went on to win the Pac-12 Championship.
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