ST. GEORGE — Utah Tech women’s softball will host their second tournament in as many weeks Friday-Monday, March 3-6, with BYU, Utah Valley, Oregon State, Portland State, Idaho State and UNLV scheduled to participate
The Blazers are 4-0 at their home venue Karl Brooks Field, which will serve as the centerpiece for the three-day tournament (several other teams will be contested at Bloomington Park). The hosts are scheduled to play as follows at Karl Brooks Field:
- Friday, 12:30 p.m., Oregon State
- Saturday, 3 p.m., Portland State
- Sunday, 3 p.m., UNLV
- Sunday, 5:30 p.m., Idaho State
- Monday, 11 a.m., Idaho State
Click here for additional information about this weekend’s tournament, including the full schedule. Ticket information can be found at utahtech.edu/ticket-office or by calling Utah Tech’s Box Office at (435) 652-7800.
Utah Tech (9-5 overall) was undefeated in its first weekend at home hosting the Utah Tech tournament Feb. 24-26. The Blazers opened play against Saint Louis last Friday winning both games of a doubleheader 2-1 and 17-5. Then they beat Weber State 16-5 on Saturday and finished the tournament winning 6-5 thanks to a walk-off hit by Lauren Almedia.
The standout of the weekend was senior Hannah Hughbanks, who went 7-11 with 6 walks, 8 runs scored, 10 RBI and two home runs to earn Western Athletic Conference hitter of the week. She is the second Trailblazer to win the award this season. In the first week of the season, Tanya Windle won the award going 7-16 with three extra base hits and seven RBI.
In the circle, the Trailblazers’ early ace is Sauren Graton. She has pitched in six games completing four of them with one shutout. She has a team-best 2.94 ERA while holding batters to a .243 batting average across 35.2 innings.