Utah Softball Hosts UVU Tuesday Night

Tuesday, April 2

Salt Lake City, Utah

6:00 PM

University of Utah

Utah Valley

Photo by: Steve C. Wilson

4/1/2019 2:42 PM | Softball

Utes and Wolverines have first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 2	Utah vs. Utah Valley \| 6 p.m.
LOCATION	Dumke Family Softball Stadium \| Salt Lake City
PROMOTION	Weekday Work Perks
LIVE STREAM	U tahUtes.com
LIVE STATS	UtahUtes.com

ON DECK
Utah welcomes Utah Valley to Salt Lake City on Tuesday evening. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m.

The Utes are 26-3 all-time vs. UVU, 12-1 at home, and swept all four meetings (two in SLC, two in Orem) during the 2014 season when they last played.

UTAH NOTES
- Utah has turned 18 double plays, the most in the Pac-12 and seventh nationally. The Utes turned three in a game vs. Ohio State earlier this year.

- Julia Noskin and BreOnna Castaneda have combined for 152 assists, 32 more than second best in the conference (Gortarez-Loomis, ASU)

- Newcomer Sydney Sandez's 24 appearances are tops in the Pac-12. Teammate Chantelle Ladner is third with 22 outings

BARRERA BREAKING OUT FOR UTES
Alyssa Barrera leads the Pac-12 and sits 12th nationally with five triples, three of which came against Cal. Over the last four weeks, she is hitting .478 and slugging .783 with 20 RBI

She ranks seventh in the Pac-12 with a .384 batting average and 10th with 38 hits. In conference play, she ranks fourth in hits and ninth in batting average at a .526 clip.

Barrera, named to the 2018 USA Softball Player of the Year "Watch List", also made the short list of finalists for the 2017 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award.

Last season, she hit .322 in 2018, the second-best average on the team. As a freshman, she ranked sixth in the Pac-12 and led the Utes with 46 runs scored.

She was also named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team and All-Freshman Team.

DICKMAN HAS BEEN DYNAMITE
Over the last five weekends, Ally Dickman is hitting .449 and slugging .776 with four home runs and 15 driven in.

The senior owns the longest hitting streak (10 games) and on-base streak (12 games) for the Utes this season and is currently the toughest at bat in the Pac-12.

She has just three strikeouts in 81 at bats and ranks among the top 20 in the conference with a .605 slugging percentage

BONSTROM BLOWING UP
After her first two Pac-12 series, freshman Ellessa Bonstrom has shown she will be a force to be reckoned with in years to come.

In conference play, she leads the league with seven walks and ranks third in slugging (1.250), on-base percentage (.652), fourth in home runs (3) and total bases (20) and seventh in runs scored (8).

NOSKIN A NAME TO REMEMBER
Julia Noskin has registered multiple hits in 11 contests this season and ranks 11th in the Pac-12 in batting average (.364) and seventh in total hits (39).

Noskin was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshmen Team in 2018. She hit .310 and led the team in runs (31), walks (15) and on-base percentage (.395).

Her numbers increased in conference play as she led Utah in total hits and batted .333 with a .455 on-base percentage.

The Calabasas, California native played every game for Utah, starting 47 in left field, and moved into the leadoff spot for the final 27 games of the season where she hit .473.