LOS ANGELES - Utah Softball suffered a sweep at the hands of No. 2 UCLA this afternoon, falling in the finale, 10-0.
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Ally Dickman had a pair of hits but Utah managed to bat just .183 this weekend against UCLA's rotation of pitchers.
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Today, a pair of walks and a bunt loaded the bases to start the game for UCLA and Aaliyah Jordan made Utah pay with a two-run single.
Hailey Hilburn's third free pass of the inning re-loaded the bases and Malia Quarles added a two-run single of her own.
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Utah's best chance to score was in the second.
BreOnna Castaneda was plunked and
Abby Robertson doubled but Holly Azevedo got a pop up and strikeout to keep the Utes off the board. The sophomore improved to a perfect 10-0 this season for the Bruins,
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Jordan picked up another RBI with a single in the second that scored Bubba Nickles and Quarles knocked her teammate home with her third run batted in later in the frame.
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A pair of walks and an error led to UCLA's seventh run in the third before Briana Perez walked it off with a three-run homer in the fifth to cap the day.
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Utah is back in action with four games this week. First, they travel to Provo for the annual Deseret First Duel on Wednesday evening before the final home stand of the season against Oregon. The Utes and Ducks begin play Friday night and continue with Bark in the Park on Saturday afternoon and Senior Day on Sunday
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