Utah Athletics Closes Out Weekend Of Strong Performances For Spring Sports
Apr 29, 2024, 10:46 AM | Updated: 1:47 pm
View of Rice Eccles Stadium - Photo by KSL Sports
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Athletics had a great weekend, and we aren’t just talking about the football team’s latest NFL Draftees. The spring sports season is rolling for the Utes with many teams enjoying a lot of success on the playing field.
Lacrosse, softball, baseball, golf, and track and field/cross country all put forth excellent efforts over the past weekend with some record-setting performances.
Let’s take a look at each team and what they accomplished.
Utah Lacrosse Earns Piece Of ASUN Regular Season Championship
Lacrosse is one of Utah’s newest sports and they have been on a tear earning their third conference title over the weekend in just five years of existence. Not bad.
For the 3️⃣rd straight year, your Utes have won at least a share of the ASUN regular season 🏆🙌#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/k1OPMqgtrq
— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 28, 2024
Head coach Andrew McMinn and the Utes now turn their attention to preparing for the ASUN Championship Tournament this weekend.
Utah’s first match will take place on May 3 in the semifinal round against either Bellarmine or Cleveland State.
Mark your 🗓️‼️ https://t.co/MZKNndAfBZ
— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 28, 2024
Utah Softball Earns 30th Win Of The Season On 4th No-Hitter Of The Year From Mariah Lopez
Utah softball sits at 30 wins on the 2024 season after pitcher Mariah Lopez pitched her fourth no-hitter of the year against Oregon State.
Shonty Passi and Julia Jimenez were also key factors in the Utes’ big road win hitting homeruns.
𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭!
The Utes end the weekend by blanking Oregon State for their 3️⃣0️⃣th win of 2024!#GoUtes /// #SOTL pic.twitter.com/PvPcUxkVBx
— Utah Softball (@Utah_Softball) April 28, 2024
Utah will be back in Salt Lake this weekend hosting the Washington Huskies in their final home series of the season.
𝗨𝘁𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸
🥍 @UtahLacrosse
🥎 @Utah_Softball
⚾️ @utahbaseball🎟️ https://t.co/pL7bwJAt8N#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/QL9EoacxqO
— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) April 29, 2024
Utah Baseball Sweeps UCLA Series For First Time In Program History, Share First Place In Pac-12
Utah baseball is enjoying their best season since they won the Pac-12 Title in 2015.
The Utes are currently tied for first in the league with Arizona after completing their first-ever series sweep against UCLA.
🧹🧹🧹#UtesWin for the first sweep of UCLA in program history#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/oOJhD6jPXF
— Utah Baseball (@utahbaseball) April 28, 2024
Centerfielder Kai Roberts was instrumental in the win while also setting some of his own history with the most stolen bases in a single season in program history (28).
Great weekend to be a Ute‼️
Hear from @kairoberts00 after the sweep pic.twitter.com/6uMCzmTU3V
— Utah Baseball (@utahbaseball) April 28, 2024
The Utes will be on the road this week starting on Friday, May 3 against the Oregon Ducks.
Javier Barcos and Sergio Jimenez Make Utah Golf History
The Utah men’s golf team had a pair of Utes make some history at the Pac-12 Championships over the weekend.
Javier Barcos became the first Utah golfer to have consecutive top-15 finishes at the Pac-12 Championships while Sergio Jimenez posted Utah’s highest finish ever at the event.
Javier Barcos became the first Ute to post consecutive top 15 finishes and Sergio Jimenez recorded the highest finish ever by a Utah golfer at the Pac-12 Championships on Sunday.
📰: https://t.co/cZyC8dDb9b#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/jTLG3H1DBL
— Utah Mens Golf (@UtesGolf) April 29, 2024
The golfing Utes will have a small break this week while they wait to find out where they are heading in the NCAA Regionals starting on May 8.
Utah Track And Field/Cross Country Set Some New School Records
Utah’s distance medley relay team (Bri Rinn, Harley Daniel, Kyla Martin, and Erin Vringer) set a new school record in the Drake Relays over the weekend posting the fastest time in school history (11:04.57) for a second-place finish.
🚨SCHOOL RECORD ALERT🚨
DMR squad of Bri Rinn, Harley Daniel, Kyla Martin and Erin Vringer set a new school record with a time of 1⃣1⃣:0⃣4⃣.5⃣7⃣ for 2nd overall at @DrakeRelays‼️#GoUtes | #UtahTFXC pic.twitter.com/dJ4lTiSnSQ
— Utah T&F/XC (@Utah_trackfield) April 27, 2024
Additionally, Utah’s 4X100 m relay team (Megan Rose, Emily Martin, Malia Overton, and Bailey Kealamakia) ran the second fastest time in school history in their event (44.91).
Utah’s 4x100m relay team of Megan Rose, Emily Martin, Malia Overton and Bailey Kealamakia run the second-fastest mark in program history with a mark of 4⃣4⃣.9⃣1⃣‼️#GoUtes | #UtahTFXC pic.twitter.com/3Unq5spMek
— Utah T&F/XC (@Utah_trackfield) April 27, 2024
Finally, the Utes’ 4X400 m relay team finished with the third fastest time in program history of 3:36.50.
The 4x400m relay team closes out the 114th edition of the @DrakeRelays with the 3rd fastest 4x400m relay time in program history (3⃣:3⃣6⃣.5⃣0⃣)‼️#GoUtes | #UtahTFXC pic.twitter.com/tcSMLbSmUJ
— Utah T&F/XC (@Utah_trackfield) April 27, 2024
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