February 18, 2024
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Sarah Ladd and Mariah Lopez combined on a six-hit shutout leading #13 Utah to a 5-0 win over UC San Diego in the final game of the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge.
Ladd went 5 ? and allowed just five hits, walked one and struck out three to get the win. Lopez got the final five outs allowing one hit and striking out three..
Aliya Belarde and Karlie Davison were named to the session 2 All-tournament team for Utah while Lexi O’Gorman and Morgan Eng earned the honors from UC San Diego.
The Utes improve to 5-4 on the season while the Tritons drop to 1-7.
Karlie Davison’s RBI single in the first gave the Utes a 1-0 lead.
Utah added two runs in the second on an RBI double by Kaylah Nelsen and a sacrifice fly by Belarde.
The Utes added an unearned run, on a throwing error in the fourth to push the lead to 4-0.
Lelani Melendez’s sacrifice fly in the sixth closed the scoring.
Haley Denning had three hits while Nelsen and Belarde had two hits each in the win for the Utes.