Score (Game 1): UC Davis 6, Utah Valley 9
Winning Pitcher: Jacob Heppner (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Keenan Anzai (0-1)
Score (Game 2): UC Davis 3, Utah Valley 4
Winning Pitcher: Alan Huerta (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: Max Hippensteel (1-1)
Location: Orem, Utah
Records: UC Davis 7-4, Utah Valley 4-7
 
The short story: After scoring 22 runs in the series opener on Friday, UC Davis dropped both games of Saturday's doubleheader against Utah Valley. In the first game, the Aggies saw contributions from their entire lineup, with all nine starters reaching base safely, but ultimately fell to the Wolverines 9-6. In the second game, UC Davis held a 3-2 lead entering the seventh inning but couldn't hold on, losing 4-3 to complete the doubleheader sweep for the Wolverines.
 
FIRST PITCH (GAME ONE)

• All nine starters reached base safely
• Freshman Keenan Anzai took the loss, while senior Noel Valdez started, going six innings with three earned runs, five hits, two walks, and five strikeouts
• The seventh inning was UC Davis' highest-scoring frame, plating two runs
• The Aggies efforts in reaching base throughout the game was supplemented by drawing eight walks
• Riley Acosta led at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI
• Braydon Wooldridge and Ryan Lee also added doubles in the game
• Utah Valley's Luke Iverson went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI

 
FIRST PITCH (GAME TWO)

• Max Hippensteel took the loss but the staff shined during the second leg of the doubleheader
• Carter Speights was a bright spot for the Aggies, coming out of the bullpen and throwing 2.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits, with two walks and three strikeouts
• Ned Frutchey and Rowen Barnes accounted for the two other Aggie arms during game two, and all four combined to collect nine strikeouts
• Offensively, the Aggies were led by Wooldridge, who went 1-for-3 on the day with a double and an RBI
• Korey Williams had a noteworthy day at the dish as well, going 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI, after going 1-for-3 in the first game of the doubleheader as well
• Alex Gouveia also helped for UC Davis, putting together two hits in four trips to the plate
• Gouveia also chipped in by going 2-for-5 in game one, collecting his third and fourth multi-hit efforts on the season with the back-to-back two hit games
• UC Davis' highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed two runs across
• Utah Valley was led offensively by Mason Strong, who went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI
• Ray Hernandez led the Wolverines pitching staff, throwing three scoreless innings

 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME ONE)

• Trailing 1-0, the Aggies first put runs on the board in the sixth inning
• Nick Leehey's run-scoring single highlighted a two-run inning for the Aggies
• UC Davis lost the lead they built in the sixth, but got back on the board in the seventh trailing 3-2
• UC Davis scored twice on Acosta's two-run homer, which brought the Aggies lead to 4-3
• UC Davis' lead had disappeared once the eighth inning arrived and turned into a 5-4 Utah Valley advantage, when the Aggies tied up the game at five
• The Aggies recorded a run on junior Braydon Wooldridge's two-out RBI double
• The Wolverines broke the tie and took the lead heading into the ninth inning, when UC Davis got back on the board
• The Aggies scored once on an RBI single off the bat of freshman Zach Story, tightening the Utah Valley lead to 9-6 but the comeback efforts would fall short

 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME TWO)

• The Aggies responded to the game one loss by getting on the board immediately, starting their scoring with one run in the top of the first inning
• UC Davis got an RBI single from Acosta, scoring Gouveia from second base
• The Aggies then held the Wolverines scoreless before expanding their lead in the third inning
• UC Davis picked up two runs in the frame, the big hit being an RBI double from Wooldridge, which brought the score to 3-0 in favor of the Aggies
• After scoring three runs within the first three innings, the Wolverines would control the late innings
• Scoring a pair of runs in the fourth, Utah Valley made it 3-2 with a single to left field and a sacrifice fly
• The game would be tied in the seventh, with an unearned run coming around to score off an RBI single through the left side
• That unearned run would prove fatal with Utah Valley walking it off in the ninth with a two-out single to secure the 4-3 win

 
UP NEXT: UC Davis will have a chance to split the series tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 11:05 a.m. PT and Tyler Wood slated to start.
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