(Abilene, Texas - March 28, 2025) - The Trailblazers took the first two games of their series at Abilene Christian on Friday afternoon defeating the Wildcats, 5-1 and 8-4 at Poly Wells Field.

Utah Tech (14-20, 5-6 WAC) totaled eight hits in the first game led by a 3-for-3 performance from Rylie Haith, who added a pair of RBI.

Lakaiya-Braessia Kahahawai-Kekona tallied a pair of singles, scored a run and stole a base.

In the circle, Sauren Garton earned her sixth win of the season tossing five innings limiting Abilene Christian (8-26, 4-7 WAC) to four hits, one run and struck out three.

Riley Price came in for the final two innings limiting the Wildcats to three hits.

The second game saw the Trailblazers total 15 hits, their most since a season-high 18 against Idaho State on Feb. 22, getting base knocks from 10 different Trailblazers.

Led by a 3-for-4 performance by Marisa Rubio, the senior outfielder hit her team-high ninth double of the season, while the pair of Brooklyn Dowdle and Kahahawai-Kekona each scored two runs apiece.

Freshman Lexie Wilson threw her first career complete game tossing a season-best seven innings holding ACU to six hits, four runs and struck out one.

Game One Recap
The Trailblazers got the scoring started in the first inning with an RBI single back up the middle by Haith and pushed their lead to 3-0 in the third with a pair of runs.

Gabi Giroux was hit by a pitch with a pair of outs, and after Kennedy Embrey came in to pinch run, Maka Sonognini drew a walk.

With Embrey and Sonognini both moving up to scoring position, Cassidy Hornung drilled a two-run triple through the left side of the infield that bounced off the shortstop's glove into left field.

Two more runs came around for the Trailblazers in the fifth on back-to-back RBI singles by Haith and Rubio.

ACU broke up Garton's shutout bid in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, but the Wildcats were unable to get any more runs across.

It was the fifth contest this season the Trailblazers have held an opponent to one run or fewer.

Game Two Recap
The backend of the doubleheader saw the Trailblazers get out to a 3-0 lead with a run in the first and added two more tuns in third on an RBI single back up the middle by Kahahawai-Kekona and Rubio added an RBI double to center.

The Wildcats jumped on the scoreboard in the third with a run, but UT answered back with a run in the fourth thanks to an RBI single by Jayda Gleave.

Four more runs came home for the Trailblazers in the fifth to extend Utah Tech's lead to 8-1 as ACU continued to chip away at the lead scoring two runs in the fifth on a two-run home run and closed out the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Up Next
The Trailblazers go for the series sweep in the series finale on Saturday afternoon at 11 a.m.