(St. George, Utah - March 13, 2026) - The Trailblazers opened up the Trailblazer Classic on Friday falling 10-1 in five innings to BYU and 6-5 in eight innings to Omaha in the nightcap at Karl Brooks Field.

Utah Tech (10-16) got off to a slow start offensively against BYU (7-18) as the Trailblazers were held to three hits and a lone run scored by Kamryn Caldwell in the second inning.

The second contest against Omaha (16-6) saw Utah Tech's offense have much more success tallying 12 hits led by a career-high three base knocks from the dish by Drew McKown.

A trio of other Trailblazers also tallied two-hit performances by Kinley Pappas, Summer Sanderson and Baylee Howley.

The Trailblazers also matched their season high with four stolen bases against the Mavericks getting stolen bags by four different players.

In the circle, Delaney Wright and Riley Price saw action in the first contest while the second contest saw Sauren Garton get the start tossing four innings before Lexie Wilson (1.1 innings) and Cemryn Pickett (2.2) closed out the game. 

How It Happened vs. BYU
A five-run first inning for the Cougars got BYU out to a quick lead and a two-run RBI single & a sacrifice fly in the second pushed the lead to 8-0.

A leadoff single by Gabi Giroux was followed by a walk to Sanderson to start the bottom of the second.

Howley followed driving home pinch-runner Caldwell from second base with an RBI single to left, but that was all the offense the Trailblazers could get going as 12 of the next 13 batters were retired to end the contest.

The Cougars scored one run apiece in the fourth and fifth to complete the run-rule victory.

How It Happened vs. Omaha
The offense got going much earlier in the second contest for the Trailblazers scoring a pair of runs in the first and tacking on one more in each of the second, third and fourth innings.

Building a 5-1 lead after four innings, the Trailblazers scored each of their first four runs on RBI single by Pappas, Howley, Sadie Phillips & McKown, reespectively, and added the fifth run in the fourth taking advantage of a Maverick fielding error.

A pair of long balls by Omaha tied the contest at five through six innings as the Mavericks got a solo home run in the fifth before adding a three-run shot by Katherine Johnson in the sixth.

A scoreless seventh pushed the contest to extra innings for the first time this season for the Trailblazers.

Omaha quickly scored in the eighth after a runner started at second, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and came home to score on a sacrifice fly. 

The Trailblazers were unable to counter as a bunt attempt by Pappas was popped up before the contest finished with a double play on a line out by Giroux.

Up Next
The Trailblazers wrap up the Trailblazer Classic on Saturday afternoon taking on Omaha at 2 p.m.