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FIRST PITCH: Utah Tech (33-22) will make its second postseason appearance in the program's brief NCAA Division I era this Wednesday in the quarterfinal round of the 2026 University Credit Union Western Athletic Conference Postseason Baseball Tournament. 
            The third-seeded Trailblazers will square off against No. 6-seed UT Arlington (19-30) in the first game of the day beginning at 12 noon (MT), at Hohokam Stadium (12,500) in Mesa, Ariz. 
 
ALL-TIME SERIES: Utah Tech is 4-8 all-time against UT Arlington, which includes a 1-2 series loss two weeks ago in Arlington. 
            That said, the Trailblazers have won four of their last seven games vs. UTA, this after Utah Tech had lost the first five meeting in the series - all on the road. 
 
ALL-TIME IN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS: This weekend's tournament will not only serve as Utah Tech's second D-I postseason appearance, it will also be just the third time the Trailblazers will have played in a conference postseason tourney.
            Last season, Utah Tech went 1-2 in its WAC tourney debut, defeating California Baptist in a 6-5, 11-inning thriller (5/20/25) in an opening round match-up, before dropping two-straight to both Grand Canyon (L, 6-7; 5/21/25) and Abilene Christian (L, 5-9; 5/22/25) to be eliminated. 
            In its first RMAC season in 2019, the No. 3 seed Trailblazers won the first two games, but were defeated in the winner's bracket final, and bounced in the semifinal elimination round.
 
WAC FOR ONE MORE SEASON: The 2026 campaign will mark an end of an (brief) era as Utah Tech will compete as a member of the Western Athletic Conference for the sixth, and final, season. The Trailblazers joined the WAC in 2020-21 during the first year of the program's NCAA Division I transition. 
 
CLIMBING THE "MOUNTAIN" IN 2027: This past October 29, Utah Tech announced that it had accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference beginning on July 1, 2026. 
            Starting in the 2026-27 season, both the Trailblazer Baseball and Men's Soccer programs will compete under the Mountain West banner as affiliate members.
 
COACHING STAFF: Two-time Pacific West Conference Coach of the Year Chris Pfatenhauer is in his 14th season as head coach of the Utah Tech Baseball program.                   
            During his tenure in the Utah Tech dugout, Pfatenhauer led the Trailblazers to consecutive PacWest titles in 2014 and 2015, and to five-straight trips to the NCAA West Regionals from 2013-17, including serving as the host institution in 2013. 
            Pfatenhauer, who picked up his 350th victory as UT skipper in the 2025 regular season finale at Sacramento State (6-5; 5/17/2025), owns a 384-327-1 (.540) overall record at Utah Tech, and a 436-386-1 (.530) career mark. 
            Joining Pfatenhauer (UNLV, 2000) in the Trailblazer dugout this season is assistant coach Braxton Ipson (Utah Tech, 2020), who is in his fourth season on coaching staff overall after concluding his collegiate playing career with the program in 2020.
            In addition, pitching coach Quentin McGrath (Washburn, 2017) and assistant coach Tyler Malone(Oregon State, 2020) are in their first seasons on Pfatenhauer's staff, as is former Trailblazer Jake Schulz(Utah Tech 2025), who returns to Utah Tech as the program's director of baseball operations.
 
LAST TIME OUT: Utah Tech wrapped up the 2026 regular season with a three-game home sweep of visiting Abilene Christian last weekend at Bruce Hurst Field.
            The Trailblazers, who set a program NCAA-era, three-game series scoring record with 48 total runs, posted a pair of eight-inning run rule victories, 22-12 and 19-8, which bookended a 7-4 win in game two. 
            Utah Tech stole a season-series high 10 bases (10-for-11) and belted a season-series high tying seven home runs. 
 
HOME SWEET HOME: Thanks to its weekend sweep of ACU, Utah Tech improved to 347-183 (.655) all-time in 530 games played inside the friendly confines of Bruce Hurst Field since the start of its four-year era in the 2007 season.
            The Trailblazers played to a 17-9 overall home record this year, which was the program's 17th winning home record in 20 seasons since transitioning to NCAA status. 
            Utah Tech has won 20 or more home games in eight of its previous 20 seasons overall, including 21-5 (.807) record in 2017, and a 24-6 mark (.800) in 2016, which was the second-best home record in terms of wins in the program's NCAA era (26-7 in 2009). 
            The 24 home wins in 2016 were the most under Head Coach Chris Pfatenhauer, while the .807 winning percentage in 2017 was the best W% in Pfatenhauer's tenure.
 
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Utah Tech has managed to hold its own away from away from home as the Trailblazers have played to a 200-247-1 overall road record (.446) in their near 20 full years of NCAA play, which included their final 16-13 2026 road mark. 
            Thanks to finishing three games over .500 on the road this season, Utah Tech has posted a winning road record in nine of their last 17 seasons overall. The 16 road wins this season are the most in the program's brief Division I era, and tied for the most in the program's four-year era overall (16-7-1 in 2017).
            In 2015, Utah Tech went a program-best 15-5 on the road (.750), and the Blazers have won at least 10 road games in 10 of their last 12 seasons overall. 
            When you also figure in neutral-site games (16-12 in 28 games), Utah Tech is 216-259-1 (.455) all-time away from Bruce Hurst Field in the program's NCAA era.
 
ON TO THE NEXT THOUSAND: Utah Tech played in its 1,000th NCAA-era ball game when Blazers took the field at UT Arlington back on May 8. 
            The Trailblazers have played to a 563-442-1 (.560) record all-time as the program competes in its 20th NCAA-era season. 
            That record includes a 130-197 (.397) mark in the program's current Division-I era, and a 72-96 (.428) final record in WAC play.  
 
10W vs. P4: 10 of Utah Tech's 130 D-I wins have come against Power-4 programs, including its road win at Big 12 member BYU back on April 20. 
            Prior to this season, the Trailblazers had posted two wins over P4 opponents in each of the last two years, including in-state victories over both Big 12 opponents BYU (10-3; 3/17/25) and Utah (12-8; 3/25/25). 
            Utah Tech also collected two P4 wins in 2024 on the road at Big 12 member Oklahoma State (9-8; 3/5/24), and at home vs. Utah when the Utes were a member of the PAC-12 Conference (W, 11-8; 5/7/24).  
            Seven of the 10 Trailblazers wins have come against three former PAC-12 member schools (4 vs. Utah; 1 each vs. Arizona/Arizona State/Washington State). 
            Of note, Utah Tech's first three victories over BYU, which is in its third season of Big 12 play, were recorded when the Cougars were members of the West Coast Conference.
           
FREE BASEBALL: Utah Tech has seen five of its last 41 games go into extra innings, including an 8-5 loss in 11 innings in the series finale at UT Arlington back on May 10, and a dramatic 8-7 walk-off home victory in 10 innings over Fresno State (3/19). 
            The Trailblazers also split two 10-inning games in the Austin Peay series earlier this season, and dropped the series finale at Santa Clara (L, 5-6; 3/15) in 10 innings back in March.
            The Trailblazers are 8-14 in extra inning affairs during their current Division I era, including a 5-4 mark since the start of the 2025 campaign.
            In all, Utah Tech is 40-28 (.588) in 68 extra-inning games in the program's four-year era. The Blazers are 21-16 in 10-inning games, while the program has won 14 of its last 27 extra inning games overall.
 
FIVE BLAZERS EARN WAC POSTSEASON HONORS: Utah Tech baseball landed five players on the 2026 Western Athletic Conference postseason awards list, which was announced by the league office on Tuesday.
            The Trailblazers co-led the WAC with three first-team selections, including senior catcher Ty Johnsen and junior infielders Ryan Kroepel and Kyle McDaniel.
            In addition, junior infielders Miller Durham and Petey Soto Jr. were voted to the conference's second team, with Soto Jr. also garnering All-Defensive team honors. 
 
AIN'T LIFE GRAND: Utah Tech blasted three more grand slams during its April eight-game homestand to bring its season total to a school-record six through 55 games this year.
            Soto Jr. connected on the Trailblazers' fourth slam of the year in G2 vs. Sacramento State back on April 3, which actually broke the school record first. 
            Sophomore DH Cooper Smith followed that one week later with a GSHR in the eighth inning of the series opener vs. Azusa Pacific (4/10).
            McDaniel accounted for the sixth slam in the fifth inning vs. Washington State (4/15). McDaniel, who also belted a grand slam in March vs. Austin Peay (3/5), became the first Trailblazer with two grand slams in one season in the program's current NCAA Division I era.
            Utah Tech had tied the school record with three grand slams, all of which happened within a span of six innings during the Blazers' March homestand.
            The Trailblazers' first grand slam came in walk-off fashion when senior DH/INF Gavin Glasgowcleared the bases in Utah Tech's series finale win over Northern Colorado (6-4; 3/1).
            Utah Tech followed that up with a school record two GS homers in its series opening win vs. Austin Peay (3/5). In addition to McDaniel's first slam, which came in the fourth inning, senior OF/3B Kace Naonebelted his first grand slam as a Blazer one inning later in the fifth, marking the first time in the program's NCAA era that Utah Tech had hit two slams in one game. 
            Utah Tech has belted at least three grand slams in a season seven times, including in their first D-I season in 2021. The Trailblazers also did it four times in the D-II era (2009/2010/2011/2016). 
 
WALK IT OFF: Glasgow became the first Trailblazer slugger in just over 10 years to end a game with a walk-off grand slam, doing so in the series finale vs. Northern Colorado back on March 1.
            Glasgow finished the day with a career-high five RBI to go with his first home run as a Trailblazer. The senior is currently one of two Trailblazer sluggers to have driven in five runs in a game this season (McDaniel at CSU Bakersfield - 2/18 and vs. Fresno State 3/19). 
            The senior's walk-off homer came just over 10 years to-the-day of Utah Tech's last walk-off grand slam. Former Blazer Division II All-American Tanner Morache was the last to achieve the feat, doing so in a 9-6, 10-inning home victory over Saint Martin's (2/21/16).
 
WALK THIS WAY: Utah Tech's offense continued pad its single season school record for walks drawn by collecting 25 more free passes in its sweep of ACU last weekend.
            The Trailblazers now have 320 walks through 55 games, which leads the WAC and is ranks the team SEVENTH in Division I heading into this weekend's tournament. Utah Tech's 320 walks this season broke the previous record of 294 set in 2019. 
            Utah Tech was issued a season-high 15 walks by UNLV pitching in its road win in Las Vegas back on March 22. Utah Tech batters were also plunked four times that afternoon, and the Blazers were able to turn three of those HBPs, and two of the walks, into runs in the 11-1 run-rule victory.
            Along with the 25 walks, Blazer batters were hit by nine ACU pitches last weekend. 
            The Trailblazers have now been plunked by a school record 105 pitches this season (28th - NCAA D-I), which shattered the previous record of 71 set in 2014. Junior 3B Ryan Kroepel leads the team with 17 HBPs, two of which came last weekend, which helped him break a painful single-season record previously held by former Blazer and current San Francisco Giants farmhand Logan Porter (16 - 2018).
            Kroepel also drew a pair of walks in the ACU series, which helped him vault set a school single-season record in that category as well. 
 
SPECIAL "K": Thanks to a combined 28 punch outs in last weekend's sweep of ACU, Utah Tech broke the program's single-season strikeout record with 417. 
            This season's 417 Ks eclipsed the previous record of 415 set during the 2022 season. In addition, this season marked just the third time in the program's NCAA era that Trailblazer pitching recorded at least 400 strikeouts in a season (401 - 2021). 
 
IN THE NCAA RANKS: In addition to walks drawn and HBPs, Utah Tech is currently ranked seventh nationally in sacrifice bunts (53), seventh in and OB% (.433), 20th in batting (.310), t-18th in base hits (578), and 62nd in walks allowed/9IP (3.91).
 
TRAILBLAZER PLAYER QUICK HITS
AROUND THE HORN
* - In addition to earning Second Team all-WAC honors, junior 1B Miller Durham collected his second WAC Player of the Week award on Monday.
* - Durham batted a combined .667 (10-for-15) with three home runs, 11 RBI and five runs scored in four starts last week. 
* - Durham opened the final week of the regular season going 2-for-2 with an RBI in the Trailblazers' road finale at Utah (5/12).
* - Durham then went on to hit .615 (8-for-13) in the ACU series, during which he belted all three of his homers, highlighted by a two-homer, five-RBI day in last Saturday's 19-8 win. 
* - Durham's five RBI last Saturday bettered his previous career high of four, which he recorded in the Blazers' 22-12 triumph last Thursday night. He went 3-for-6 in that game with a homer and two runs score, then followed that up with a 2-for-3 night and drove in another run in last Friday's 7-4 victory. 
* - Durham saw his season-long 10-game hit streak stopped in the CBU series opener (4/24), though he came back with a 3-for-3 night with two doubles and one RBI in game two (4/25).
* - Durham was named University Credit Union WAC Player of the Week on April 20 after he batted a combined .636 (14-for-22) with three extra-base hits, four RBI and nine runs scored to help lead the Trailblazers to a 4-1 record the week prior.
* - Durham recorded at least two hits in all five of those games, including a pair of three-hit games at Utah Valley (4/17-18), before posting his second four-hit game of the season in series finale (4/19). 
* - Durham closed the 2026 regular season as the WAC's leading hitter with a .395 average to go with 10 home runs, nine doubles and 42 RBI in 41 games.
* - Durham is currently riding a six-game hit streak, and a career long 27-game on-base streak ... Durham has hit safely in 32 of his 41 starts with 20 multi-hit outings, including four-straight and in 12 of his last 18 games overall. 
* - Despite playing in only 41 games this season, Durham finished second in the WAC in on-base percentage (.484), fifth in slugging percentage (.643), t-eighth in the WAC in homers (10), 17th in hits (62) and RBI (42). 
* - Durham was dominant in conference play, during which he hit a combined .429 (2nd) with seven extra base hits and 19 RBI. 
* - Durham is also rated as one of the best defensive first basemen in the conference, and nationally, as he currently owns a .993 fielding percentage with only two errors in 296 total chances. 
* - Heading into this weekend's tourney, Durham's .395 average, and his .643 SLG%, rank him fifth on Utah Tech's single-season list. 
* - Junior 2B Kyle McDaniel began the 2026 season as the 12th-rated second baseman by D1Baseball.com.
* - McDaniel saw his school NCAA-era record streak of reaching base safely end at 58-straight games after he was held off the base paths in the series opener at Santa Clara back on March 13.
* - Since then McDaniel has reached base safely in 28 of his last 30 games, and in 41 of his last 45 starts overall ... he has done so with at least one base hit in 30 of those games, including 24 of his last 28 starts.
* - McDaniel has pounded out at least two hits in 25 of his 55 starts this season out of the lead-off spot, highlighted by a school-record tying five hits along with four RBI in last Friday's victory over Abilene Christian. 
* - McDaniel combined to hit an even .600 (9-for-15) in the ACU series with two doubles, his seventh HR of the year (G2), seven RBI and six runs scored ... he also became just the fifth Trailblazer in program history to reach the 200-hit plateau (204). 
* - McDaniel was also a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts in the ACU series, while as a team Utah Tech went a combined 10-for-11. 
* - McDaniel went 2-for-4 with a triple, homer and a career-high six RBI in the win over Washington State (4/15) ... he also his safely in all three games vs. Tarleton State three weeks ago with a pair of two-hit games, highlighted by a 2-for-4 night with his sixth HR of the year and three RBI in G1 ... McDaniel hit .455 in the series with team highs of four runs scored and four walks. 
* - McDaniel was named WAC Player of the Week on Feb. 23, after he batted a combined .389 (7-for-18) out of the lead-off spot over the final four games of Utah Tech's season-opening, eight-game California road swing ... he collected two extra base hits, six RBI, two stolen bases and two runs scored.
* - McDaniel begins the week t-second on Utah Tech's single season list in walks (43), t-third in steals (16) and fourth in hits (82), and is ranked in the top-10 all-time in walks (3rd - 110), stolen bases (t-2nd - 34), doubles (T4th - 41), hits (4th - 204), OB% (t-6th - .444), at-bats (5th - 613), total bases (6th - 291), and runs (6th - 132). 
* - Junior SS Petey Soto Jr. has been named as a semifinalist for the 2026 College Baseball Foundation's Brooks Wallace National Award for the nation's top Division I shortstop. 
* - Soto Jr. is on an absolute tear batting in the nine-hole of the Trailblazer line-up ... he managed to extend his two career-long streaks, a 16-game hit streak and a 36-game on-base streak, during the first two games of the CBU series last month ... however he saw those streaks come to an end the series finale (4/26). 
* - Soto Jr. as hit safely in 39 of his last 46 starts overall, and is hitting at a .373 clip (63-for-169) over this stretch with a combined 17 XBHs and 42 RBI, and is 13-of-15 in stolen base attempts. 
* - Soto Jr. hit a combined .357 (5-for-14) last weekend vs. ACU, against which he doubled twice and stole two bases as part of a three-hit game in Friday's opener. 
* - Soto Jr. also belted his fifth homer of the season in the third inning at Utah back on May 12.  
* - Soto Jr. hit a combined .333 (4-for-12) at UT Arlington two weeks ago ... he recorded two hits in each of the final two games after going hitless in the series opener (5/8).
* - Soto Jr. batted a combined .455 (5-for-11) in the Tarleton series three weeks with two RBI and a co-team high four runs scored. 
* - Soto Jr. hit .308 (4-for-13) in the Sac State series to begin WAC play (4/2-4), highlighted by a 2-for-4 night with his first collegiate grand slam and a career-high six RBI in G2 (4/3). 
* - Soto Jr. enters play this week t-5th in program history in career stolen bases (27-for-35).
* - Junior 3B Ryan Kroepel was tabbed WAC Preseason Player of the Year and was voted to the conference's all-preseason team at both third base and at reliever.
* - Kroepel began the season ranked as the 18th-rated third baseman by D1Baseball.com, and has been included on both the 2026 NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year watch list and John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award national semifinalist list.
* - In addition, Kroepel was tabbed as a Perfect Game College Midseason Third Team All-American as a two-way player back on April 1, and was named the national John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week on March 10 for his efforts in the Trailblazers' home series split with Austin Peay. 
* - Kroepel batted .308 (4-for-13) in the ACU series last week, though he saw his career long on-base streak end at 37-straight games after an 0-for-5 day at the plate in G2 last Friday night.
* - Kroepel's 37-game on-base streak was the third-longest in the program's NCAA era behind McDaniel's school record 58-game streak, and former Blazer All-American Tanner Morache's 39-game streak set in 2016. 
* - Kroepel as reached base with a hit in 15 of his last 17 starts ... he also has seven multi-hit efforts and 15 RBI over that stretch, including a 3-for-5 night with his sixth homer of the year, two RBI and four runs scored vs. ACU last Friday night. 
* - Kroepel led Utah Tech with a .667 average (4-for-6), seven total walks and five runs scored in the CBU series last month, and he reached base safely in 11 of his 13 plate appearances overall. 
* - Kroepel begins the week ranked in the top-10 all-time in OB% (3rd - .457), batting (8th - .343) and HBPs (T5th - 23).  
* - Kroepel has also recorded 10 saves and is 1-1 on the mound in 17 appearances this season ... Kroepel's 10 saves leads the WAC and ties him for 16th in the current NCAA Division I rankings. 
* - Kroepel tied a career high with three strikeouts in 2.0 innings of one-run, one-hit relief in G2 vs. ACU last Friday night. 
* - Kroepel picked up two saves in games one and two in the UVU road series, and enters the this week's WAC tourney tied for third on Utah Tech's single season saves list, and tied for second place (18) all-time in program history in career saves. 
 
FROM POLE TO POLE
* - Sophomore LF Finnegan Stewart as hit safely in four-straight, and in 21 of his last 27 games, during which he has batted .357 (40-for-112) with nine two-hit games, two three-hit game, and two four-hit outings, including a 3-for-5 effort with one double, two walks and three runs scored in last Thursday's series opener vs. ACU. 
* - Stewart tied career highs with four hits and four RBI in Utah Tech's G2 win at UT Arlington back on May 9.  
* - Stewart saw his 10-game hit streak snapped by an 0-for-5 in G2 at Utah Valley (4/18) ... all he did after that was go 4-for-4 with a school single-game record tying two triples, one double, three RBI and a career high four runs scored in the series finale (4/19), and went 2-for-4 one night later in the win at BYU (4/20). 
* - Stewart became the first Trailblazer in the program's brief NCAA D-I era with two triples in one game, and just the second player in the program's near 20-year NCAA era overall with two triples in one game.
* - Stewart has 35 total RBI over this current 27 game stretch and 15 XBH, including his seventh homer of the season, a two-run shot vs. Tarleton State (5/2).
* - Stewart finished seventh in the WAC with a team-high 54 RBI, including a conference-leading 26 RBI in WAC play. 
* - Freshman CF Mays Madsen has been on a heater in his own right over his last 11 games, during which he is hitting at a .288 clip (15-for-52) with 13 RBI and 13 runs scored. 
* - Madsen has pounded out at least two hits in seven of his last 19 games, highlighted a his first collegiate three-hit outing in G2 vs. Azusa Pacific (4/11) ... he also drove in a career high four runs, including a three-run first inning double, in the home win vs. Washington State (4/15).
* - Madsen batted .300 (3-for-10) in his three starts vs. Tarleton State, with two of those hits and his two RBI in the series coming in the series opener (5/1). 
* - Junior RF Hudson Manwaring was named WAC Player of the Week last week after he batted a combined .714 (10-for-14) with two doubles, five RBI and three runs scored in three starts at UT Arlington.
* - After going 2-for-3 in the series opener (5/8), Manwaring went 4-for-5 and drove in a career-high five run, highlighted by a bases clearing three-run double, in the Trailblazers 16-4 game two victory (5/9).
* - Manwaring followed that up with four more hits in the finale (5/10) with another double and two runs scored.
* - Then for good measure, Manwaring went 4-for-5 at Utah on May 12, his third-straight, three-hit game, and finished with two RBI and three runs scored. 
* - Manwaring hit a combined .308 (4-for-13) in the ACU with five RBI and six runs scored, along with his first homer as a Trailblazer - a three-run blast in Utah Tech's 7-4 G2 victory.
* - Manwaring has hit safely in 11-straight games, and in 19 of his last 22 starts overall with 13 multi-hit outings ... he is now 40-for-91, (.439) over this current stretch, and he has raised his season batting average 114 points to .339 heading into this week's WAC tourney. 
* - Manwaring has swiped nine of his co-team high 16 stolen bases over the last 20 games, and he begins the week t-third on Utah Tech's single season steals list (16-for-22). 
 
BEHIND THE PLATE
* - Senior catcher Ty Johnsen enjoyed a solid series vs. Sac State, batting .538 (7-for-13) with a pair of doubles, four RBI and four runs scored.
* - Johnsen followed that up by hitting at a .455 clip (5-for-11) a week later in three starts vs. Azusa Pacific, which included his second HR of the season a career-high four RBI in G2 (4/11).
* - Johnsen also notched career highs of four walks (tied school record) and four runs scored in the Washington State win (4/15). 
* - Johnsen saw his career long 28-game, on-base streak snapped at UT Arlington two weekends ago, against which he was held off the base paths in all three games.
* - Johnsen has hit safely in 10 of his last 14 games, including a 2-for-4 night with a career-high tying four RBI and two runs scored vs. ACU last Thursday night.
* - Overall, Johnsen has hit safely in 35 of the 51 games he has played in with 14 multi-hit starts,
* - Senior catcher Andrew Pyle batted a combined .400 (2-for-5) with two RBI and four runs scored in two games in last weekend's ACU series.
* - Pyle went 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI-triple, his second career three-bagger, in the series finale at Utah Valley (4/19) ... in fact his triple came right after Stewart's second triple of the game.
* - Pyle doubled and recorded his second triple of the season, and the third of his Blazer career, in last the road win at UT Arlington (5/9). 
 
THE ROTATION
* - Senior RHP Tyler Ray recorded his fourth win of the season in the series opener at UVU (4/17)... Ray struck out a career high seven a scattered four runs on five hits over 5.2 IP. 
* - Ray was the hard-luck loser in the series opener at UT Arlington (5/8) ... Ray tied his career high with seven strikeouts and surrendered only four hits and two runs (one earned) over seven solid innings. 
* - Fellow senior RHP Dakoda West earned his sixth victory of the season in G2 at UTA (5/9) ... West fanned seven and scattered eight hits and four runs in five innings of work. 
* - West struck out three and allowed only one run and three hits over 4.0 innings complete in G2 vs. ACU last Friday night. 
* - West tied a career high with eight strikeouts over 4.2 innings at UNLV (3/21).
* - Senior RHP Ryan Martinez got the starting nod in Sunday's finale at UTA (5/10), where he struck out one and surrendered four hits and three runs (two earned) in 3.1 innings but did not figure in the decision. 
* - Martinez collected his sixth win of the year as he was credited with the decision in the UNLV (4/28). 
* - Martinez also picked up the win vs. Washington State (4/15) after he tossed 2.1 innings of one-hit scoreless relief with a strikeout.
 
OUT OF THE PEN
* - Sophomore reliever Talan Kelly earned his sixth win of the season (6-0) in the series finale vs. Azusa Pacific (4/12).
* - Kelly also collected a win in relief in the UNCO series finale a week earlier (3/1) ... the righthander struck out five over 2.1 innings combined in two relief appearances in that series, which helped him earn WAC Pitcher of the Week honors (3/2). 
* - Thanks to Kelly's six decisions and Ray's win vs. Sac State (3/7), 20 of Utah Tech's 33 pitching decisions have been recorded by the Blazer bullpen, including all three wins in the ACU series last weekend.
* - Senior LHP Brock Roundy made two appearances out of the pen in the UVU series and fired 3.2 innings of two hit scoreless relief with three strikeouts.
* - Roundy has recorded 11 strikeouts over his last 10 outings, including four punch outs in 1.2 innings vs. UNLV (4/28). 
* - Utah Tech also got brilliant work from the RHP duo of Ethan Gardner and Easton Brooks at BYU back on April 20 ... Gardner fanned three over three hitless innings to earn the victory, while Brooks fired two innings of no-hit relief with four punch outs to close out the win.
* - Brooks collected his second three-inning save of the season in G2 at UT Arlington (5/9), against which struck out two and allowed only two total base runners. 
* - Brooks was also credited with his second collegiate decision after he tossed 2.1 scoreless innings in last Saturday's series finale.
* - Junior RHP Brandon Kosel struck out four over 3.0 innings out of the bullpen to earn the win in G2 vs. ACU. 
 
NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: The winner of Wednesday's Utah Tech/UTA game will advance on to face No. 2 seed California Baptist on Thursday at 12 noon (MT).
            Meanwhile, the loser of the Utah Tech/UTA game will move into the one-loss bracket to against the loser of the #4 Sacramento State/#5 Abilene Christian match-up in an elimination game on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. (MT).