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Utah Topples Top-Seed San Diego State, 8-1

Utes earn an automatic bid to regional play with the win.

Utah Utes win 2002 Mountain West Championship

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May 11, 2002

PROVO, Utah - Utah defeated top-seeded San Diego State 8-1 in the championship game at the 2002 Mountain West Conference Tournament held at Gail Miller Park, Saturday. The Utes earn an automatic bid to regional play with the win and improve to 30-34 on the season.

Utah scored first in the top of the second inning with Utah loading the bases off a walk and two singles. San Diego State pitcher Bre DeSanta threw four straight balls to walk in Niki Hayhurst with no outs. Catcher Christa Pfeninger singled to bring in Michelle Larsen. Masie Ota brought in Tracy Keller with a sacrifice bunt. Senior Lynsey Trevis crushed a two-run double to bring in finish off the five run inning.

Hayhurst smashed a solo home run, her seventh of the season in the top of the third inning to extend the Ute lead to 6-0.

San Diego State avoided the shutout in the fourth inning as catcher Amber Grahlman brought in Tiffany Goudy to diminish the gap, 6-1.

Utah tacked on a run in the fifth as Hayhurst hit an RBI single to bring home pinch runner Lauren Fields as the Utes took a 7-1 lead.

Sophomore shortstop Melissa Stahnke broke the all-time career record for home runs in Utah softball history with a solo shot in the top of the seventh inning. She breaks the record of 37 held by Cyndee Bennett. She now has 16 home runs on the season and 38 total in her career.

Jennifer Pursell (17-16) picked up the win for Utah, striking out seven in seven innings on the mound. DeSanta (20-9) picked up the loss for the Aztecs giving up six runs in three innings.

San Diego State drops to 41-22-1 and is also expected to earn a regional bid, with the announcements coming out Sunday evening.

Mountain West Conference Softball Championship All-Tournament Team: Brooke Cadiente, Jr., BYU; Liz Vanderlindon, Sr., BYU; Ricki Walker, So., Colorado State; Bre DeSanta, Fr., San Diego State; Kellie Nordhagen, Sr., San Diego State; Kelcy Murphy, So., San Diego State; Lyndsey Trevis, Sr., Utah; Melissa Stahnke, So., Utah; Jen Pursell, Jr., Utah. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - Jen Pursell, Jr., Utah.

Box score (NCAA)

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SOFTBALL

UTAH vs San Diego State

May 11, 2002 at Provo, Ut (Gail Miller Field)

UTAH 8 (30-34)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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MCLEAN, Molly cf......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

OTA, Masie rf............ 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

TREVIS, Lyndsey 3b....... 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0

STAHNKE, Melissa ss...... 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2

FIELD, Lauren pr........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HAYHURST, Niki 1b........ 3 2 2 2 1 0 10 1 0

LARSEN, Michele 2b....... 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0

KELLER, Traci lf......... 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

KENNEY, Angie dh......... 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

PFENINGER, Christa c..... 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0

PURSELL, Jennifer p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Totals................... 27 8 7 8 5 2 21 9 4

San Diego State 1 (41-22-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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NORDHAGEN lf............. 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

FIGUEROA ss.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0

KOVENSKY cf/dh........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

GOUDY rf/cf.............. 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 1

HERSHMAN 2b.............. 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0

MURPHY 3b................ 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1

GRAHLMAN c............... 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0

FUNK pr................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOUHEY dh................ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

SECKEL pr/rf............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1

EHRSAM 1b................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0

DeSANTA p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TORNQUIST p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

GREEN, J. p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 27 1 6 1 1 7 21 8 6

Score by Innings R H E

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UTAH................ 051 010 1 - 8 7 0

San Diego State..... 000 100 0 - 1 6 1

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E - FIGUEROA. DP - SDSU 1. LOB - UTAH 4; SDSU 6. HR - STAHNKE, M(16);

HAYHURST, N(7). SH - OTA, M(13).

UTAH IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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PURSELL, Jennifer... 7.0 6 1 1 1 7 27 28

San Diego State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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DeSANTA............. 3.0 5 6 6 2 2 14 17

TORNQUIST........... 3.0 1 1 1 3 0 9 12

GREEN, J............ 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4

Win - PURSELL, J (18-17). Loss - DeSANTA (20-9). Save - None.

PB - PFENINGER, C(7).

Umpires - HP: Tony Maddox 1B: John Monaco 3B: Paul Edds

Start: Time: 2:10 Attendance: 419

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