The Utah Utes softball team had grown accustomed to relying on their bats when they needed them. In the last five games, they tallied at least 11 hits.
But on Friday night in Game 1 of the NCAA Softball Super Regional against San Diego State, the Utes couldn’t connect consistently enough. They had only four hits in a 4-3 loss at a packed Dumke Family Stadium.
The last time Utah had single-digit hits was against California on May 11 in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Utes junior pitcher Mariah Lopez threw all seven innings and struck out nine pitchers. She gave up nine hits, two runs and two unearned runs.
Hayley Denning went 2 of 3 at the plate with an RBI. Shelbi Ortiz also batted in a run.
This story will be updated.