Utah Tech Baseball Heads to Texas

Utah Tech gets back into WAC play this weekend against Abilene Christian.

The Trailblazers going through a tough stretch right now having lost three to UVU and then losing 19-1 to BYU.

Before that they had won 8 of their last 10 games.

Here's a portion of the press release about their upcoming series: (LINK TO FULL RELEASE)

PROBABLE STARTERS:

Friday (G1) – RHP #15 Cade Montgomery (4-1, 1.87 ERA) vs. RHP #22 Dominick Reid (4-2, 3.78 ERA)

Saturday (G2) – RHP #45 Ryan Martinez (1-1,  3.57 ERA) vs. LHP #45 Brett Lanman (4-1, 5.88 ERA)

Sunday (G3) – RHP #35 Dakoda West (1-5, 4.41 ERA) vs. RHP #3 Cade McGarrh (1-4, 6.02 ERA)

FIRST PITCH: Utah Tech (15-17/1-5 WAC) returns to Western Athletic Conference play this weekend with first of two April trips to "The Lone Star State" for a three-game series at Abilene Christian (17-14/2-7 WAC).

        Friday's series opener will start at 5:05 p.m. (MT), followed by game two on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. (MT), and Sunday's series finale at 11:05 a.m. (MT), at Crutcher Scott Field at Bullock Brothers Ballpark (4,000) on the ACU campus in Abilene, Texas.

ALL-TIME SERIES: Utah Tech is 1-5 all-time vs. Abilene Christian and has lost five-straight in the series overall, this after claiming the first-ever meeting between the two sides during the 2023 season in Abilene (14-6; 5/5/23).

        The Wildcats went on to win the next two games on their home diamond to clinch the series, then posted a three-game road sweep over the Trailblazers last season at Bruce Hurst Field (4/26-28/24).

FINALLY ELIGIBLE FOR POSTSEASON PLAY: Not only is the 2025 season Utah Tech's fifth Division I season overall, it is also the FIRST season that the Trailblazers are eligible for NCAA postseason play.
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors officially approved Utah Tech's move to active Division I status back on June 28, 2024. With that confirmation, Trailblazer Athletics is now officially eligible to participate in all NCAA postseason championships in its 15 intercollegiate programs.

Watch the series on ESPN+.