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See what we did there ??#GoUtes ???? pic.twitter.com/aDxmAlLCZc — Utah Softball (@Utah_Softball) February 9, 2020

Utah Softball capped a perfect weekend at the Kajikawa Classic with a 4-1 win over Kansas and a 6-3 victory against Seattle.For the weekend,went 4-0 and the staff registered a 1.36 team ERA. The Utes also hit .315 as a team withleading the way at a.583 clip. She also slugged 1.167 for the weekend, scoring four runs and tying for the team lead with six RBI. Freshmanled the way with six runs scored and she, along with, also drove in six runs.hit a tie-breaking homer in the sixth inning andadded a two-run shot in the seventh as Utah took the opener over the Jayhawks.Making the second start of her career,worked out of trouble in the first two innings before Utah got on the board in the fourth.andboth reached base with one out andsingled to open the scoring.Utah squandered an opportunity to add more runs in the fifth and Kansas capitalized. Doubles by the bottom two batters in the lineup, Ashlyn Anderson and Tarin Travieso, quickly evened the score. With the bases loaded, the Utes turned to. The sophomore got a strikeout and induced a fly to center to keep the game tied.Castaneda quickly provided retribution with a solo homer to left that put her side back in front. Jacobus started the seventh with a double and Barrera tacked on her blast for the final result. Sandez got the win, retiring the final eight batters of the contest.Utah copied the same script in the second game, getting a late-inning tie-breaking hit, this time from, and havecrush a two-run homer for some insurance.The Utes missed a chance at scoring in the third and Seattle received a homer off the bat of Madison Cathcart for a 1-0 lead. Jacobus answered in the bottom half with the first dinger of her collegiate career to knot the score.After Seattle went back in front on an Alyson Matriotti ground out,andsingled with one gone in the bottom of the fifth. Faulk was lifted for pinch-runner. and the sophomore scored whensingled up the middle.With the game tied once more, Seattle made a pitching change and Jacobus took advantage, lacing a two-run double to left center. Barrera followed with her second homer of the day, another two-run drive.Seattle pulled one back due to a throwing error in the sixth butcame on and notched the first save of her Ute career, while icing up Sandez's fourth win of the weekend.