SALT LAKE CITY — After a heartbreaking 3-2 walk-off loss to Utah the day before, the BYU softball team was dealt a different kind of crushing defeat by the Utes in Saturday’s regional championship contest, losing in a landslide 14-0 loss.
For the Cougars, the trouble started early in the game in a first inning that BYU head coach Gordon Eakin called “a disaster.” It began with pitcher McKenna Bull plunking Utah leadoff batter BreOnna Castaneda, followed by an error that allowed Alyssa Barrera to reach base safely and moved Castaneda to third. A wild pitch then allowed Barrera to cross home, and from there the rout was on.