Utes Bulletin: Things Happening In Utah Athletics (Week Of 3/6/23)
Mar 6, 2023, 1:19 PM
SALT LAKE CITY – With football on a bit of a hiatus till spring ball kicks off and several of the smaller sports in full-swing and having success, we thought a one-stop-shop for little tidbits of Utah Athletics information might be helpful for you, the fan, with the Utes Bulletin.
If you missed any of the highlights from the previous week, you can review that here.
Without further ado, here is this week’s Utes Bulletin that includes ranking updates, upcoming events for the week, and important dates to keep track of among other things of interest concerning Utah Athletics for the week of 3/6/23.
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— Utah Athletics (@utahathletics) March 6, 2023
Utah Gymnastics
Utah officially said good-bye to three Red Rocks in Michigan transfer Abby Brenner, happy-go-lucky Cristal Isa, and tough-as-nails Jillian Hoffman. The Utes also got a nice surprise that three other seniors opted to use their Covid-year to come back for 2024. Fans can look forward to watching Jaedyn Rucker, Abby Paulson, and Maile O’Keefe for one more year.
.@UtahGymnastics with another big win 197.925- 196.675 over Arizona on a night they honored their #Seniors and #22Forever.#LightTheU #GoUtes #FamilyOnThree pic.twitter.com/VN8OIaJoDT
— Michelle Bodkin (@BodkinKSLsports) March 4, 2023
That wasn’t the end of the highlight reel on Senior Night though. Isa scored her second perfect 10 on beam to end her Utah career in a fitting way. If that wasn’t touching enough, the 2023 Red Rock senior class dedicated their senior leo design to Aaron Lowe who was a good friend to several of the out-going athletes. It was later revealed Rucker used her NIL earnings to fly Lowe’s mother to Salt Lake to be part of their celebration of life for her son.
Rankings And Honors
After jumping up to No. 3 in the country last week, the Red Rocks have dipped back down to No. 4 this week in the NQS.
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Who, What, When, Where
The Red Rocks will be on the road this week to wrap up the regular season in Corvallis against Oregon State on Saturday, March 11. The meet starts at 3:00 p.m. MT and can be viewed on Pac-12 Network.
Utah Men’s Basketball
The Runnin’ Utes wrapped up their regular season last Saturday in Boulder against Colorado. Despite having both Rollie Worster and Gabe Madsen back in their lineup, the Utes fell short against the Buffaloes, ending their season on a three-game losing streak.
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Who, What, When, Where
Utah will enter the Pac-12 Tournament as the seventh seed against 10-seed Stanford on Wednesday, March 8 to kick everything off. The Utes and Cardinal will tipoff at 7:00 p.m. MT and can be viewed on Pac-12 Networks.
Utah Women’s Basketball
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Outside of the early exit in the Pac-12 Tournament, it continued to be a great week for the Utes as they cleaned up on the Pac-12 Awards while Alissa Pili and Gianna Kneepkens made it into the final five for some national awards as well.
In The Rankings
𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒🚨‼️#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/yrDPFIDsVU
— Utah Women’s Basketball (@UTAHWBB) March 6, 2023
Who, What, When, Where
You can follow along with the Selection Sunday fun for the women on ESPN starting at 6:00 p.m. MT.
Utah Ski Team
The Skiing Utes will be off to Lake Placid, New York to compete for another National Title. Utah already claims 15 National Skiing Titles with the hopes of adding a 16th starting Wednesday, March 8 and going through Saturday, March 11.
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The Utes will be one of four teams with the maximum of 12 selections competing, meaning, three athletes per gender, per discipline. Colorado, Dartmouth and Vermont are the other programs sending 12 athletes to compete.
We will have as many updates as to the Utes’ progress as possible throughout the week.
Utah Football
Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for more Utah football content as we get closer to their Spring Football start date of March 21.
Pro Ute Stuff
- Official congratulations are in order for former Utah quarterback Brian Johnson as he was named the Philedelphia Eagle’s new offensive coordinator last week. Conversely, Utah football head coach Kyle Whittingham had some great things to say about his former QB1 along with some other players and coaches that have come through the program.
- The NFL Combine wrapped up over the weekend with former Utes Tavion Thomas, Braeden Daniels, Clark Phillips III and Dalton Kincaid having an opportunity to talk to all 32 teams and potentially raise their Draft stock.
- Former Utah linebacker Francis Bernard had a breakout game for the XFL’s DC Defenders, forcing a fumble and helping to secure their win.
Utah Baseball
Kaden Carpenter and TJ Clarkson both hit a home run for the Utes, but Utah was unable to get much else going on Sunday as the squad dropped the rubber game, 14-3, to UTSA at Roadrunner Field.
Series finale goes to UTSA, 14-3
We’ll get back on the field Tuesday out at Cal State Fullerton#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/M6sUr2HPyV
— Utah Baseball (@utahbaseball) March 5, 2023
Utah now sits at 5-6 and will now be heading to Cal State Fullerton as part of the team’s Spring Break trip. First pitch is set for Tuesday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. MT at Goodwin Field. This will be Utah’s final preseason game before opening Pac-12 Conference play at Washington from March 10-12.
Utah Lacross
It was another difficult weekend for Utah Lacrosse on the road at Rutgers. The Utes battled hard, but ultimately succumbed to the Scarlet Knights 18-14.
Utah will be getting a much-needed break before hosting Bellarmine on Saturday, March 18 with a 7:00 p.m. MT faceoff at Ute Field. The team will be on record watch as Jordan Hyde only needs five more goals to become the all-time leader in career goals.
Record Watch 👀👀👀
Jordan Hyde needs 5️⃣ more goals to become the all-time leader in career goals‼️‼️#GoUtes pic.twitter.com/Z0LePr0Uzq
— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) March 6, 2023
Michelle Bodkin is the Utah Utes Insider for sports.ksl.com and host of both the Crimson Corner Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and The Saturday Show (Saturday from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.) on The KSL Sports Zone. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @BodkinKSLsports
