6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 16, 1998
WHEN/WHERE: The 22nd-ranked UNLV baseball team, 19-8 and 4-2 in the WAC South Division, will host third-ranked Arizona and 10th-ranked Rice this week at Earl E. Wilson Stadium at Roger Barnson Field (3,000).
THIS WEEK:
Tuesday, March 17 - *Arizona at UNLV, 7:05 p.m., Earl E. Wilson Stadium
Wednesday, March 18 - Arizona at UNLV, 3:05 p.m., Earl E. Wilson Stadium
Friday, March 20 - *Rice at UNLV, 3:05 p.m., Earl E. Wilson Stadium+
Saturday, March 21 - *Rice at UNLV, 1:05 p.m., Earl E. Wilson Stadium+
Sunday, March 22 - Rice at UNLV, 1:05 p.m., Earl E. Wilson Stadium+
NEXT WEEK:
Wednesday, March 25 - *Portland State at UNLV, 3:05 p.m., Wilson Stadium
Friday, March 27 - UNLV at TCU, 2:35 p.m. (CST), TCU Diamond (1,500)+
Saturday, March 28 - UNLV at TCU, 1:05 p.m. (CST), TCU Diamond+
Sunday, March 29 - UNLV at TCU, 1:05 p.m. (CST), TCU Diamond+
*KLAV AM-1230 Radio
+WAC game
RADIO: UNLV baseball will broadcast 25 games during the 1998 season on KLAV AM-1230. Scott Robbs will call the action all season long. The following is the broadcast schedule:
Feb. 10 vs. Pepperdine; Feb. 13-14 vs. UNR and Southern Illinois; Feb. 20-21 at Cal State Fullerton; Feb. 27-28 vs. Fresno State; March 13-14 at Grand Canyon; March 17 vs. Arizona; March 20-21 vs. Rice; March 25 vs. Portland State; April 3-4 vs. New Mexico; April 10 -11 vs. Air Force; April 17-18 at San Jose State; May 1-2 vs. TCU; May 5 vs. Arizona State.
THE TEAMS: UNLV is 19-8 overall and 4-2 in the WAC South Division. UNLV won two out of three games at Grand Canyon in WAC play last weekend. UNLV lost 5-4 and won 22-5 and 11-3. No. 3 Arizona is 25-5 overall and 7-5 in the Six-Pac.
The Widcats won two out of three games against UCLA at Tucson, Ariz., last weekend (14-16, 18-7, 12-10).
No. 10 Rice is 20-7 overall and 12-0 in the WAC South Division. The Owls swept a three-game series against Hawaii in Houston last weekend (5-4, 7-6, 6-0). Rice will host Houston on Tuesday and travel to Baylor on Wednesday.
THE SERIES: UNLV leads the series against Arizona 3-2. UNLV and Arizona split two games at Tucson, Ariz., in 1989 in the last meeting between the two schools. Arizona won 7-5 and UNLV won 9-8. The two-game series in Las Vegas will mark Arizona's first appearance at Wilson Stadium. The previous meeting before 1989 was in 1984 in Tucson. UNLV won two out of three games against the Wildcats.
UNLV leads the series against Rice 5-4. UNLV and Rice met five times last season in WAC play. UNLV won two out of three games at Wilson Stadium (1-0 in 11 innings, 12-20, 15-8) and Rice won two games against UNLV at the Astrodome (12-2, 13-0).
