6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 7, 1999
LAS VEGAS - The Rebels won both games of Friday's doubleheader, winning 2-1 in nine innings and 3-2. With the victories UNLV has an opportunity to earn a bid to the WAC tournament with a win over the Utes Saturday.
In game one UNLV scored first with a run in the third inning when Linda Garza singled in Geney Orris. The Utes drew even in the top of the sixth inning and forced the game into extra innings. The game wound up becoming a pitching duel between UNLV's Nicole Truax and Utah's Sarah Farnworth. The Rebels' winning run came in the ninth inning on a base hit by Keao Chang that scored Charelle Ainslie. Truax gave up six hits and struck out four on way to her sixth win of the season.
In the nightcap the Rebels jumped to a quick 3-0 lead with two runs in the first and a home run by Orris on the first at bat of the second. The home run was Orris' seventh of the season and would up helping her own cause in the circle as she picked up her sixth win of the year. Utah came to within one run in the fifth inning when they picked up two scores on one hit and two Rebel errors. However, Orris was able to hold off the Ute offense in the final two innings and UNLV went on to win by the 3-2 final.
The three-game series concludes tomorrow as the Rebels take on Utah in a 1:00pm game. There will be a ceremony at the conclusion of the game to honor the seniors and Associate Head Coach Carol Spanks who will retire from the game after 40 years as a player and a coach.
