March 17, 2004

LAS VEGAS - UNLV will open the 2004 Mountain West Conference campaign on the road at BYU this week. The Rebels are coming off a homestand where they played 16 of their last 17 games in Las Vegas.

Senior second baseman Ryan Ruiz continues to lead the Rebels offensively, batting .449 with 26 RBI and 3 HR. Senior outfielder/3B Brent Johnson also hit his 26th RBI of the season last weekend, and is batting .350 with 1 HR.

Right fielder Eric Nielsen had a big weekend against Central Michigan, finishing 5-for-10 with 3 RBI and a home run.

Righthander David Seccombe had posted a career-high for strikeouts, when he fanned 14 Chippewas last Friday. Additional strikeouts by Matt Minor and Ben Schienbaum helped the Rebels to set an all-time single-game record, with 16 total strikeouts.

Jake Vose continues to lead the Rebel pitching staff with an ERA of 3.52 while Seccombe leads the team in strikeouts, with 32.

The game times for this weekend's series will be: Thursday at 5:30 p.m., Friday at 5:30 p.m., and Saturday at 11:00 a.m. (PST). Fans can follow along with live stats and play-by-play available at www.byucougars.com.

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