April 20, 2006
LAS VEGAS -
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On Deck: The Rebels travel to the eastern reaches of the Mountain West Conference to take on New Mexico (Friday, April 21) and Colorado State (Sunday, April 23) in doubleheaders this weekend. These four games are part of an eight-game road swing for UNLV, which began last weekend in San Diego. Following this trip through the Rocky Mountains, the Rebels travel to California for their fourth and final trip and second to Fullerton.
The Opponents:
New Mexico Lobos (21-21, 2-8 MWC): The Lobos are coming off of a weekend in which the team went 1-3 in Mountain West play at home. UNM was swept by BYU and then split its doubleheader with Utah. Prior to conference play, the Lobos were 19-13 and had run off a string of 17 wins in 18 games.
~UNLV All-Time vs. UNM: Rebels lead 25-21.
~Last meeting: April 9, 2006 - UNLV 4, UNM 2.
~Streaks: UNLV won the last meeting and has won three of the last four.
Colorado State Rams (22-16, 3-7 MWC): The Rams host the Rebels following a visit to Fort Collins by San Diego State. Last weekend, CSU was swept at home by Utah and BYU, which pushed its conference losing streak to seven games. Prior to the seven game losing streak, CSU had won seven straight.
~UNLV All-Time vs. CSU: CSU leads 25-21.
~Last meeting: April 7, 2006 - UNLV 5, CSU 4.
~Streaks: UNLVwon the last meeting and has won six of the last seven.
The Last Time Out: The Rebels lost both of their games this past weekend in San Diego, Calif., to the San Diego State Aztecs. Game one was a tight affair that went down to the wire as SDSU was able to plate the winning run in the bottom of the seventh for a 3-2 final. The second game went the way of the home team early, as they jumped out to a 5-0 lead, before UNLV put two runs on the board for a 5-2 final score.
In game one, the game remained scoreless until SDSU broke the ice in the third inning. The Aztecs added another run in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. The Rebels evened the score at 2-2 in the sixth on a two-run home run by Shannon Crisp. With Maggie Livreri on first base due to a base-on-balls, Crisp connected for an opposite field shot.
The game remained 2-2 until the bottom of the seventh when Becky McDonald issued a leadoff walk. The runner was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. A single to center was enough to get the runner home, as she slid in underneath the play at the plate.
In game two, the Aztecs pushed three runs across in the second and added single runs in the third and fourth innings to take a 5-0 lead.
UNLV had seven hits in the game, but couldn't connect on a scoring opportunity until Sandy Nakamura came up to the plate in a pinch-hitting role in the seventh. Nakamura promptly took the offering over the right field fence to cut the deficit to three runs at 5-2. Unfortunately, that is how the game ended.
