April 23, 2007
LAS VEGAS -
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Leading Off: The UNLV Rebels take to the road for their final non-conference contests of 2007. The Rebels head to Tempe, Ariz., to take on the #7/9 Arizona State Sun Devils Tuesday afternoon. The doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm PST.
On Deck: The UNLV Rebels return home for its final home stand this weekend when they host Colorado State and New Mexico. The CSU Rams come to town for a doubleheader on Friday, April 27 (5:00 pm). The UNM Lobos will visit Las Vegas after their jaunt in San Diego, Calif., against San Diego State. The Lobos will play three in two days. Originally, UNLV and UNM were supposed to play two games in two days, but due to a rain out in Albuquerque, the teams will make up the lost game on Sunday, April 29, as a doubleheader (12:00 pm). The first game will take place on Saturday, April 28 (6:00 pm).
Non-Conference Opponent: Arizona State Sun Devils Overall: 42-11 ~ ASU leads the all-time series 15-4. UNLV last defeated ASU on Feb. 17, 1996 (5-4 in Tempe). Since then, ASU has won eight straight. ~ The Sun Devils host UNLV after going 3-1 last week in Pacific-10 Conference play at home.
San Diego State Recaps: The UNLV softball team split its Mountain West Conference two-game series this past weekend with the San Diego State Aztecs. The Rebels lost the first contest by a 5-0 margin on Saturday night, but came back strong with a 3-1 victory on Sunday afternoon.
In game one, the Aztecs pushed out to a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on a Monica Alnes solo home run. The Rebel defense helped SDSU extend its lead to the final 5-0 margin with help from three errors in the seventh inning. Heather Slettvet suffered the loss, as she surrendered three runs (two earned) on five hits.
Game two somehow followed the same script as Saturday's. Kendall Fearn stepped up and scored the first run of the game on a solo shot to right field in the bottom of the fourth. Brittany Meade tacked on the second run of the inning with a single up the middle to score Stacey Burgos from second. After the Aztecs cut the lead to only one run, UNLV pushed the lead back to two runs when Bri Bernardi's double to center allowed Alyssia De La Torre to score from second. Christie Robinson pitched a gem of a contest and went the distance in only giving up one unearned run on five hits and striking out five.
San Diego State Hitting: In the two-game series versus San Diego State this past weekend, the UNLV Rebel offense hit at a .233 clip. The Rebels scattered 10 hits (two doubles and one home run) for a slugging percentage of .349. The offense knocked in three RBI, while scoring three runs.
Bri Bernardi was one of four Rebels to hit above the .333 mark. Bernardi led all hitters with her .750 clip. She went 3-for-4 with two doubles and held a slugging percentage of 1.250.
Brittany Meade extended her hitting streak to seven games with base-knocks in both contests. Meade hit .500, with two hits in four at-bats.
Brittany Bolinger and Kendall Fearn hit for identical .333 averages (2-for-6).
San Diego State Pitching: In the two-game series versus San Diego State this past weekend, the UNLV pitching staff went 1-1 and amassed an ERA of 1.00. The staff only surrendered one earned run, although SDSU scored five runs overall. In 14.0 innings, the staff allowed 11 hits, while striking out 10 and only walking one.
Christie Robinson went 1-0 with a complete-game victory on Sunday afternoon. Robinson had an ERA of 0.00. She struck out five and gave up five hits.
Heather Slettvet went 0-1 with a 5-0 loss to SDSU on Saturday. Slettvet held an ERA of 2.33 in 6.0 innings of work. She allowed five hits, walked one and struck out three.
