Softball

Rebels Welcome Cougars, Utes To Las Vegas

April 9, 2008

LAS VEGAS -

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Leading Off: After hosting Southern Utah in a pair of games last week and opening up Mountain West Conference play with a pair of games on the road at then-#22/19 San Diego State, the UNLV Rebels welcome the BYU Cougars and Utah Utes to Las Vegas this week. UNLV will play BYU in a doubleheader on Thursday, April 10 (3:00 pm). Utah is scheduled for a two-game set with the first game scheduled for Friday, April 11 (6:00 pm) and the second on Saturday, April 12 (1:00 pm).

Softball Promotions:

Thursday, April 10 vs. BYU = RED OUT NIGHT! Wear your Rebel red to the doubleheader against BYU.

Friday, April 11 vs. Utah = YOUTH DAY! The first 50 kids will receive a free mini bat and ball courtesy of UNLV Softball.

Saturday, April 12 vs. Utah = REBEL NATION TAILGATE! Join Rebel Nation for a pregame tailgate before the game. There will be free food, free t-shirts and music. Also, you may enter a raffle for a chance to participate in the postgame "Home Run Derby" and attempt to hit a homer off of UNLV head coach Lonni Alameda.

On Deck: Following the four-game homestand the Rebels will hit the road for 13 of their next games. The squad is scheduled to play seven games next week with a doubleheader at #1/2 Arizona State leading off the action on Monday, April 14 (1:00 pm). UNLV will then head towards the Rocky Mountains for a game at Northern Colorado on Wednesday, April 17 (5:00 pm MT/4:00 pm PT) and a doubleheader at Colorado State Thursday, April 18 (1:30 pm MT/12:30 pm PT). After playing the three games in Colorado, the team will head to Albuquerque to play New Mexico on Friday, April 19 (7:00 pm MT/6:00 pm PT) and Saturday, April 20 (1:00 pm MT/12:00 pm PT).

Rebels On The Small Screen: The Rebels will be making four appearances on television in 2008. The Mountain West Conference announced this year's schedule and the Rebels will have their road games at Colorado State and BYU aired live and tape-delayed.

UNLV will play a doubleheader at CSU on Friday, April 18. Game one is scheduled for 1:30 pm MT/12:30 pm PT on The Mtn. (Cox Digital 334) and the second game will commence 20-30 minutes later. Both games will be re-aired on CBS College Sports TV (Cox Digital 333), formerly CSTV, on Monday, April 21 with the first game slated for 12:00 pm PT.

The Rebels' two-game set in Provo, Utah, vs. BYU will be shown on multiple occasions. The first game of the series on Friday, April 25, is set for 6:00 pm PT on BYU-TV (Cox Digital 352). The game on Saturday, April 26, will be shown at 1:00 pm PT on BYU-TV. Both games will be re-aired on The Mtn. on Saturday , April 26 (game one) at 11:00 am PT and Sunday, April 27 (game two) at noon PT.

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