Softball

Six Games On Tap This Week

March 16, 2011

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) -

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Leading Off: After spending last weekend in Santa Barbara, Calif., the UNLV Rebels will play Western Illinois on Wednesday, March (3:00 pm) before heading to the Bay Area for five games at Stanford's Louisville Slugger Invitational (March 18-20).

UNLV's game with Western Illinois will be its last home contest for the month of March in Las Vegas, as it will play 10 consecutive on the road there on out.

At Stanford, the Rebels will play Iowa State, Cal Poly, Stanford once apiece and Northwestern twice.

They open up play with back-to-back games on Friday against Iowa State (1:30 pm) and Northwestern (3:45 pm). They play twice more on Saturday against Cal Poly (9:00 am) an Northwestern (11:15 am) before closing out the Invitational with Stanford on Sunday (1:30 pm).

Louisville Slugger Invitational Schedule:

Friday, March 18:01:30 pm    UNLV vs. Iowa State03:45 pm    UNLV vs. Northwestern06:00 pm    Stanford vs. Iowa State
Saturday, March 19:09:00 am UNLV vs. Cal Poly11:15 am UNLV vs. Northwestern01:30 pm Iowa State vs. Cal Poly03:45 pm Stanford vs. Northwestern06:00 pm Stanford vs. Iowa State
Sunday, March 2009:00 am Northwestern vs. Iowa State11:15 am Northwestern vs. Cal Poly01:30 pm Stanford vs. UNLV03:45 pm Stanford vs. Cal Poly

GameTracker information can be found at - www.UNLVRebels.com.

On Deck: The UNLV Rebels remain on the road for five games at Cal Poly's Mustang Classic (March 25-27). UNLV will play Fairfield and Oregon twice each and Cal Poly once.

Looking Back A Weekend: The UNLV Rebels went 3-2 last weekend at UC Santa Barbara's Gaucho Classic II. UNLV defeated UCSB twice, split a pair with San Diego and lost to Wisconsin.

The Rebels had five players hit .300 or better and have three or more hits. Kylie Wagner's .556 (5-for-9) led the team. Elena Fata (.429), Pauline Monreal (.417) and Tayler Aleman (.412) all hit in the .400s, while Heather Harrison (.300) rounded out the quintet of hitters.

In the circle, Amanda Oliveto made three appearances with all three resulting in complete-game starts. Oliveto went 3-0 in 23 innings pitched and owned an ERA of 0.91. She struck out 18 and walked only two.

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Players Mentioned

Tayler Aleman

#06 Tayler Aleman

IF
5' 8"
Junior
2L
Elena Fata

#09 Elena Fata

IF
5' 3"
Redshirt Junior
2L
Heather Harrison

#25 Heather Harrison

C
5' 5"
Junior
1L
Pauline Monreal

#10 Pauline Monreal

OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
1L
Amanda Oliveto

#31 Amanda Oliveto

P
5' 9"
Sophomore
1L
Kylie Wagner

#24 Kylie Wagner

P/1B
5' 5"
Senior
2L

Players Mentioned

Tayler Aleman

#06 Tayler Aleman

5' 8"
Junior
2L
IF
Elena Fata

#09 Elena Fata

5' 3"
Redshirt Junior
2L
IF
Heather Harrison

#25 Heather Harrison

5' 5"
Junior
1L
C
Pauline Monreal

#10 Pauline Monreal

5' 7"
Sophomore
1L
OF
Amanda Oliveto

#31 Amanda Oliveto

5' 9"
Sophomore
1L
P
Kylie Wagner

#24 Kylie Wagner

5' 5"
Senior
2L
P/1B