FRIDAY
- Giveaway: 150 camo drawstring backpacks- Raising Cane's "Fan of the Game" Giveaway
SATURDAY
- Giveaway: Trading Card Set #1 (2 players; 75 cards each)- Raising Cane's "Fan of the Game" Giveaway- Autographs (we'll have participants form a line further away from the dugout to make this easier than last series)
SUNDAY
- Giveaway: Trading Card Set #2 (2 players; 75 cards each)- Raising Cane's "Fan of the Game" Giveaway- Kids run the bases after the game
LIVE STATS/UPDATES
Live stats for all three games will be available on the Softball schedule page on www.UNLVRebels.com. Live video links can be found at www.UNLVRebels.com/videos. Live updates can also be found by following @UNLVSoftball on twitter.
RANKING THE REBELS
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Mountain West: Overall UNLV leads the conference in fielding percentage (.976), is second in ERA (2.90) and ranks seventh with a .279 batting average. The Rebels are sixth with 250 hits and are eighth in both RBI 9116) and runs scored (134). Rebel pitchers are tied for second in the conference in innings pitched at 229.1, third in opposing batting average (.265) and fourth in strikeouts (169). Individually,
Janine Petmecky's 1.88 ERA leads the MW, while her .232 opposing batting average is fifth and her 97 strikeouts are tied for second.
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NCAA: UNLV is 11th in the country in fielding percentage (.976)
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RPI: UNLV ranks No. 122 in the current RPI standings
QUICK HITTERS
• The Rebels snapped a five-game losing streak with Tuesday's win at San Diego.
• UNLV finished its 2018 non-conference slate with a 18-7 record overall.
• UNLV's 20-8 record through the first 28 game was the program's best start since the 1996 squad had the same record to start the season.
• UNLV has only committed 23 errors in 34 games this season, while their opponents have committed 46.
• The Rebels enter the weekend having lost its last two MW series - a span that includes five straight league losses.
• If the Rebels can score first, they have a good shot to win as they are 15-2 when that occurs. They had started the season 13-0 in that category, but have gone 2-2 since in those instances.
• The Rebels have only lost once when they've out-hit their opponent at 15-1, but are 5-11 when out-hit by their opponents.
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Season Streaks: The Rebels have two separate four-game win streaks, while their longest losing streak in 2018 is five games.
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Individual Streaks: Junior
Myranda Bueno, who returned to the lineup against New Mexico March 16-18 after suffering a facial injury in Houston, has the longest hitting streak of the season at 10. Senior
Brooke Stover entered the weekend at SJSU with a nine game hitting streak, but that ended in the series opener against the Spartans. Freshman
Mia Trejo reached base safely in 13 straight games, which is the longest such streak this season.
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Offense bounces back against the Toreros: The Rebels scored six runs against over five innings against USD after having scored seven total runs in its five previous games and had score just five in 34 innings entering the game. After hitting .150 with runners in scoring position in the sweep at SJSU, the Rebels hit .300 in those situations against the Toreros.
• While the offense has seen some struggles over the last seven games, Trejo has had success, hitting at a .429 clip with nine hits, two RBI, two runs scored and one double. Against USD she went 2-for-4 with one RBI and was also UNLV's top performer at San Jose State as she went 5-for-8 with one RBI and one run scored. In two of the three losses to the Spartans, she was responsible for half of the Rebel hits.
• Senior
Janine Petmecky bounced back in a big way Tuesday against San diego. The right-hander entered the game in relief in the fourth inning with the Rebels down 4-3. She pitched four scoreless frames with three strikeouts, which allowed the UNLV offense to come alive. For good measure, she even gave herself some breathing room, hitting a solo home run in the seventh to put UNLV up two. It was her first home run of the season and the Rebels' first since March 16. With the win, Petmecky snapped a three-game losing streak of her own to move to 13-5 on the year.
• UNLV's comeback victory over San Diego was its third of the season and marked just the second win after trailing thru four innings as the Rebels were 1-7 in those instances coming into the game
• The Rebel pitching staff has a combined 2.90 ERA, which is second in the Mountain West, despite the recent string of conference losses. Petmecky leads the way with a 1.88 ERA (first in the MW), a 13-5 record and 97 strikeouts (tied second in the MW). Opposing batters are hitting .232 off her, which is fifth in the conference.
• The MW sweep at the hands of the Spartans with the Rebels' first since SDSU swept them in the second to last weekend in 2017.
• Senior third baseman Jade Yadao-Valdez is third on the team with a career-high .333 average this season and is tied for second with 30 hits. Against Utah State a few weeks ago, she swiped her 13th stolen base of the season, marking a new career high.
• Trejo leads the team with 11 multi-hit games this season, while Stover has a team-best six multi-RBI games. Overall, Trejo and Stover have combined fo 18 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games.
• After having one run-rule victory all of last season, the Rebels already have four this season, which included two straight from the series finale in New Mexico to the series opener against Utah State.
• The Rebels swept the Mountain West weekly honors on March 13 with Petmecky earning Pitcher of the Week and Yadao-Valdez earning Player of the Week. It marked the first pitcher of the week and second player of the week honor for UNLV this season as freshman
Samantha Diaz already earned the honor once this season on Feb. 21. It marked just the third time since 2011 a pair of Rebels have earned the honor in the same week.
• The Rebels have two come-from-behind extra-inning walk-off wins this season (6-5 over Buffalo in the eighth inning on Feb. 16 and a 3-2 walk-off win over North Dakota State on Friday, Feb. 9) and added a third comeback win in Houston with a 6-5 win over UTSA thanks to a three-run top of the seventh.
• UNLV has six shutouts on the season, with Petmecky responsible for four of them.
• Both Petmecky and sophomore pitcher
Charlie Masterson have already recorded career highs in innings pitched, strikeouts and wins this season.
• UNLV is four wins shy of matching its total from all of 2017.
