5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
May 11, 2018
WATCH: Highlights from today's 11-2 five-inning win over CSU! Rebels score eight runs in the first inning and match their season-high with 11 in the game! Come on out for the finale at noon tomorrow as we honor our seniors on SENIOR DAY! pic.twitter.com/mu0lXvcV3I
— UNLV Softball (@UNLVSoftball) May 12, 2018
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV softball's recent tear continued Friday at Eller Media Stadium as the Rebels dominated Colorado State (25-21, 9-14) 11-2 in five innings in game two to win their fifth straight game and 10th of their last 12. The victory secures UNLV's fourth straight Mountain West series win and fifth overall of the season - its most series wins since 2014.
At 31-17, UNLV has its first 30-win season since 2010, while head coach Kristie Fox matches former Rebel head coach Pete Manarino for most wins in their first year at the helm. Manarino had 31 in 2009. The 13 conference wins are the most since the 2014 finished the year with 15.
For a fifth consecutive game, the Scarlet and Gray scored in the opening frame, but this time it was an offensive explosion. Like she had done for the past four games, senior Janine Petmecky led off the game with a hit - this one a double down the left field line and the Rebels were off and running. UNLV batted around in the inning and scored a total of eight runs on seven hits and a Ram error to essentially take the game before it even got started.
Petmecky went on to hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third - her seventh of the year and sixth in the last nine games - for a 3-for-3, four-RBI day. Sophomore Breana Burke got the start in the circle and pitched three innings for her second straight win, while fellow sophomore Charlie Masterson closed it out with 2.0 scoreless frames.
THE TURNING POINT: It's starting to sound like a broken record because it's happening so often, but UNLV took control in the first inning for a fifth consecutive contest and never looked back. Petmecky again sparked the offense with the leadoff double and once the Ram pitching staff struggled to find the strike zone with two straight walks to load the bases, the Rebels capitalized. Senior catcher Brooke Stover plated the first run with an RBI single; freshman shortstop Samantha Diaz hit an infield single for the second; a ram error on a Reina Bondi grounder scored the third; a pinch-hit infield single by junior Abby Howard - her first hit and RBI of the season - scored the fourth; a Myranda Bueno single through the left side plated the fifth run; a Petmecky single scored the sixth and seventh runs; and a Justine Federe double scored the eighth and final run of the inning.
STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV batted around in the eight-run first inning, sending a total of 12 batters to the plate in the frame. Seven of UNLV's 11 hits came in that inning.
REBEL OF THE GAME: There aren't enough superlatives to describe what Petmecky has done over the last five games. Dating back to game one in Fresno last Friday, Petmecky has gone 14-for-17 with two walks over her last 19 plate appearances. On Friday, she came up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle after registering a double and a single in the first inning and a two-run home run in the third.
REBEL NOTES:
At 31-17, UNLV has its first 30-win season since 2010, while head coach Kristie Fox matches former Rebel head coach Pete Manarino for most wins in their first year at the helm. Manarino had 31 in 2009. The 13 conference wins are the most since the 2014 finished the year with 15.
For a fifth consecutive game, the Scarlet and Gray scored in the opening frame, but this time it was an offensive explosion. Like she had done for the past four games, senior Janine Petmecky led off the game with a hit - this one a double down the left field line and the Rebels were off and running. UNLV batted around in the inning and scored a total of eight runs on seven hits and a Ram error to essentially take the game before it even got started.
Petmecky went on to hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the third - her seventh of the year and sixth in the last nine games - for a 3-for-3, four-RBI day. Sophomore Breana Burke got the start in the circle and pitched three innings for her second straight win, while fellow sophomore Charlie Masterson closed it out with 2.0 scoreless frames.
THE TURNING POINT: It's starting to sound like a broken record because it's happening so often, but UNLV took control in the first inning for a fifth consecutive contest and never looked back. Petmecky again sparked the offense with the leadoff double and once the Ram pitching staff struggled to find the strike zone with two straight walks to load the bases, the Rebels capitalized. Senior catcher Brooke Stover plated the first run with an RBI single; freshman shortstop Samantha Diaz hit an infield single for the second; a ram error on a Reina Bondi grounder scored the third; a pinch-hit infield single by junior Abby Howard - her first hit and RBI of the season - scored the fourth; a Myranda Bueno single through the left side plated the fifth run; a Petmecky single scored the sixth and seventh runs; and a Justine Federe double scored the eighth and final run of the inning.
STAT OF THE GAME: UNLV batted around in the eight-run first inning, sending a total of 12 batters to the plate in the frame. Seven of UNLV's 11 hits came in that inning.
REBEL OF THE GAME: There aren't enough superlatives to describe what Petmecky has done over the last five games. Dating back to game one in Fresno last Friday, Petmecky has gone 14-for-17 with two walks over her last 19 plate appearances. On Friday, she came up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle after registering a double and a single in the first inning and a two-run home run in the third.
REBEL NOTES:
* The Rebels have won five in a row in conference play - their longest winning streak of any kind this season - with Friday's victory securing their fourth straight Mountain West series win and fifth overall this season
* UNLV has won 10 of its last 12 conference games after a streak of seven straight Mountain West losses
* The Rebels have reached the 30-win mark for the first time since the team went 33-20 in 2010. The 13 conference wins are the most since the team won 15 in 2014.
* At 31 wins, Kristie Fox is tied with former UNLV head coach Pete Manarino for most wins in their first year at the helm. Manarino won 31 in his first season in 2009.
* UNLV scored in the first inning for the fifth straight game* UNLV's 11 runs matched its season-high, the other instance coming in a 12-11 loss in the series finale in Boise
* It was the Rebels' fifth run-rule victory this year after having just one all of last season
* Petmecky had 0 home runs through the first 33 games and has hit seven since then, including six over the last nine games
UP NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The series wraps up Saturday with the regular season finale and senior day at Eller Media Stadium. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. and the senior presentation will begin immediately after the game.
UP NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The series wraps up Saturday with the regular season finale and senior day at Eller Media Stadium. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. and the senior presentation will begin immediately after the game.
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