LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV volleyball team kicked off its four-match homestand in a big way with a 3-1 victory over the New Mexico Lobos in Mountain West play Tuesday night at the Cox Pavilion. The Rebels got double-doubles from outside hitters Shelby Capllonch and Mariena Hayden as well as 19 combined kills and four blocks apiece from middle blockers Kate Brennan and Erin Davis in the affair with set scores of 25-12, 19-25, 25-16, 25-19.
 
With the win, the Scarlet & Gray extended its season-best win streak to seven and, subsequently, upped its overall record to 11-9 and conference mark to 7-2. UNM, on the other hand, sits 6-15 on the year and 1-8 in the MW. Additionally, this match signaled the end of the first half of conference play for both the Rebels and Lobos, with each beginning the second half against the Air Force Falcons later this week.
 
UNLV outhit UNM by 179 points (.374 to .195), throwing down 24 more kills (62-38) off 18 more swings (131-113) and three fewer errors (13-16). The Rebels registered 13 or more kills in every set, including 18 in the third and 17 in the fourth, and hit .382 or better and committed four or fewer errors in the three frames they claimed in the bout. Conversely, the Lobos began the match hitting -.042 in the first with five errors overshadowed by six errors. The Cherry & Silver rebounded the remainder of the affair hitting .357 and .310 in the second and third, respectively, with only three errors in each stanza; however, the offense could only muster a .125 in the fourth.
 
Hayden registered her 10th consecutive double-double with match bests in both kills and digs with 18 and 19, respectively. Capllonch's double-double, which consisted of 16 kills – off .452 hitting – and 15 digs, was her 12th of the year.
 
Brennan and Davis hit a staggering .548 with only one error apiece in the four-set win, with the former notching 11 kills to the latter's eight. On the defensive side of the net, each had a hand in four blocks – Brennan had two solo and two assisted; Davis had four assisted.
 
REBEL NOTES:
- UNLV snapped a three-match losing skid to UNM with Tuesday's win and, subsequently, upped its overall lead in the series to six, 25-19,  
- UNLV improved to 4-4 in four-set matches this season.
- UNLV's plus-24 kill differential (62-38) was the second largest in a match this season, only trailing the plus-30 mark (48-18) posted against Utah State (Oct. 10).
- UNLV's plus-179 hitting differential (.374 to .195) was the second largest in a match this season, only trailing the plus-265 (.314 to .049) recorded against Utah State (Oct. 10).
- Hayden had one ace in the match to bump her career tally to 193; thus, bumping her UNLV and Mountain West record number.
- Hayden's 43 attack attempts against UNM helped her move into fifth place in UNLV's career record book with 2,948, surpassing Patricia Assuncao's 2,929 amassed from 2000-03.
- Hayden's 18 kills and 19 digs helped her move within 13 kills of tying Daryn Glenn (1,095/2011-14) for fifth place and 20 digs of tying Brittani Lumsden (922/2004-07). To date, Hayden has 1,082 kills and 902 digs.
 
UP NEXT: UNLV continues its homestand at the Cox Pavilion Thursday night at 6:30 pm against Air Force on a night billed as Military/Law Enforcement/First Responder Appreciation Day. The Rebels will also host Fresno State (Oct. 31) and San Diego State (Nov. 2) next week.