LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) — UNLV hosts No. 25 San Diego State for three games this weekend at Eller Media Stadium.
The Aztecs lead the Mountain West Conference standings with a spotless 9-0 conference record while the Rebels recently swept the road series at Boise State for the program's first-ever three-game sweep of a ranked team.
Friday's first pitch is 6 p.m.
Saturday is Scout Day where Boy and Girl Scouts in the greater Las Vegas area are invited out to receive a UNLV Softball patch, while supplies last. Sunday will be "The Office" Day with a fun-themed promotion related to the series. Sunday is also our season-long Spring Cleaning Day where fans can bring in a gently used item and receive a previous UNLV Athletics promotional giveaway, while supplies last.
Single-game tickets for tonight's game are $10 each and can be purchased at UNLVTickets.com or by calling 702-739-FANS. All UNLV students, Nevada high school students (with high school ID) and children 12 and younger receive free admission to UNLV softball games at Eller Media Stadium.
Broadcast info
All games of the series will be streamed live on the Mountain West Network via its official app or online at TheMW.com/watch. Wyatt Tomchek will be on the call as play-by-play.
UNLV vs. San Diego State
All-time vs. San Diego State: 46-63
Streak: Won 1.
Last meeting: UNLV took two of three in last year's series at San Diego.
At the peak
UNLV leads the Mountain West Conference in batting average, on-base percentage, and walks drawn.
Sofia Morales and
Mia Trejo are 1-2 in individual batting with
April Visser sitting ninth overall. Visser's 12 home runs rank second in the league, one shy of first.
Jenny Bressler's 15 wins, four saves and four shutouts in the circle also top the rankings.
A perfect circle
UNLV senior
Jenny Bressler was named the Mountain West Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week on March 21. Bressler (12-4) pitched the second-ever perfect game in UNLV history, striking out eight of 15 batters faced in UNLV's 8-0 five-inning run rule of UNR on March 19. It was Bressler's 18th career shutout.
Homers on range
With 34 games played and 18 games remaining, senior second baseman
April Visser is on pace to break UNLV's single-season home run record. Visser has slugged 12 home runs, second most in the Mountain West Conference. UNLV's single-season home run record was set by Marissa Nichols, who hit 18 in 2005.
RBI: record-breaking index
Senior first baseman
Mia Trejo is 11 RBI shy of matching UNLV's career record of 171 set by Kim Rondina (1994-97). Trejo hit in six runs in last weekend's series versus Boise State. Trejo also has a chance to break Rondina's career on-base percentage record and Tayler Van Acker's (2011-14) hit-by-pitch record by season's end.
Save the date
Jenny Bressler's next save will be a record-tying performance. Bressler has 10 career saves and sits one shy of UNLV's career record—jointly held by Jacque Kerrigan (2002-05) and Amie Stewart (!992-95).
Choice fielders
UNLV has been the conference's leading team in field percentage each of the last four seasons and owns the first-, second- and fourth-best single seasons.
UNLV's currently carries a .970 fielding percentage.
The Rebels' .977 fielding percentage in 2021 was second only to their record-setting .979 mark in 2019.
UNLV's defense was errorless through the weekend at the Bear Down Fiesta and had an error-free streak of 41 consecutive innings dating back to the seventh versus Washington on March 5 through the third inning against UNR on March 20.
Been caught stealing
So far in 2022, UNLV has thrown out eight runners stealing (28 percent).
The Rebels caught opponents stealing base 15 times last season, leading all Mountain West teams.
UNLV also matched a single-season record by recording 12 out stealing in conference play in 2021 (12, San Diego State, 2007).
