Lauryn Barker
9
New Mexico UNM 19-31
10
Winner UNLV LV 23-27
New Mexico UNM
19-31
9
Final
10
UNLV LV
23-27
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
New Mexico UNM 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 9 17 1
UNLV LV 2 6 1 0 0 1 X 10 8 1

W: Jolin, Sabrina (1-2) L: LINTON, Amber (11-13)

Game Recap: Softball |

Seniors Shine In Final Appearances

UNLV ends season on a high note with 10-9 win over New Mexico

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) — Denise Armendariz sent off her senior class with a season-ending victory Saturday at Eller Media Stadium.

UNLV (23-27 overall, 9-13 Mountain West) outlasted New Mexico (19-31, 6-16) 10-9 after a three-hour contest.

Armendariz blasted a two-RBI home run in the second and bunted in the game-winning run on a  squeeze in the sixth.

Armendariz's home run was the 28th of her career. The hit elevated her into the Rebels' top-10 for career home runs in her final game.

Alexys Herrera, a defensive replacement for outfielder Janyssa Martin, drove a seeing-eye double through the middle infield to the centerfield wall. The fourth-year senior stole third to set up Armendariz's go-ahead RBI.

The Rebels needed everybody on the roster. Three players left with injuries and four pitchers competed across the seven innings. Sabrina Jolin finished the final 1 â…“ innings, punching out the final Lobo batter looking at a change-up, to earn her first career victory.

New Mexico's 3-0 lead was quickly erased when Martin drove in Maddie Schmidt on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first. April Visser followed with an RBI single and left the game after suffering an injury rounding first.

Schmidt extended her streak of reaching base safely to 30 games.

Senior Lauryn Barker drew a leadoff walk in the second and four of the next five Rebels reached base before Kelsie Kelso preceded Armendariz's homer with a sacrifice fly.

The Rebels scored a single run in the third when Martin was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for a two-out RBI.

New Mexico whittled at the deficit over the next three innings before tying the game in the top of the sixth. The Lobos hit five straight singles off of Alanna Thiede, who powered through a relief appearance after Friday's complete-game win, before Jolin entered the circle.





 
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