NORFOLK, Va. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV softball team finished the Norfolk State Tournament with a 3-2 comeback win over Youngstown State (10-8) and a 10-0 run-rule victory against Quinnipiac (5-3) in five innings on Sunday at the NSU Softball Field. The Rebels (15-8) won their sixth straight game and won all four games to go undefeated in the tournament.
 
The Rebels had a great weekend on the East coast tallying a combined 29 runs, two run-rule shutouts and Jessie Fontes, Alanna Thiede, Rylei Trujillo and Ellie Zellien each picked up a win in the circle. UNLV outhit its opponents 41-12 on the weekend and only allowed seven combined runs through four games.
 
GAME 1: UNLV 3, Youngstown State 2
 
In the top half of the first inning of the game, the Penguins scored first to take an early 1-0 lead, on a long infield pop-up that took the second baseman back onto the grass. The Rebels were not worried as the bottom half of the inning they tied it up. Maddie Schmidt led off with a walk and Janyssa Martin then bunted her over to second. Back-to-back-walks by Ariana Martinez and Alyssa Trejo loaded the bases for UNLV. The Rebels took advantage of a fielding error by the Youngstown State second baseman and scored a run to knot it up 1-all. Four scoreless innings went by on both sides, before the Penguins roped a solo home run to take a 2-1 lead. The Rebels were ready to bounce back as they came to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning. After a walk by Alyssa Trejo, Jesse Farrell went yard over the center field wall to give UNLV a 3-2 lead.
 
In the top half of the final inning, Ellie Zellien and the Rebels' defense shut down the Penguins in order on two ground balls and a fly out to right field to complete the comeback win.
 
GAME 2: UNLV 10, Quinnipiac 0 (5 innings)
 
Things got off to a slow start for the Rebels and Bobcats as the first hit of the game didn't happen until the bottom of the third inning by Quinnipiac. The Rebels got their first hit in the top of the fourth inning by Maddie Schmidt leading things off with a single to left. Jesse Farrell then got the Rebels' second hit of the day on an RBI double to left to get UNLV on the board, 1-0. The bottom half of the fourth, UNLV retired Quinnipiac on three straight ground balls. In the top of the fifth inning, the Rebels bats got hot and tallied nine runs on nine hits to put themselves in a position to earn a run-rule. In the final at-bats for the Bobcats, Quinnipiac was unable to find a gap and were retired in order to give the Rebels another victory.
 
OTHER NOTES:

• In game one against YSU, Jesse Farrell, Maddie Schmidt and Alyssa Trejo each had a hit. Farrell's hit was a two-run homer which propelled the Rebels to victory.
• In game two against the Bobcats, Schmidt was 2-for-4 on the day and crossed the plate twice.
• Martinez was 1-for-2 against Quinnipiac including a grand slam and a walk.
• Sofia Morales was 2-for-3 against the Bobcats and had two RBI. Skyler Shaw had a hit which was a double and brought in two runs.
• On the weekend, Schmidt was 7-for-14 (.500) at the plate, including a double, a RBI and a walk. She had a .571 slugging percentage, .533 on-base percentage and was a perfect 3-for-3 on stolen bases. Schmidt increased her on-base streak to 20 straight games and is on an eight-game hitting streak.
• Martinez was 6-for-12 (.500) on the weekend with a double, triple and a home run. She collected a team-high for the weekend nine RBI. Martinez had a 1.000 slugging percentage and .571 on-base percentage. She has now reached base in 20 consecutive games.
• Alyssa Trejo was the third Rebel to bat .500 this weekend going 5-for-10 with two homers and four RBI. She had a 1.100 slugging percentage to go with a .643 on-base percentage.

 
UP NEXT: The Rebels will be back at Eller Media Stadium to host Colorado State in the opening weekend of Mountain West play beginning on Saturday, March 16 at 3 p.m.