LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV softball team fell in both games on day one of the Garnet & Black Invitational hosted by South Carolina on Friday at Carolina Softball Stadium. The Rebels (7-4) were held scoreless and fell 8-0 in five innings to Boston (8-3) and came up short 2-1 against Fordham (5-6).
 
GAME 1: UNLV 0, Boston 8 (5 innings)
 
Boston jumped out front first in the bottom of the first inning taking a 5-0 lead. The Rebels were then retired in order in the top of the second. The Scarlet & Gray retired the Terriers in the bottom of the second with two fly outs and a ground out. In the bottom of the third inning, Boston scored on a single to right field and made it 6-0. The Terriers added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning on a single to left. In the top of the fifth, Diamond Sefe led off with a single up the middle. With two outs in the fifth, Maddie Scott then drew a walk to give UNLV runners on first and second. The Scarlet & Gray were unable to get the two-out rally going and were retired for the last out in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, the Terriers scored another run to make it 8-0 and called ball game.
 
GAME 2: UNLV 1, Fordham 2
 
In the bottom of the first inning, Fordham took a 2-0 lead on three hits. The second and third innings were scoreless from both sides, before the Rebels came back to the plate in the top of the fourth inning. Karmyna Becerra got things going with a single to left field to lead off the fourth. Charelle Aki then sent the first strike she saw on a 1-0 count to right center bringing Becerra in to cut the deficit in half, 2-1. UNLV had runners on the corners with two outs in the top of the fourth, but were unable to bring another run across. The Rams tried to answer back in the bottom of the fourth, but the Rebels kept them off the scoreboard. The next two innings were scoreless by both sides and the Scarlet & Gray were down to the final top half of the inning in the seventh. UNLV had two runners on in the top of the seventh, but were unable to bring them around and Fordham held onto the win.
 
OTHER NOTES:

• Ariana Martinez, Diamond Sefe and Bri Williams each had a hit against the Terriers.
• Martinez also was 2-for-3 against Fordham.
• Charelle Aki was 1-for-3 against the Rams and had the team's only RBI.
• The Rebels out-hit the Rams 6-5

 
UP NEXT: The Rebels will play Boston again in the Garnet & Black Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 a.m. PT/10:30 a.m. ET.