LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV Softball team closed out the three-game series against Fresno State with a 2-0 victory on Sunday afternoon at Eller Media Stadium.
 
The Rebels (17-14, 2-4 MW) shutout the Bulldogs (19-10, 5-1 MW) only allowing five total hits. The Scarlet & Gray scored two runs on six hits. Freshman Yanina Sherwood picked up her seventh win of the season and moved to an 7-6 overall record. Senior Ariana Martinez led the UNLV offense going 2-for-3 from the plate and scored one run.
 
HOW IT WENT DOWN: In the bottom of the first inning, Ariana Martinez smacked a double to left center and she later advanced to third on a fly out. Martinez then scored the first run of the game on a Bulldogs' passed ball. After four and a half of scoreless innings, senior Sofia Morales knocked in an RBI double to give the Rebels a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. With two runners on in the top of the seventh, Fresno State threatened with two runners on and two outs, but after a Rebels' pitching change, UNLV closed out the game with a ground ball.
 
OTHER NOTES:

• Bri Williams, Charelle Aki, Sofia Morales and Maddie Scott each tallied a hit against the Bulldogs.
• Martinez and Gwyn Burnett scored runs for UNLV.
• Yanina Sherwood threw 4.1 innings, only allowed three hits and struck out two Bulldogs.
• Amelia Weber pitched 2.2 innings and only allowed two hits.
• Williams has now reached base in four straight games.
• Martinez, Williams and Scott are all on three-game hitting streaks.

 
UP NEXT: UNLV will continue the homestand and play a midweek non-conference game on Tuesday, March 25 against Utah Tech at 3 p.m.