LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV Hustlin' Rebels baseball battled back from a six-run deficit,but ultimately fell 9-7 in 10 innings to the Northern Colorado Bears baseball in a back-and-forth contest on Wednesday afternoon at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.

HOW IT WENT DOWN: Northern Colorado (1-13) struck first in the opening inning, capitalizing on a leadoff walk by Brandon Sanchez. After swiping third, Sanchez scored on Logan Pruski's RBI single to left-center to give the Bears a 1-0 edge. The Bears widened the gap in the fourth, as RBI singles from Mac Dawsey, Sanchez and Jaden Stone plated three runs, pushing the lead to 4-0. An unearned run in the fifth and another RBI knock in the sixth extended Northern Colorado's advantage to 6-0, putting UNLV in an early hole.

UNLV (10-4) finally broke through in the bottom of the sixth. Gunnar Myro sparked the rally with a double down the right-field line before Drew Barragan delivered the big swing, a two-run triple to left-center. Ayden Garcia followed with an RBI groundout to trim the deficit to 6-3. The Scarlet & Gray completed the comeback in the seventh inning. After Jack Salmon walked and Gavin Taylor singled, Myro lined a shallow single to center that brought in two runs. An error in the outfield allowed Myro to circle the bases, tying the game at 6-6. Northern Colorado briefly regained the lead in the eighth on Stone's RBI double, but Barragan answered immediately in the bottom half with a towering solo home run to deep left, evening the score at 7-7.

The Rebels threatened in the ninth after a two-out single by Marcos Rosales and an intentional walk to Barragan, but couldn't push across the winning run. The Bears broke through in the 10th, as two walks and a wild pitch moved runners into scoring position before Stone again delivered, ripping a two-run single through the right side to give Northern Colorado a 9-7 lead. UNLV went down in order in the bottom half, sealing the extra-inning defeat.

QUOTABLE: "The game of baseball is incredible. It punishes the team, then walks lead-off hitters, hits guys, doesn't make plays defensively, gets picked off and has bad at-bats in crucial situations. And rewards teams that get key tough two-out hits and plays cleaner baseball. And that's what happened today."
-Head Coach Stan Stolte

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
-Barragan has tallied a hit in 12 of the 13 games he has played, including three games of three or more hits and eight games of two or more hits. 
-UNLV starting pitcher Yates Bland went 4.0 innings where he allowed six hits, four earned runs, three walks and three strikeouts.
-Marcos Rosales has extended his hitting streak to 12 games with his two hits today and added a trio of walks.
-Gavin Taylor started his first game today at first base and the primary catcher recorded a pair of hits and scored a run.

UP NEXT: UNLV will head to the Minnesota hosted Cambria Classic at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as they will face the Golden Gophers on March 6 at 5 p.m. PT, Southern Illinois on March 7 at 9 a.m. PT and Northwestern on March 8 at 12 p.m. PT.