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2007 UNLV Softball Media Guide ✯ 2006 Review The 2006 season was an arduous one for the The Rebels returned home to host the Back in Las Vegas, the team hosted Rebels. The season began with high hopes UNLV Invitational, their third and final Missouri for a three-game set. The Tigers and promise. The one constant coming in home tournament. UNLV won three of five pushed UNLV’s losing streak to 10 games, was that this would be one of the toughest and continued its dominance over its in- but the Rebels turned the tables and won schedules in UNLV softball history, as well state rival, Nevada, Reno. games two and three of the series. as one of the most difficult in the nation. After hosting three of their first four weeks, The first half of the Mountain West ✯ The season began well for the Rebels with the Rebels hit the road for 13 consecutive Conference season wasn’t kind to the three straight wins in the Alexis Resort games over a three-week stretch. The Rebels. UNLV dropped its first five games Kick-Off Classic. The third win was punc- squad traveled across the Pacific for five before closing out the first half 2-8. The tuated with a Rosa Ordaz walk-off grand games at the Hawaiian Airlines Spring second time around facing MWC foes, the slam to defeat Illinois-Chicago. The team Fling Tournament. The Rebels took game team played .600 ball, going 6-4. closed the classic with a 4-2 record. one against Longwood. In its second game, Penn State got a walk-off grand slam to A highlight of MWC play was ruining San The following week, UNLV hosted the defeat the Rebels. UNLV wound up going Diego State’s bid at an undefeated confer- Louisville Slugger Desert Classic with 23 2-3 in Hawaii. ence season. The Aztecs rolled into Las other teams coming to town. The Rebels Vegas with a perfect mark and ranked 24th didn’t have luck on their side as the team Unfortunately, the trip to the Islands began in the ESPN/USA Softball poll. But UNLV dropped its first game to Northwestern in a downward spiral. The team went on a ended all of that with a 3-0 blanking. late-inning fashion. The team then alternat- stretch of losing 10 straight contests and 12 ed wins and losses to finish 2-3 overall. of 13 overall. In between MWC play, the Rebels went to The biggest hit the team suffered was the Fullerton for the second time. In this trip, loss of Jaci Hull for the remainder of the After returning to Las Vegas for a day, the UNLV played Cal State Fullerton and season due to a broken right hand suffered team headed west to California for a single wound up taking a split. in a dramatic win against Kansas. game against then-No. 3 UCLA and to play in Cal State Fullerton’s Judi Garman In the MWC Tournament, UNLV went 2-2 With the loss of Hull, UNLV’s lineup was Classic. The Rebels made the affair in Los while alternating wins and losses. The altered with Maggie Livreri shedding her Angeles close until the Bruins opened up Rebels defeated Colorado State and New catching gear and picking up a visor and an the scoring late. Mexico, while suffering losses to San infielder’s glove. Britney Hillyer took over Diego State and Utah. catching duties for the remainder of the In the Judi Garman Classic, the team’s year with Rosa Ordaz getting some experi- competition was primarily top-25 caliber, The loss to Utah was tough, in that, UNLV ence behind the dish, as well. except for Cal State Northridge. The team gave up the only run of the game on a sac- wound up going 0-5 in Fullerton. rifice fly in the first inning. Christie The team hit the road for the Palm Springs Robinson entered the contest in the second Classic, but sandwiched three losses The Rebel woes continued into the final inning and shut down the Ute offense. She between wins. The team defeated weekend of the road trek. At Arizona State, did not allow a hit in 6.0 innings of work. Oklahoma State and Ohio State, but lost UNLV was swept by the Sun Devils in a The Rebels could only muster two hits by close games to Texas A&M and Texas. doubleheader. Brittany Freight and were eliminated in the 1-0 contest. Christie Robinson was named twice as the Brittany Freight was named to the league’s Shannon Crisp was named to the league’s Mountain West Conference’s Pitcher of all-conference team. all-tournament team as the designated the Week player. Eight NCAA Regionals ✯ Three Women’s College World Series Appearances 37 ✯ 2007 UNLV Softball Media Guide Batting ## Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG BB HBP SO DP OB SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD 21 Jaci Hull .400 10 10 15 8 6 0 0 3 6 15 1.000 8 1 2 0 .625 0 0 1 1 7 17 4 .857 24 Shannon Crisp .306 61 61 170 18 52 7 0 8 35 83 .488 16 0 30 2 .360 3 2 0 0 9 19 6 .824 23 Marissa Nichols .300 26 26 80 12 24 2 0 0 5 26 .325 8 1 16 0 .371 0 2 12 15 22 1 0 1.000 18 Brittany Bolinger .276 63 63 163 39 45 1 3 2 10 58 .356 25 3 34 0 .382 0 14 13 17 61 6 4 .944 37 Kendall Fearn .275 62 61 160 26 44 10 0 8 26 78 .488 18 2 49 3 .354 1 4 2 2 65 108 24 .878 08 Brittany Freight .274 63 63 201 28 55 8 0 1 6 66 .328 8 2 30 1 .307 1 4 11 13 64 3 4 .944 13 Kendall McSwain .273 13 4 11 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 .273 1 0 4 0 .333 0 0 1 1 9 9 4 .818 2006 Statistics 2006 Statistics 09 Kelly Griego .250 8 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 4 5 .625 0 0 5 0 .250 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 .923 15 Maggie Livreri .246 63 63 171 31 42 12 0 3 38 63 .368 31 6 31 1 .369 6 0 1 3 161 107 34 .887 ✯ 03 Caitlyn Paus .245 60 60 155 22 38 7 0 6 14 63 .406 16 0 37 0 .314 1 3 3 4 131 68 17 .921 05 Rosa Ordaz .237 60 43 139 18 33 5 0 5 27 53 .381 9 1 33 1 .285 2 1 3 3 226 23 10 .961 16 Becky McDonald .219 41 30 73 13 16 4 0 2 11 26 .356 7 1 30 0 .296 0 2 0 1 183 20 6 .971 35 Sandy Nakamura .205 38 7 44 4 9 2 0 1 7 14 .318 5 0 13 1 .286 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 11 Bri Bernardi .203 44 30 79 11 16 2 0 3 6 27 .342 7 0 21 0 .267 0 3 0 0 32 2 7 .829 14 Lauren Von Holst .158 33 5 38 3 6 1 0 1 5 10 .263 2 0 17 0 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 20 Britney Hillyer .145 55 49 62 8 9 3 0 0 3 12 .194 11 0 22 0 .274 0 4 0 2 245 41 6 .979 17 Christie Robinson .000 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 55 1 .984 Totals .255 63 63 1569 243 400 64 3 44 205 602 .384 172 17 374 9 .332 14 39 48 63 1234 482 128 .931 Opponents .291 63 63 1723 323 501 64 10 51 293 738 .428 132 33 325 3 .350 13 43 66 83 1233 472 94 .948 LOB - Team (336), Opp (388). DPs turned - Team (16), Opp (17). IBB - Team (2), Nichols 2, Opp (5). Picked off - Fearn 1, Freight 1, McSwain 1, Bolinger 1, Ordaz 1, Hillyer 1. Pitching ## Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA 17 Christie Robinson 3.26 10 12 42 30 6 1 0 2 152.2 194 118 71 33 103 22 2 17 662 .293 7 16 5 16 24 Shannon Crisp 3.88 11 17 45 24 8 1 1 2 168.0 199 135 93 69 143 22 5 17 687 .290 12 12 6 20 16 Becky McDonald 4.38 3 5 23 7 3 1 0 0 64.0 78 48 40 24 57 14 2 11 266 .293 3 5 2 3 09 Kelly Griego 5.18 2 3 10 2 0 0 1 2 25.2 30 22 19 6 21 6 1 6 105 .286 2 0 0 4 Totals 3.80 26 37 63 63 17 4 1 6 410.1 501 323 223 132 324 64 10 51 1720 .291 24 33 13 43 Opponents 3.24 37 26 63 63 36 11 1 1 411.0 400 243 190 172 374 64 3 44 1569 .255 23 17 14 39 PB - Team (8), Hillyer 5, Ordaz 2, Livreri 1, Opp (7).