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2013 UNLV MEDIA NOTES NCAA Tournament Sage Sammons, Baseball Contact Appearances UNLV Media Relations 1978 - 1980 - 1981 O: (702) 895-3764 1984 - 1988 - 1989 C: (702) 478-0166 1996 - 2003 - 2004 EMAIL: [email protected] 2005 TWITTER: @UNLV_Sage BASEBALL TWITTER: @UNLVbaseball 2013 UNLV SCHEDULE COMING UP TOMORROW RECORD: 14-3 HOME: 8-1 MW: 0-0 AWAY: 5-1 TOP-25: 3-0 NEUTRAL: 1-1 DATE OPPONENT TIME 2/15/13 TENNESSEE W, 10-9 2/16/13 TENNESSEE (DH) L, 8-3 TENNESSEE (DH) W, 5-4 2/17/13 TENNESSEE W, 3-2 (14) HIGH: 87° HIGH: 80° HIGH: 79° 2/21/13 at Pacific W, 9-1 LOW: 63° LOW: 60° LOW: 61° 2/22/13 vs. Gonzaga L, 9-3 Partly sunny Partly sunny and warm Mostly sunny, nice 2/22/13 at Pacific L,, 3-0 and warm 2/23/13 vs. Gonzaga W, 4-0 2/28/13 VS. BRADLEY^ W, 8-6 3/01/13 VS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT^ W, 6-5 3/02/13 VS. BRADLEY^ W, 8-3 3/03/13 VS. HAWAI’I^ W, 12-4 3/04/13 HAWAI’I W, 14-1 3/08/13 at No. 9 Stanford W, 3-2 3/09/13 at No. 9 Stanford W, 12-2 3/10/13 at No. 9 Stanford W, 5-1 3/12/13 at CSU Bakersfield W, 8-6 3/15/13 NEW MEXICO* 6:05 PM PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 3/16/13 NEW MEXICO* 12:05 PM 3/17/13 NEW MEXICO* 1:05 PM No. 21 UNLV vs. No. 21 UNLV vs. No. 21 UNLV vs. 3/18/13 BYU 3:05 PM New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico 3/22/13 at San Diego State* 6:00 PM Friday, March 15, 2013 Saturday, March 16, 2013 Sunday, March 17, 2013 3/23/13 at San Diego State* 2:00 PM 6:05 PM - Earl E. Wilson Stadium 12:05 PM - Earl E. Wilson Stadium 1:05 PM - Earl E. Wilson Stadium 3/24/13 at San Diego State* 1:00 PM 3/25/13 at San Diego 6:00 PM Erick Fedde (2-0, 1.17 ERA) Buddy Borden (2-0, 1.17 ERA) John Richy (2-0, 1.17 ERA) 3/29/13 AIR FORCE* 6:05 PM 3/30/13 AIR FORCE* 2:05 PM vs. vs. vs. 3/31/13 AIR FORCE* 1:05 PM A.J. Carman (1-0, 4.67 ERA) Sam Wolff (1-2, 6.50 ERA) TBA 4/05/13 at Fresno State* 6:35 PM 4/06/13 at Fresno State* 6:35 PM 4/07/13 at Fresno State* 1:05 PM 4/10/13 ARIZONA STATE 6:05 PM HOMEWARD BOUND 4/12/13 NEVADA, RENO* 6:05 PM The No. 21 UNLV Rebels will return to the Simply Rebels! 4/13/13 NEVADA, RENO* 2:05 PM A NOTE TO THE MEDIA: Please remeber that friendly confines of Earl E. Wilson this week- 4/14/13 NEVADA, RENO* 1:05 PM UNLV (acronym on all references) is home to the 4/16/13 at UC Riverside 3:00 PM end and host the preseason Mountain West 4/19/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 6:05 PM REBEL baseball team. Only the men’s basket- favorite New Mexico. On Friday the two will 4/20/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 2:05 PM ball team at UNLV is nicknamed the RUNNIN’ 4/21/13 SAN DIEGO STATE* 1:05 PM play at 6:05 p.m., on Saturday the game time 4/24/13 at Arizona State 5:30 PM REBELS. 4/26/13 at New Mexico* 5:00 PM has been changed to 12:05 p.m. and on Sun- 4/27/13 at New Mexico* 4:00 PM day the two will meet at 1:05 p.m.. The Rebels 4/28/13 at New Mexico* 12:00 PM 4/30/13 UC RIVERSIDE 3:05 PM are coming off of a three-game sweep at then BASEBALL BROADCASTS 5/03/13 FRESNO STATE* 6:05 PM No. 9 Stanford and midweek game at CSU Ba- 5/04/13 FRESNO STATE* 2:05 PM Marcus Brody returns to the booth to provide 5/05/13 FRESNO STATE* 1:05 PM kersfield. UNLV held off a late Roadrunner rally commentary for the live streaming video of all 5/06/13 SAN DIEGO 3:05 PM on Tuesday to win its 10th consecutive game. 5/10/13 at Nevada, Reno* 6:00 PM UNLV home games. This is Brody’s third year as 5/11/13 at Nevada, Reno* 1:00 PM The Lobos are coming off of a 4-3 loss against the voice of the UNLV baseball team. A full-time 5/12/13 at Nevada, Reno* 1:00 PM No. 13 Arizona State on Wednesday and they 5/16/13 at Air Force* 2:00 PM analyst has not been announced yet this season 5/17/13 at Air Force* 1:00 PM split a four-game series with UC Riverside last so look for a rotation of great insight on the Rebel 5/18/13 at Air Force* 12:00 PM weekend. 5/22/13-5/26/13 MW Tournament TBA broadcasts. 6/1/13-6/4/13 NCAA Regionals TBA Three more games will be broadcasted local- 6/8/13-6/11/13 NCAA Super Regionals TBA ly on FOX Sports Radio 920 this year: Air Force 6/15/13-6/26/13 NCAA College World Series TBA SCOUTING THE REBELS Leading the Rebels from the plate this season is (March 30 & 31) and Nevada, Reno (April 13) Home Games in Bold senior Brandon Bayardi. He is batting .386 and All other home games this season will be *Mountain West Game All times Pacific Time has a team-high 27 hits. He also leads the team available through the UNLV website, www. Game times and dates subject to change with two triples and is the only Rebel to hit a unlvrebels.com. UNLVRebels.com • facebook.com/UNLVathletics • @UNLVbaseball • #UNLVbaseball • 1 2013 Rebel Baseball home run this season. Sophomore Erik 2013 UNLV BASEBALL QUICK FACTS VanMeetren is second on the team in batting average with .368. He is tied for GENERAL INFO a team high seven doubles with senior COACHING STAFF Mark Shannon. Shannon has started all SCHOOL UNLV HEAD COACH Tim Chambers 17 of the Rebels’ games and is hitting LOCATION Las Vegas, Nev. ALMA MATER Southern Utah 1989 a .362. He has also started two games ADDRESS 4505 Maryland Parkway RECORD AT UNLV 73-59 (Third Year) for UNLV on the mound and owns a 2-0 ENROLLMENT 27,000 CAREER RECORD 539-254-1 (13 years) record with a 0.86 ERA. He has struck FOUNDED 1957 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Stan Stolte (St. Ambrose ‘84) out 21 batters in 21.0 innings. Sopho- PRESIDENT Dr. Neal Smatresk ASSISTANT COACH Kevin Higgins (Arizona State ‘89) more Joey Swanner leads the team DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Jim Livengood VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT Eric Nielsen (UNLV ‘04) with 13 RBI. From the mound, junior ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Jerry Koloskie DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Chuck Hazzard (Florida ‘98) Buddy Borden (2-1) allowed his first FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE Brackley Frayer STRENGTH COACH Rob Handley (UNLV ‘11) earned run of the season after pitching CONFERENCE Mountain West ATHLETIC TRAINER Matt Vaughn 25.0 innings with allowing one. He cur- NICKNAME Rebels EQUIPMENT MANAGER Tausha Smith (UNLV ‘99) rently has a 0.64 ERA which is the best COLORS Scarlet and Gray on the Rebel staff. He also leads team BASEBALL HISTORY in strikeouts with 24. Sophomore Erick FIRST SEASON 1967 STADIUM INFO Fedde (3-0) sports a 2.25 ERA and is FACILITY Earl E. Wilson Stadium ALL-TIME RECORD 1,432-1,164-8 (.552) second on the team with 22 strikeouts FIELD NAME Roger Barnson Field CWS APPEARANCES/LAST None in 24.0 innings. He went up against CAPACITY 3,000 SUPER REGIONAL APPEARANCES/LAST None Stanford’s Mark Appel on Friday night DIMENSIONS 335-375-400-375-335 REGIONAL APPEARANCES/LAST 10/2005 (Tempe Reg.) and was able to get his third win of the YEAR OPENED 1994 season. John Richy had his best outing PRESS BOX PHONE 702-739-1595 against Stanford, pitching a complete MEDIA RELATIONS BASEBALL CONTACT Sage Sammons game, two-hitter to earn his second win OFFICE PHONE 702-895-3764 of the year. From the bullpen, senior Andy Beresford has been the strongest TEAM INFO CELL PHONE 702-478-0166 2012 Record 26-31 EMAIL [email protected] pitcher, posting a 3-0 record to go along 2012 MW Record (finish) 7-17 (4th) MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 4505 Maryland Parkway with a 0.93 ERA. He earned his second CONFERENCE TITLES 3 Box 450004 save of the year at CSU Bakersfield on NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES (last) 10 (2005) Las Vegas, Nev. 89154-0004 Tuesday. LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST 17/11 OFFICE FAX 702-895-0989 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST 5/4 TWITTER @UNLVbaseball SCOUTING THE PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST 8/4 WEBSITE www.unlvrebels.com LOBOS NEWCOMERS 9 New Mexico, predicted to be the best team in the Mountain West this season KEY RETURNING PITCHERS by the coaches’ preseason poll, has not Erick Fedde RHP So. (6-5, 3.59 ERA, 15 appearances, 15 GS, 90.1 IP, 66 strikeouts) Brady Zuniga RHP Sr. (1-0, 3.13 ERA, 18 appearances, 1 save, 37.1 IP, 28 strikeouts) gotten the start it was looking for. UNM Buddy Borden RHP Jr. (2-5, 4.95 ERA, 16 appearances, 8 GS, 54.2 IP, 63 strikeouts) lost its first series of the year on open- Zack Hartman RHP Jr.