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Week 2010 UNLV SOFTBALL MEDIA NOTES 13 Softball Contact: Jeffrey Seals Phone: 702.895.3134 / 702.683.8050 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.UNLVRebels.com DATE OPPONENT TIME OVERALL: 28-19 / HOME: 15-7 / AWAY: 2-6 / NEUTRAL: 11-6 Sportco Kick-Off Classic (Las Vegas) Feb. 12 Illinois L 8-0 (6) Mountain West Conference road games in San Feb. 12 Cal State Bakersfield W 17-1 (5) LEADING OFF Diego against the San Diego State Aztecs. The Feb. 13 UC Davis W 7-2 (7) The UNLV Rebels return to the friendly confines two contests were nearly identical of each other. Feb. 14 UC Davis W 3-2 (6) of Eller Media Stadium this week after spending Feb. 14 Loyola Marymount W 7-3 (7) the past two weekends on the road. This will be Both games were scoreless until SDSU scored the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic (Las Vegas) UNLV’s final home stand of the 2010 regular sea- first run of each contest in the fourth inning and Feb. 18 Boise State W 11-3 (5) son, as they welcome the Utah Utes and BYU two more in the fifth. Feb. 19 San Diego W 11-3 (5) Cougars to Las Vegas. Feb. 19 Hawaii L 11-0 (5) Feb. 20 #21/21 Northwestern L 8-0 (7) UNLV tallied three hits to SDSU’s six in each Feb. 21 Indiana W 13-2 (5) The Rebels and Utes will get things started on affair. Thursday, May 6 at 6:00 pm. Cathedral City Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) Paige Emerson led the Rebels in hitting with a Feb. 26 vs. Cal Poly W 7-4 (7) UNLV and BYU will play single contests on Feb. 26 vs. #24/19 Texas A&M L 4-3 (7) .500 batting average and two singles in five at- Feb. 27 vs. Fordham L 4-0 (7) Friday, May 7 (6:00 pm) and Saturday, May 8 bats. In all, Emerson collected two of the team’s Feb. 28 vs. #10/12 Stanford L 6-0 (7) (2:00 pm). Saturday’s contest is “Senior Day” six hits on the weekend. Feb. 28 vs. Long Island W 5-4 (7) with the program recognizing nine seniors play- ing in their final home game. Eller Media Stadium Classic (Las Vegas) HULL MOVES TO THE TOP, 3X March 5 Portland State L 10-9 (7) March 5 Weber State W 8-0 (5) GameTracker links can be found on UNLV’s offi- Jaci Hull came to UNLV in 2006 and ever since March 6 Portland State W 8-0 (5) cial website, www.UNLVRebels.com. has slowly been inching her name up each offen- March 6 New Mexico State W 9-6 (8) sive category in the program’s record book. Match 7 #13/15 California L 5-1 (5) ON DECK In 2009, Hull claimed the top spot in UNLV’s March 10 Southern Utah W 11-2 (5) The UNLV Rebels will hit the road to close out March 10 Southern Utah W 12-0 (7) career walks category when she surpassed Julie the 2010 regular season with their annual trek to Crandall’s 111 amassed from 1995-98. Currently, Long Beach State Invitational (Long Beach, Calif.) the states of New Mexico and Colorado. she owns 144 free passes to first base. March 12 vs. Purdue W 7-3 (7) March 13 vs. San Diego W 4-2 (7) UNLV will play a 5:00 pm MT (4:00 pm PT) con- March 13 vs. Notre Dame L 4-1 (7) This season she has moved up to first in runs and March 14 vs. Buffalo W 2-0 (7) test on Thursday, May 13 in Albuquerque against home runs. She became the program’s all-time the New Mexico Lobos before heading north to leader in runs against Michigan (March 19) when Judi Garman Classic (Fullerton, Calif.) Fort Collins, Colo. The Rebels will then play two she passed Kim Rondina’s (1994-97) 168 scores. March 18 vs. Purdue W 9-4 (7) games at CSU with a 4:00 pm MT (3:00 pm PT) Currently, she owns 185 runs scored. March 19 vs. #4/4 Michigan L 14-13 (7) affair on Friday, May 14 and a 12:00 pm MT March 19 vs. San Jose State W 7-1 (7) March 20 vs. #7/10 Arizona State L 10-0 (5) (11:00 am PT) contest on Saturday, May 15. She bested Rondina, once again, for the home run March 21 vs. DePaul W 5-4 (7) crown with her 47th blast coming against New Mexico (April 11). Rondina had 46. Currently, March 26 at Loyola Marymount L 7-1 (7) TIME CHANGES March 27 at #5/6 UCLA (DH) L 8-0 (5) The UNLV Rebels have made alterations to two she owns 50 dingers to her credit. March 27 at #5/6 UCLA (DH) L 11-3 (5) of their final six games on the schedule. The first change is UNLV’s game on Saturday, May 8 that Hull is second in all-time RBI with 167 and trails BYU Pre-Conference Tourn. (St. George, Utah) Rondina’s career mark of 171 runners knocked in. April 2 vs. Idaho State W 9-8 (8) has been pushed back to 2:00 pm from its original April 3 vs. Idaho State W 19-4 (5) 1:00 pm start time. The second and final time April 3 vs. Cal State Bakersfield W 6-4 (7) change is in the regular-season finale, which takes THE 900 CLUB place at Colorado State on Saturday, May 15. The April 9 Colorado State (MWC) W 7-4 (7) With help from 57 wins at the helm of the UNLV April 10 New Mexico (MWC) W 8-3 (7) new time for UNLV-CSU is at 12:00 pm MT Softball program, Pete Manarino reached the 900- April 11 New Mexico (MWC) W 12-11 (7) (11:00 am PT). win club on April 11. The clinching victory came April 17 San Diego State (MWC) L 4-0 (7) April 20 UMKC L 6-5 (7) in dramatic fashion, as UNLV rallied for a 12-11 April 22 at BYU (MWC) L 7-3 (7) LOOKING BACK A WEEK come-from-behind win in its final at-bat. April 23 at Utah (MWC) W 4-0 (7) The UNLV Rebels went 0-2 last week in April 24 at Utah (MWC) W 8-1 (7) May 1 at San Diego State (MWC) L 3-0 (7) May 2 at San Diego State (MWC) L 3-0 (7) May 6 Utah (MWC) 6:00 pm 2010 MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS 2010 MWC POLL May 7 BYU (MWC) 6:00 pm Conference Overall Rank Team Points May 8 BYU (MWC) 2:00 pm Team W L Pct. W L T Pct. 1 BYU (4) 24 May 13 at New Mexico (MWC) 5:00 pm 1. BYU 9 2 .818 36 10 0 .783 2 San Diego State (2) 22 May 14 at Colorado State (MWC) 4:00 pm 2. San Diego State 7 2 .777 29 12 0 .707 3 UNLV 17 May 15 at Colorado State (MWC) 12:00 pm 3. UNLV 5 4 .556 28 19 0 .596 4 Utah 10 Rankings displayed as NFCA first, USA Softball second. 4. Colorado State 5 6 .455 27 18 0 .600 5 Colorado State 9 All game times set in time zone being played. 5. Utah 4 7 .364 24 25 0 .490 6 New Mexico 8 All games are subject to change. 6. New Mexico 1 10 .091 11 33 0 .250 First-Place votes in parentheses. QUICK FACTS UNLV NUMERICAL ROSTER General Information # Name Pos B/T HT CL/EXP Hometown/Last School Location: . .Las Vegas, Nev. 01 Jessica O’Connor P R/R 5-11 SO/1L Littleton, Colo./Dakota Ridge HS Founded: . .1957 02 Traci Odegard P L/L 5-9 JR/2L Kirkland, Wash./Juanita HS Enrollment: . .28,000 03 Tara Bendt OF L/R 5-3 SR/1L Kearns, Utah/Salt Lake CC Nickname: . .Rebels 04 Amber Petersen P R/R 5-8 SO/1L Twin Falls, Idaho/Twin Falls HS Colors: . .Scarlet & Gray 06 Tayler Aleman 3B R/R 5-8 FR/HS Las Vegas, Nev./Sierra Vista HS Conference: . .Mountain West 07 Ashli Holland 2B R/R 5-4 JR/2L Arvada, Colo./Pomona HS President: . .Dr. Neal Smatresk 09 Elena Fata 3B R/R 5-3 SO/1L Hollister, Calif./San Benito HS Director of Athletics: . .Jim Livengood 11 Bri Bernardi C R/R 5-3 SR/3L Flagstaff, Ariz./Flagstaff HS 12 Samantha Henry C R/R 5-4 RS-FR/HS Concord, Calif./Carondelet HS Softball Information 13 Brianna Bolinger P R/R 5-10 SO/TR Yucaipa, Calif./UC Riverside Head Coach: . .Pete Manarino 14 Stefani Sanchez 2B L/R 5-4 JR/2L Clovis, Calif./Buchanan HS Alma Mater: . .Cal State Fullerton, ‘84 15 Chey Farley OF R/R 5-6 SR/2L Kaneohe, Hawaii/Eastern Arizona College UNLV Record (Years): . .59-40 (2nd) 16 Tara Woodall C L/R 5-3 FR/HS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Alta Loma HS Overall Record (Years): . .902-548-2 (25) 18 Paige Emerson OF L/R 5-5 SO/TR Rocklin, Calif./Pacific Assistant Coach (Years): . .Panita Thanatharn (2nd) 20 Erica Addison 3B R/R 5-8 SR/1L Anacortes, Wash./Bellevue CC Alma Mater: . .Long Beach State, ’06 21 Jaci Hull SS L/R 5-7 SR/3L Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon HS Assistant Coach (Years): .