2021 UNLV BASEBALL WEEKLY NOTES WEEK 6: WASHINGTON STATE (MARCH 23-24) SCHEDULE OVERALL RECORD: 7-3 // MOUNTAIN WEST: 6-3 Date Opponent RESULT/TIME Feb. 19 New Mexico State Canceled FIRST PITCH Feb. 20 New Mexico State (DH) Canceled The UNLV baseball team (7-3) returns home to host the Washington State Cougars (11-4) in a mid- Feb. 21 New Mexico State Canceled week series at Earl E. Wilson Stadium. The Rebels, who are coming off a road trip which saw them Feb. 27 UNR* (G1) W 3-2 (9) go 2-2, will face the Cougars in a pair of afternoon matinees with first pitch slated for 12:05 pm both Feb. 27 UNR* (G2) W 8-3 (9) Tuesday and Wednesday. Feb. 27 UNR* L 6-1 (9) March 6 New Mexico* (G1) W 24-7 (7) This week’s nonconference contests against WSU mark the second and third straight against Pac-12 March 6 New Mexico* (G2) W 8-5 (9) competition. This short stretch began last Tuesday with a 10-9, come-from-behind win over the March 7 New Mexico* W 1-0 (11) Arizona State Sun Devils, who were ranked as high as No. 11 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 12 by March 13 at San Diego St. (G1)* W 3-1 (9) Perfect Game, in Phoenix. March 13 at San Diego St. (G2)* L 5-1 (9) March 14 at San Diego State* L 8-6 (9) Because of COVID-19, current attendance policies for UNLV Athletics' home events do not allow for March 16 at #11 Arizona State W 10-9 (9) fan attendance. Some sports may allow a limited number of invited guests. March 20 San Jose State* (DH) Postponed March 21 San Jose State* Postponed FOLLOW ALONG March 23 Washington State 12:05 pm Fans can follow the midweek bout between UNLV and WSU through live stats and live video, and March 24 Washington State 12:05 pm links to both can be found online at UNLVRebels.com in the “schedule” section of the team’s baseball March 27 at Air Force* (DH) 10:00 am page. Additionally, fans can follow the team’s Twitter account – @UNLVbaseball – for links to stats March 28 at Air Force* 11:00 am and video as well as inning-by-inning updates. April 2 Fresno State* (DH) 11:05 am April 3 Fresno State* 11:05 am April 17 at San Jose State* (DH) TBD HISTORICALLY SPEAKING April 18 at San Jose State* TBD UNLV and WSU rekindle a series that dates back to 1976 with this week’s matchup. The two teams April 24 at New Mexico* (DH) 12:00 pm have played a total of 21 times, with the Rebels leading the head-to-head series by one game – 11-10; April 25 at New Mexico* 11:00 am however, the Rebels have won five of the last six in the series, with all but one of those taking place May 1 Air Force* (DH) 11:05 am in Las Vegas. Most recently, the Rebels swept a midweek series at home against the Cougars just over May 2 Air Force* 11:05 am two years ago, winning 17-7 (seven innings) and 12-7 on March 12-13, respectively. May 8 at UNR* (DH) 1:00 pm May 9 at UNR* 1:00 pm May 15 San Diego State* (DH) 11:05 am ON DECK May 15 San Diego State* 11:05 am UNLV jumps back into Mountain West play with a road trip to the Front Range of the Rocky May 22 at Fresno State* (DH) 1:35 pm Mountains to face the Air Force Falcons. The Rebels and Falcons will square off three times at Falcon May 23 at Fresno State* 1:35 pm Field. The first two games will be played as part of a doubleheader Saturday, beginning at 11:00 am MT (10:00 am PT). The finale is set for Sunday at 12:00 pm MT (11:00 am PT). Rankings: Baseball America/D1Baseball.com * - Mountain West Game -All times are listed in Pacific Time. -All dates & times are subject to change. PROBABLE STARTERS TUESDAY W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO WSU Grant Taylor (SO, RHP) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNLV Josh Sharman (FR, LHP) 0-1 2.37 0-1 19.0 14 5 5 4 5 WEDNESDAY W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER BB SO WSU TBA -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UNLV Noah Beah (FR, RHP) 0-0 8.44 3-1 5.1 8 5 5 2 2 2021 MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS 2021 MW POLL Conference OveraLL Rank Team Points 1. San Diego State (6) 36 Team W L t % W L T % 1. UNLV 6 3 0 .667 7 3 0 .700 2. Fresno State (1) 29 2. San Diego St. 8 4 0 .667 13 6 0 .684 3. New Mexico 23 3. UNR 3 3 0 .500 6 8 0 .429 UNLV 23 4. Fresno St. 4 5 0 .444 6 8 0 .429 5. UNR 16 3. New Mexico 4 5 0 .444 6 10 0 .375 6. Air Force 11 6. Air Force 2 7 0 .222 7 10 0 .412 7. San Jose State 9 7. San Jose St. 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 First-place votes in parentheses. QUICK FACTS NUMERICAL ROSTER General Information # Name Pos B/T HT WT Cl/EXP Hometown/Last School Location ......................Las Vegas, Nev. 01 James Gamble OF R/R 6-0 160 SO/2L Phoenix, Ariz./Greenway Hs Founded . 1957 02 Edarian Williams IF R/R 6-1 205 SO/2L Las Vegas, Nev./Rancho HS Enrollment ............................31,142 03 Jordan Andrade IF R/R 5-11 170 FR/HS Yucaipa, Calif./Yucaipa HS Colors.........................Scarlet & Gray 04 Trevor Rosenberg IF R/R 6-0 165 SR/2L Carlsbad, Calif./San Diego Nickname .............................Rebels 05 Isaiah Montoya LHP L/L 6-1 220 SO/2L Peoria, Ariz./Liberty HS Conference .....................Mountain West 06 Diego Alarcon IF R/R 6-1 190 JR/TR Long Beach, Calif./El Camino College Affiliation....................NCAA Division I 08 Alex Sardina IF R/R 6-0 170 FR/1L Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS President.......................Keith Whitfield 10 Alex Verdugo RHP R/R 6-3 175 SO/TR Chula Vista, Calif./Grossmont College Director of Athletics .......Desiree Reed-Francois 11 Josh Sharman LHP L/L 5-11 205 FR/1L Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis HS 12 Troy Balko RHP R/R 6-3 205 SO/2L Peoria, Ariz./Sunrise Mountain HS 16 Brad Stone UTL L/R 6-0 170 FR/HS Las Vegas, Nev./Arbor View HS Baseball Information 19 Jack-Thomas Wold IF/OF L/L 5-10 220 JR/3L Henderson, Nev./Basic Academy Head Coach ....................... Stan Stolte 20 Ty Pohlmann RHP R/R 6-4 245 SO/2L Gilbert, Ariz./Perry HS -Served as the Associate Head Coach from 2011-15 21 Austin Pfeifer IF R/R 6-4 200 SO/2L Las Vegas, Nev./Arbor View HS -Served as the Interim Head Coach in 2016 22 Duke Pahukoa IF R/R 6-1 210 SO/2L Las Vegas, Nev./Durango HS Alma Mater .................St. Ambrose, '84 23 Alex Tisminezky RHP R/R 6-0 190 SR/TR Las Vegas, Nev./Santa Clara Record at UNLV/Years ............. 121-135/6th 25 Rylan Charles OF L/L 6-0 185 FR/HS Reno, Nev./Bishop Manogue HS Career Overall Record/Years......... 121-135/6th 26 Bradley Spooner RHP R/R 6-3 220 SR/2L Lake Forest, Calif./Saddleback College Associate Head Coach ............ Kevin Higgins 27 Myles Denson OF R/R 6-2 185 SR/TR Las Vegas, Nev./Arizona State -Served as an Assistant Coach from 2011-16 30 Chase Maddux RHP R/R 6-2 145 RS-SR/4L Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS Alma Mater ................Arizona State, '89 31 Jake Torres LHP L/L 5-11 175 FR/HS Fair Oaks, Calif./Bella Vista HS Assistant Coach ...............Cory Vanderhook 32 Noal Beal RHP/1B L/R 6-4 205 FR/HS Clovis, Calif./Clovis HS Alma Mater ............Cal State Fullerton, '14 33 Larry Quaney III RHP R/R 6-3 225 RS-JR/3L Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron-Memorial Hs Volunteer Assistant Coach .........Chris Prescott 34 Enrique Bennett OF R/R 6-3 175 JR/TR Tustin, Calif./Golden West College 35 Jason Sharman OF L/L 5-11 185 SO/2L Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis HS Grad. Asst./Player Development ....... Jason Eary 37 Brendan Brooks IF R/R 6-1 175 JR/TR Corona, Calif./UC Irvine Director of Operations ...........Vince Taormina 38 Gavin Amelburu C L/R 5-9 200 FR/1L Henderson, Nev./Green Valley HS 40 Austin Bryan LHP L/L 5-10 175 RS-JR/1L Sahuarita, Ariz./New Mexico State Team Information 41 Noah Mattera LHP L/L 6-0 185 FR/1L Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS 2020 Record............................ 6-11 43 Jason Hare C R/R 6-2 180 SR/TR Danville, Calif./San Francisco St. 2020 Mountain West Record (Finish) .........N/A 44 Conner Woods RHP R/R 6-0 210 JR/3L Tempe, Ariz./Marcos de Niza HS Postseason ..............................N/A 45 Ethan O'Neal RHP R/R 6-5 175 FR/HS Las Vegas, Nev./Liberty HS Final Ranking............................N/A 47 Austin Kryszczuk OF R/L 5-8 185 FR/1L Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS Letterwinners Returning/Lost .............23*/11 48 Jimmy Gamboa RHP R/R 6-2 215 SO/TR Las Vegas, Nev./Pima CC -* includes one player that was a redshirt in 2019 49 A.J.