Local colleges roundup: UNLV baseball winning streak ends, 3-2
March 16, 2013 - 1:21 am
Josh Melendez doubled home Logan Lippert in the top of the 10th inning to give New Mexico a 3-2 victory over the No. 21 UNLV baseball team on Friday at Wilson Stadium in the Mountain West opener, snapping the Rebels’ 10-game winning streak.
UNLV (14-4, 0-1) took a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning when Erik VanMeetren reached and scored on errors. New Mexico (7-9, 1-0) answered in the eighth with Melendez’s RBI single.
UNLV’s Erick Fedde allowed two runs on five hits in eight innings with six strikeouts and four walks. Kenny Oakley (1-2) took the loss in relief.
The teams continue the series at 12:05 p.m. today.
■ SOFTBALL — Amanda Oliveto and Francesca Foti each pitched complete-game shutouts to give UNLV (10-16) a sweep of the day’s games at the San Diego Classic II in Santee, Calif.
Oliveto allowed two hits and struck out six in a 2-0 win over Texas-Arlington (13-10) to start the day. Tayler Van Acker scored both runs on a single in the third inning.
Foti then allowed three hits and struck out three in a 1-0 win over Marist (6-4), with Heather Harrison recording the lone RBI.
The Rebels continue the tournament today against Bryant at 9 a.m. and Buffalo at 11:30 a.m.
COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
■ BASEBALL — Cody Clark doubled home Bobby Shiroky in the bottom of the ninth inning to give CSN (21-6, 9-1) a 4-3 victory over the College of Southern Idaho, and the Coyotes later picked up a 5-4 win to earn the sweep at Morse Stadium.
Evan Van Hoosier went 3-for-3 with an RBI triple and two runs scored in the first game and went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI in the second.
The teams play another doubleheader at noon today.
■ SOFTBALL — CSN (19-14, 12-10) dropped a pair of 6-5 decisions to Western Nevada College at Carson City.
The teams play another doubleheader at noon today.