Baseball
LAS VEGAS (UNLVrebels.com) –The UNLV baseball team will conclude their 10-gamehomestandwith a two-game set against Utah Techfrom Tuesday, April 9 through Wednesday, April 10.
SCHEDULE(all times in PST)
Tuesday, April 9at 6:05 p.m.
Wednesday, April 10at 2:05p.m.
MATCHUPHISTORY
All-time vs. Utah Tech: 1-0
In Las Vegas: 0-0
Current Streak: UNLV, 1
Last Meeting: UNLV won in St. George, Utah on a final score of 15-1 back in Feb.
BROADCAST INFO:Both games will be streamed on the official UNLV Athletics YouTube channel. Links to broadcasts as well as live stats are available onunlvrebels.com/sports/baseball/schedule.
NEXT SERIES:The Scarlet & Gray will take a trip this weekend to San Diego State, facing off against the Aztecs for the first time of the season in a three-game set from Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14. Tickets for the home games can be found here:https://tinyurl.com/UNLVBASE.
THIS SEASON:The program earned their first set of Mountain West weekly honors in late February, Austin Kryszczuk picking up the league's Player of the Week award and Sam Simon being presented the Pitcher of the Week honor. The Rebels won all four games that week, including a win over Stanford, averaging 10.7 runs per game last week while only allowing three per contest.
UNLV's offense continues to stand as the highlight of the program, sticking as a top-three team in the conference (third) that stems from a strong core of intelligent batters. The team's RBI leader, Austin Kryszczuk, currently sits in the top spot of the Mountain West's RBI leaders at 38, while Santino Panaro's second-place ranking of "Toughest To Strikeout" among the conference with a rating of 10.4, has provided consistency in their 184-game streak of not being shut out.
The Scarlet & Gray's holds some other top marks in other spots among the conference as well, Kade Higgins solidifying himself as one of the league's top-five hitters with 42 so far on the season with the fourth-highest batting average at .356. Higgins is currently tied with Hefft in the statistical category for fourth in the Mountain West. Kryszczuk also sits in the third spot in the conference in home runs heading in this weekend after blasting two homers in the last three games.
The Rebels' pitching holds a handful of notable marks among the Mountain West Conference, Austin Cates distancing himself as the highest strikeout pitcher with 62 on the season. Holding a top-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio among all NCAA pitchers (eighth), he also sits second in the Mountain West in ERA with a minimum one inning pitched per game, tied third in the conference in runs allowed among those previously mentioned.
UNLV's win against then-no. 23 ranked Stanford was a landmark win for the program, their first win against a ranked opponent since 2019. The Rebels' have produced double-digit runs six times in 2024, a feat they achieved 13 times last season.
ABOUT UTAH TECH:Hank Dodson ranks as the Trailblazer's top hitter so far this season, holding a .337 batting average with a team-leading nine doubles. Utah Tech's most threatening hitter serves as Hunter Katschke, owning the second-highest hit total on the team and the highest amount of bases this season with seven home runs and 21 RBIs.
Aaron Morris has been Utah Tech's top relief pitcher, only allowing one earned run on the mound so far in 13 appearances with an ERA of 0.53. Ky Decker has been a staple in the team's pitching rotation with nine games started this season, tossing 35.1 innings and blanking 23 batters at the plate.
LAST YEAR:The Rebels had an overall record of 21-30 in the 2023 season, including a Mountain West record of 12-18. The program earned three Mountain West Player of the Week honors over the course of last season, including two Freshman of the Week mentions by then-freshman Reese Lueck and a Pitcher of the Week award for Noah Carabajal.
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Players Mentioned
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#12 Noah Carabajal
- RHP
- 6' 2"
- Senior
- TR
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#14 Kade Higgins
- INF/OF
- 6' 2"
- Junior
- TR
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#47 Austin Kryszczuk
- OF
- 5' 8"
- Graduate Student
- 3L
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#30 Reese Lueck
- RHP
- 6' 1"
- Sophom*ore
- HS
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#8 Santino Panaro
- OF
- 5' 10"
- Junior
- 1L
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#26 Sam Simon
- RHP
- 6' 3"
- Junior
- 1L
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#21 Austin Cates
- RHP
- Junior
Players Mentioned
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#12 Noah Carabajal
- 6' 2"
- Senior
- TR
- RHP
-
#14 Kade Higgins
- 6' 2"
- Junior
- TR
- INF/OF
-
#47 Austin Kryszczuk
- 5' 8"
- Graduate Student
- 3L
- OF
-
#30 Reese Lueck
- 6' 1"
- Sophom*ore
- HS
- RHP
-
#8 Santino Panaro
- 5' 10"
- Junior
- 1L
- OF
-
#26 Sam Simon
- 6' 3"
- Junior
- 1L
- RHP
-
#21 Austin Cates
- Junior
- RHP
