(Las Vegas - March 17, 2026) - The Trailblazers were tripped up at UNLV, 11-3 in five innings on Tuesday afternoon at Eller Media Stadium.

Utah Tech (10-18) took a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but the UNLV (14-15) responded with 10 unanswered runs going on to claim their second win this season over the Trailblazers.

The Trailblazers totaled six hits in the contest led by a 2-for-3 performance from the plate by Kinley Pappas who tallied a double & triple and added two RBIs & scored a run.

Gabi Giroux drove in the Trailblazers other run while four other Trailblazers notched singles in the contest.

In the circle, sophomore Cemryn Pickett made her third start of the season posting one out before Delaney Wright worked the final 4.1 innings striking out three.

How It Happened
The Trailblazers got the scoring started early in the contest scoring a pair in the first getting a leadoff single by Lakaiya-Braessia Kahahawai-Kekona.

The senior outfielder swiped her eighth stolen base of the year to move to second, advanced to third on a groundout and came home to score on an RBI double to left center by Pappas.

After Pappas stole third, Giroux drove in Pappas with a sacrifice fly for her 12th RBI of the season.

The Rebels responded with a four-run bottom of the frame tallying a pair of two-run RBI singles.

UNLV added a run in the third on a solo home run and tacked on five more runs in the fourth to jump ahead, 10-2 through four.

Down to their final out, Pappas kept the Trailblazers alive in the fifth with an RBI triple to right-center, but the Rebels closed out the game in run-rule fashion with an RBI double by pinch-hitter Bri Williams.

Up Next
Utah Tech opens WAC play this weekend traveling to Utah Valley (17-8) on Friday and Saturday in Orem.