May 11, 2000
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mountain West Conference Softball Championship got under way following a two-hour delay of its start due to snow with No. 5-seed UNLV upsetting No. 3 San Diego State, 14-3. UNLV's Geney Orris pitched a complete-game, no-hitter and Racheal Goodpaster blasted two home runs in the victory. UNLV improved to 18-39 on the season and advances to meet No. 2-seed New Mexico in game three, scheduled for later today. San Diego State fell to 35-26 and will play the loser of game 4 at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
UNLV scored three times in the first inning on back-to-back home runs by Goodpaster and Orris and never looked back. The Rebels added another run before SDSU got on the board with three runs, two of those unearned, in the second. UNLV added five runs in the fourth and capped the game with five more in the sixth to invoke the eight-run rule.
Four UNLV players collected three hits each as Goodpaster led the way with two home runs and six RBI. Orris drove in two runs with a home run and a double among her three hits. Erica Vollweiller had an RBI-double among her three hits. Charelle Ainslie stroked three singles.
San Diego State starting pitcher Sandra Durazo, who led the conference with a 1.86 ERA during the regular season, was reached for 11 hits and eight runs in just three and two-thirds innings.