Thursday, March 27
Las Vegas, Nev.
7 p.m.
Boise State
at
UNLV
Broncos Seeking a Change of Fortune in Las Vegas
3/26/2025 2:46:00 PM | Softball
Boise State travels to Las Vegas, Nevada for a three-game Mountain West series at UNLV, March 27-29...Broncos are 6-3 on the road this season...Boise State is 27-10 in Mountain West road games under Justin Shults.
Games 34-36 (March 27-29, 7 p.m./4 p.m./1 p.m. MT)
Boise State (22-11, 1-5 MW) at UNLV (18-14, 2-4 MW)
SERIES: UNLV 21-17
NOTES: Teams split a doubleheader in Boise during the 2024 regular season...Broncos eliminated the Rebels 5-4 in eight innings during the Mountain West Championship with Brooklynn Pettis and Sydney Groves each homering in the victory...Rebels hold an 11-8 advantage at home in the series...Boise State swept a three-game series at UNLV in 2023.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com provided by UNLV...series will be streamed on Mountain West Network...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
LEADING OFF
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally...first Freshman All-American in school history...multiple hits in each of the first-10 games this season set a school record...set schools records with 34-game hitting streak, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...leads NCAA with 67 hits.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt leads the Mountain West with 13 home runs and 45 RBI...home runs are tied for seventh on Boise State's single-season list and three shy of Devon Bridges's school-freshman record set in 2011...tied with Florida's Taylor Shumaker for most among NCAA freshmen and sixth nationally...RBI and RBI per game (1.41) are second nationally by a freshman behind Shumaker (52/1.53)...has three multi-home run games, first freshman in school history to accomplish the feat...RBI and RBI per game rank tied for sixth and ninth, respectively in NCAA...tied a school record with 11 total bases at UC Davis, Feb. 9...tied a freshman school record with four hits against the Aggies...set a school record with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through March 25)
Hits (321) - 4th
RBI (248) - 5thÂ
RBI Per Game (7.52) - 6th
Runs (263) - 7th
Home Runs (52) - Tied 7th
Runs Per Game (7.97) - 10th
Home Runs Per Game (1.58) - Tied 10th
Batting Average (.353) - 11th
On-Base Percentage (.444) - 14th
OPS (1.037) - 14thÂ
Slugging Percentage (.593) - 16th
Walks (128) - 23rd
Makenzie Butt (13 Home Runs) - Tied 6th
Makenzie Butt (45 RBI) - Tied 8th
Makenzie Butt (1.41 RBI Per Game) - 9th
Makenzie Butt (0.41 HR Per Game) - Tied 13th
Makenzie Butt (83 Total Bases) - Tied 21st
Abby Dowell (3 Saves) - Tied 15th
Mykenzie Hanna (40 Runs) - Tied 9th
Mykenzie Hanna (9 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 18th
Mykenzie Hanna (1.21 Runs Per Game) - Tied 18th
Mykenzie Hanna (10 Home Runs) - Tied 22nd
Sophia Knight (67 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.03 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.528 Batting Average) - 2nd
Sophia Knight (44 Runs) - Tied 2nd
Sophia Knight (1.33 Runs Per Game) - Tied 5th
Julianne Rose (3 Saves) - Tied 15th
SAVE THE DAY
Four Boise State pitchers have recorded at least one save this season...eight saves as a team are a school record and tied for the most nationally.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 272 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos have posted six 30-plus win seasons over the last-eight years...captured the regular-season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and the 2024 MW Championship, and earned NCAA regional bids in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Fans can purchase season tickets and single-game tickets for 2025 by visiting BroncoSports.com.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt
Softball America Freshman Watch List
Sydney Groves
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman
Softball America Top 100
All-Mountain West
Mykenzie Hanna
All-Mountain West
Sophia Knight
D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder
D1Softball Top 100
Mountain West Player of the Year
All-Mountain West
SEASON HONORS
Makenzie Butt
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 24 and March 3
Softball America No. 8 First Baseman in Position Power Rankings, March 4
Softball America No. 2 Mid-Majors Freshman in Power Rankings, March 26
Sydney Groves
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Chloe Hughes
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Sophia Knight
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge MVP, Feb. 13-15
D1Softball No. 7 Power Outfielder, Feb. 27
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 10
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Games 34-36 (March 27-29, 7 p.m./4 p.m./1 p.m. MT)
Boise State (22-11, 1-5 MW) at UNLV (18-14, 2-4 MW)
SERIES: UNLV 21-17
NOTES: Teams split a doubleheader in Boise during the 2024 regular season...Broncos eliminated the Rebels 5-4 in eight innings during the Mountain West Championship with Brooklynn Pettis and Sydney Groves each homering in the victory...Rebels hold an 11-8 advantage at home in the series...Boise State swept a three-game series at UNLV in 2023.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Live stats for all games are available on BroncoSports.com provided by UNLV...series will be streamed on Mountain West Network...follow Boise State softball @BroncoSportsSB on X and @boisestatesoftball on Instagram.
LEADING OFF
Last season, center fielder Sophia Knight collected 85 hits to lead NCAA freshmen and rank fourth nationally...first Freshman All-American in school history...multiple hits in each of the first-10 games this season set a school record...set schools records with 34-game hitting streak, 46-game on-base streak and 24-consecutive games scoring a run...leads NCAA with 67 hits.
FRESHMAN IMPACT
Makenzie Butt leads the Mountain West with 13 home runs and 45 RBI...home runs are tied for seventh on Boise State's single-season list and three shy of Devon Bridges's school-freshman record set in 2011...tied with Florida's Taylor Shumaker for most among NCAA freshmen and sixth nationally...RBI and RBI per game (1.41) are second nationally by a freshman behind Shumaker (52/1.53)...has three multi-home run games, first freshman in school history to accomplish the feat...RBI and RBI per game rank tied for sixth and ninth, respectively in NCAA...tied a school record with 11 total bases at UC Davis, Feb. 9...tied a freshman school record with four hits against the Aggies...set a school record with three doubles vs. Le Moyne, March 1.
NCAA RANKINGS (Through March 25)
Hits (321) - 4th
RBI (248) - 5thÂ
RBI Per Game (7.52) - 6th
Runs (263) - 7th
Home Runs (52) - Tied 7th
Runs Per Game (7.97) - 10th
Home Runs Per Game (1.58) - Tied 10th
Batting Average (.353) - 11th
On-Base Percentage (.444) - 14th
OPS (1.037) - 14thÂ
Slugging Percentage (.593) - 16th
Walks (128) - 23rd
Makenzie Butt (13 Home Runs) - Tied 6th
Makenzie Butt (45 RBI) - Tied 8th
Makenzie Butt (1.41 RBI Per Game) - 9th
Makenzie Butt (0.41 HR Per Game) - Tied 13th
Makenzie Butt (83 Total Bases) - Tied 21st
Abby Dowell (3 Saves) - Tied 15th
Mykenzie Hanna (40 Runs) - Tied 9th
Mykenzie Hanna (9 Hit By Pitch) - Tied 18th
Mykenzie Hanna (1.21 Runs Per Game) - Tied 18th
Mykenzie Hanna (10 Home Runs) - Tied 22nd
Sophia Knight (67 Hits) - 1st
Sophia Knight (2.03 Hits Per Game) - 1st
Sophia Knight (.528 Batting Average) - 2nd
Sophia Knight (44 Runs) - Tied 2nd
Sophia Knight (1.33 Runs Per Game) - Tied 5th
Julianne Rose (3 Saves) - Tied 15th
SAVE THE DAY
Four Boise State pitchers have recorded at least one save this season...eight saves as a team are a school record and tied for the most nationally.
SUCCESS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST
Boise State has won 272 games since the beginning of the 2017 season, the most by a Mountain West school in that span...Broncos have posted six 30-plus win seasons over the last-eight years...captured the regular-season title in 2018 and 2023, finished runner-up in 2022 and the 2024 MW Championship, and earned NCAA regional bids in 2018 (automatic) and 2019 (at-large).
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Fans can purchase season tickets and single-game tickets for 2025 by visiting BroncoSports.com.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Makenzie Butt
Softball America Freshman Watch List
Sydney Groves
D1Softball No. 15 First Baseman
Softball America Top 100
All-Mountain West
Mykenzie Hanna
All-Mountain West
Sophia Knight
D1Softball No. 23 Outfielder
D1Softball Top 100
Mountain West Player of the Year
All-Mountain West
SEASON HONORS
Makenzie Butt
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 24 and March 3
Softball America No. 8 First Baseman in Position Power Rankings, March 4
Softball America No. 2 Mid-Majors Freshman in Power Rankings, March 26
Sydney Groves
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 3
Chloe Hughes
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Mountain West Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17
Megan Lake
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge All-Tournament, Feb. 13-15
Sophia Knight
Puerto Vallarta College Challenge MVP, Feb. 13-15
D1Softball No. 7 Power Outfielder, Feb. 27
Mountain West Player of the Week, March 10
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