Boise State Athletics

Saturday, March 29
Las Vegas, Nev.
1 p.m.

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25-11, 4-5

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Makenzie Butt in a batting stance.

Broncos Need Extra Effort to Sweep Rebels

3/29/2025 5:10:00 PM | Softball

LAS VEGAS – Brooklynn Pettis delivered a two-out, two-strike, two-run single in the top of the eighth to lift Boise State to a 10-8 victory at UNLV, Saturday.
 
With the victory, the Broncos (25-11, 4-5 Mountain West) completed a three-game sweep of the Rebels (18-17, 2-7).
 
The Broncos trailed 1-0 after an inning before taking the lead on a two-run home run by Megan Lake in the second, her third homer in the series.
 
UNLV regained the lead 3-2 after two and Boise State tied the score when Leah McAnally walked with the bases loaded in the third.
 
The Broncos broke the game open in the fourth with a five-run rally. Sophia Knight's infield single put Boise State on top 4-3 and Makenzie Butt hit a grand slam to extend the lead to 8-3.
 
The Rebels answered with a run in the fifth and four in the sixth to tie the game 8-8.
 
In the eighth, Knight singled with one out and Mykenzie Hanna was hit by a pitch. Butt flied out to right advancing to Knight to third and Hanna stole second to set the stage for the heroics by Pettis.
 
Abby Dowell (8-4) worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth to finish her three-inning relief outing and earn the victory.
 
Boise State hosts Colorado State, April 2 in a doubleheader beginning at noon.
 
NOTES
  • Boise State improved to 30-10 in Mountain West road games under Justin Shults.
  • Makenzie Butt's grand slam was her 16th home run of the season, tying Devon Bridges (2011) for most by a Bronco freshman and fourth overall on Boise State's single-season list.
  • Butt recorded her 15th multi-RBI game, a Boise State freshman record.
  • Butt has 52 RBI, tied for third on Boise State's single-season list.
  • Mykenzie Hanna was hit by a pitch for the 26th time in her career, a Boise State record.
  • Sophia Knight collected four hits in a game for the fifth time in her career, a Boise State record.
  • Knight's 74 hits are fourth in Bronco single-season history.
  • Knight's 159-career hits are 10th all-time at Boise State.
  • Knight scored two runs to tie for eighth on Boise State's single-season list at 46.

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Dowell, Abby (8-4)

L: WEBER, Amelia (8-8)

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Batting:

HR: Butt, Makenzie 1 ; Lake, Megan 1

RBI: Knight, Sophia 1 ; Butt, Makenzie 4 ; Pettis, Brooklynn 2 ; McAnally, Leah 1 ; Lake, Megan 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Knight, Sophia 2 ; Hanna, Mykenzie 2 ; Butt, Makenzie 1 ; McAnally, Leah 1 ; Lake, Megan 1 ; Southerland, Quinn 1 ; Hughes, Chloe 2

SB: Knight, Sophia 1 ; Hanna, Mykenzie 1

CS: Knight, Sophia 1

HBP: Hanna, Mykenzie 1

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Batting:

2B: BECERRA, Karmyna 1

HR: MARTINEZ, Ariana 1 ; BECERRA, Karmyna 2

RBI: MARTINEZ, Ariana 1 ; BECERRA, Karmyna 5 ; VASA, Maggie 1 ; PISCIOTTA, Brooke 1

SH: WILLIAMS, Bri 1 ; SCOTT, Maddie 1

SF: PISCIOTTA, Brooke 1

Base Running:

RUNS: MARTINEZ, Ariana 2 ; BECERRA, Karmyna 2 ; MESSICK, Kamryn 1 ; MORALES, Sofia 1 ; SCOTT, Maddie 1 ; VASA, Maggie 1

CS: BECERRA, Karmyna 1

HBP: BECERRA, Karmyna 1

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