RENO, Nev.  –  The Nevada softball team concluded its regular season on Saturday with a 10-7 victory over Fresno State in a five-inning contest due to time constraints. The Wolf Pack (25-25, 12-12 MW) used a monster nine-run bottom of the first that included a grand slam to take a commanding seven-run advantage over the Bulldogs (31-23, 14-10 MW).
 
After finding itself in a two-run hole heading into the bottom of the first, the Wolf Pack sent 14 batters to the plate, where Nevada scored nine runs off six hits to claim a 9-2 lead after the first inning. The offensive outpour began with senior Aaliyah Gibson recording Nevada's first hit of the afternoon with a single.
 
She later came around to score off of senior Erika Hansen's double in the left field gap that cut the Bulldog advantage in half. Following a one-out walk from senior Amanda Nicholas, the Pack tied the score at a pair courtesy of a first-pitch single from junior Alyssa Mendez that brought around Hansen.
 
Nevada showed its discipline at the plate, having its next three batters draw walks and with the bases loaded, freshman Lauren Gutierrez launched a no-doubt bomb over the fence for her fourth home run of the season and first grand slam of her career. Though already up six at this point, the rally continued after a pair of walks and single up the middle from Nicholas put the Pack ahead by seven runs when the inning was completed.
 
In the first inning alone, Nevada drew six walks, which set the tone for the team's season-high 10 walks drawn in the game. Fresno State did its best to cut into Nevada's lead, having scored six unanswered runs over the next three innings, but the Pack fought through and tacked on an extra insurance run in the bottom of the fourth courtesy of a sacrifice fly from Gutierrez that scored Mendez.

The fifth inning saw a scoreless frame and because of time constraints, the contest ended as Nevada won the game 10-7 for its sixth series win of the season. The series win also marks the second year in a row the Pack has taken a season series from the Bulldogs. Nevada will now wait to see what its postseason opportunities might be as the Wolf Pack has a chance to appear in the Postseason NISC, a postseason tournament that it participated in last season, advancing to the regional final.