RENO, Nev.— The Lobos close out the week on the road in a two-game series at Nevada starting on Saturday.
SCHEDULE
Saturday @ 4 p.m. MT | LIVE STATS
Sunday @ 12:30 p.m. MT | LIVE STATS
Both games will be streamed on the Mountain West Network with live stats available.
MIRACLE AT THE PLATE
Sophomore Miracle McKenzie got the bat going at the Mardi Gras Mambo and it continued ever since.
McKenzie has eight multiple-hit games and a team-high 10 multiple-RBI games, including a season-high three hits in the series finale at ACU behind a career-high two home runs and five RBI. Her eight multiple-hit games surpasses her season total from 2025.
She currently has a nine-game hitting streak after previously having a nine-game streak of reaching base that spanned from Feb. 14 to Feb. 28 and four straight games with at least one RBI between March 7 to March 13.
The first baseman leads the team in slugging percentage (.829), batting average (.362), home runs (14), total bases (87), walks (18), RBI (37), on-base percentage (.472) and hits (38). She is second in doubles (seven).
Her 14 home runs are fifth in a single season in program history and the most by a Lobo since 2022, when Andrea Howard hit 18.
McKenzie is second in the Mountain West in home runs (32nd in the NCAA), home runs per game (0.36, 51st in NCAA) and slugging percentage (69th in the NCAA).
Through 39 games, she has already surpassed her doubles, runs scored, total bases, RBI and home runs from her freshman season and has improved her batting average from .275 to .362, her slugging percentage from .420 to .829 and her on-base percentage from .384 to .472. She has also tied her hits total from last season.
HOME RUN POWER
Heading into the series, the Lobos have 35 home runs, the most since 2022 when UNM hit 46.
The Lobos have the fourth-most home runs in the Mountain West and the 88th most in the NCAA.
Nine different players have hit a home run, six with multiple home runs. Miracle McKenzie leads with 14 with Allie Williams second at seven. Gabrielle Briones, Estrella Rowe, Williams, Caitlin Benningfield and Jasmyn Lloyd all hit their first collegiate home runs this season.
The Lobos are 9-0 when they hit two or more home runs and have hit three home runs in six games.
UNM has hit a home run in eight of the last 10 games, twice with three home runs, and in 20 games overall.
TWO OUTS, SO WHAT?
Of UNM’s 171 runs, 74 (43.3%) have come with two outs, including 14 games with multiple runs scored with two outs.
Twenty of Miracle McKenzie’s 37 RBI on the season have come with two outs, as have 11 of Jessica DeLeon’s 14.
Of note, DeLeon drove in the game-winning run against UTEP on Feb. 27 with two outs.
UNM was 14-21 in game two at Abilene Christian with two outs with 10 of the 13 runs coming with two outs in the inning.
Against South Alabama, UNM was 10-16 with two outs and 14 of the 16 runs were scored with two outs.
In the series at Boise State, 12 of the 21 runs came with two outs.
McKenzie is 17-35 (.486) with two outs with DeLeon 15-42 (.357) and Gabrielle Briones 14-39 (.359).
WALK IT OUT
The Lobos have 112 walks this season with 10 games with five or more walks, including a season-high seven walks against Tarleton State and six walks in five games.
In the series against San Diego State, the Lobos drew 14 walks, including three walks to start the game in game one and three walks in the third inning of game two. In the series at Boise State, UNM drew 15 walks with six in game one, four in game two and five in game three.
Of the 112 walks, 47 came on full counts, 36 on 3-1 counts and 29 on four pitches.
UNM has led off with a walk in seven games. DeNae Vasquez-Dickson led off the game against Northwestern State on Feb. 7 and the Tarleton State game on Feb. 27 with a walk and Briana Williams led off the Louisiana Tech game, third game at Abilene Christian, Houston Christian game on Feb. 28 and game one against San Diego State with a walk. Allie Williams led off game one against GCU with a walk.
Miracle McKenzie leads the team with 18 walks with Jessica DeLeon closely behind with 16. Seventeen different players have at least one walk with 15 with multiple walks.
UNM’s pitching staff didn’t allow a walk in the win against Samford and has allowed only one walk in eight games this season.
STRIKEOUT STAT
The Lobos rank second in the Mountain West in strikeouts per seven innings (5.36) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (1.77) with freshman Caitlin Benningfield leading the conference in strikeouts (93) and fourth in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.21).
As a staff, the Lobos have struck out 197 batters, led by Benningfield’s 93 (47.2%) with McKenna Guest the next highest at 57.
UNM struck out a season-high 13 against Samford on March 8 and have struck out five or more in 21 games.
HOLD THE LEAD
UNM is 6-2 when leading after the first inning, 14-4 when holding a lead after the third inning, 14-3 when leading after the fourth inning, 13-3 when leading after the fifth inning and 12-0 when leading after six.
In addition, the Lobos are 14-7 when scoring first and 3-0 in extra innings.
The Lobos are outscoring their opponents 21-20 in the second inning, 30-18 in the third inning, 21-18 in the seventh inning and 11-2 in extra innings.
ABOUT THE OPPONENT
Nevada is 28-13 on the season, 10-4 in conference and has won its last four games with two against GCU and San Diego State. The Wolf Pack have series wins over San José State, Utah State, GCU, San Diego State and Boise State.
The Wolf Pack are hitting .337 this season, led by a .510 batting average by Madison Clark. Clark leads the team with 76 hits with Hannah Di Genova second with 52 hits that includes a conference-best 17 home runs. As a team, Nevada has 388 hits and has scored 263 runs with 67 doubles, 14 triples and 49 home runs.
Nevada is outscoring its opponents 263-156 and outhitting its opponents 388-255, and has a team slugging percentage of .548 and an on-base percentage of .415 with 128 walks. Nationally, Nevada is eighth in hits, 14th in triples, 26th in batting average, 29th in doubles, 33rd in runs, 38th in slugging percentage and 49th in home runs.
The Wolf Pack leads the conference in batting average, hits, doubles, triples and stolen bases, going 64-75 in stolen base attempts with Clark 23-24 on the season.
In the circle, Tess Bumiller leads the pitching staff with 24 appearances and 76.2 innings pitched, while Talia Tretton has made the most starts with 11. Seven different pitchers have made at least one appearance this season with the staff carrying a 3.51 ERA, allowing 156 runs (134 earned), 255 hits and striking out 200 to 146 walks. Hailey McLean leads the team with 73 strikeouts, fourth in the Mountain West.