PULLMAN, Wash. (May 11, 2025) – Washington State dropped the series rubber game 5-2 to UNLV at Bailey-Brayton Field Sunday afternoon.
 
Prior to the game, WSU recognized seniors Zachary Nyhusmoen, Megan Swenson, Kaden Wickersham, Jack Weise, Logan Johnstone, Griffin Myers and Will Cresswell.
 
WSU received two-hit games from Max Hartman and Gavin Roy with Hartman hitting a two-run homer while Myers doubled and Kyler Northrop singled and scored a run. Cougar starter Nick Lewis allowed three runs while working six innings.
 
WSU held a 2-1 lead after Hartman's two-run homer in the third inning but UNLV took the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth before holding off a couple Cougar threats in the later innings to clinch the series.
 
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
UNLV took a 1-0 lead after a pair of one-out hits put runners on second and third before a sacrifice fly to right field brought in a run. The Cougars answered in the third inning as Kyler Northrop muscled a two-out opposite field single into right-centerfield before Hartman hit a two-run home run to right field for a 2-1 lead.
 
In the fourth, UNLV used three hits and a Cougar error to plate two runs and take a 3-2 lead.
 
Rebel righthander Sam Simon kept WSU off balance throughout the afternoon before Myers pulled a one-out double off the right field wall. Following a hit-by-pitch that put runners on first and second with two outs, Simon ended the threat with a foul out to third base in front of the Cougar dugout.
 
UNLV pushed its lead to 4-2 with a pair of singles and sacrifice in the eighth inning. In the Cougars half of the eighth inning, Hartman beat out an infield single to second and Gavin Roy pulled a single that the shortstop dove to knock down. A groundout put runners on second and third with two outs but UNLV ended the threat with a groundout to third, preserving the two-run lead.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Max Hartman homered in the 3^rd inning to extend his on-base streak to 12 games
Luke Thiele was hit by a pitch in the 7^th inning to extend his on-base streak to 10 games
Logan Johnstone singled in the 8^th inning to extend his on-base streak to 8 games
Will Cresswell had his 12-game on-base streak and 6-game hitting streak snapped
 
NEXT UP
WSU will close out the regular season with a four-game road trip beginning Tuesday at Gonzaga before heading to San Diego State for a Thursday, Friday, Saturday series.