UNLV lost an 8-1 lead to UNR in the first round of the Mountain West baseball tournament on Thursday, but scored five runs in the ninth inning to win 13-8. The Rebels advanced to the winners bracket and will face No. 2 San Diego State at 6 p.m. Friday.
The UNLV men’s golf team suffered a potentially staggering setback when All-American John Oda announced days from the season opener that he was turning pro. But the Rebels qualified for the NCAA Championships.
UNLV junior tennis player Aiwen Zhu posted the Rebels’ first victory at the NCAA SinglesChampionship in five years Wednesday.
UNLV’s baseball team barely got into the Mountain West tournament. But the Rebels open with UNR, a team they beat two of three times in a series from May 11 to 13 in Las Vegas.
Seven UNLV sports broke or tied their previous Academic Progress Rate highs, according to data released by the NCAA on Wednesday.
Alexandr Cozbinov and Aiwen Zhu will represent UNLV at the NCAA Singles Championships beginning Wednesday at Wake Forest. It’s the first time since 2005 that the Rebels will send a men’s and women’s player to the national tennis tournament.
Fresno State rallied with two runs in the eighth inning and three in the ninth, winning on a two-out, bases-loaded walk, to edge visiting UNLV 9-8 in the teams’ Mountain West regular-season baseball finale Saturday.
UC Riverside right-hander Tayler Misfeldt pitched a four-hitter to beat UNLV for the second time in as many days, ending the Rebels’ season in the title game of a National Invitational Softball Championship regional.
Tayler Misfeldt pitched a four-hit shutout to lead UC Riverside past UNLV 2-0 in regional play of the National Invitational Softball Championship on Thursday at Eller Media Stadium.
The NCAA has at least temporarily changed its policy toward legalized sports betting, clearing the way for Las Vegas to bid on championship events such as the Final Four.
Brooke Stover, Alyssa Navarro, Myranda Bueno and Janine Petmecky knocked in runs, and the UNLV softball team defeated Weber State 4-1 in its opener at the National Invitational Softball Championship regional at Eller Media Stadium.
The 20th-ranked Rebels shot a three-round team total of 15-over 867 and finished third. The top five teams advanced to the finals.
UNLV’s women’s golf and volleyball programs were recognized by the NCAA on Wednesday for finishing in the top 10 of their sports for their Academic Progress Rate scores. Both sports had perfect multiyear scores of 1,000.
Haley Bodnar Rydalch, a 6-foot-3-inch center from Brigham Young, will transfer to the UNLV women’s basketball team, coach Kathy Olivier announced.
After two rounds, the 20th-ranked UNLV men’s golf team is 9-over and in third place, 16 shots behind top-ranked Oklahoma State, at the NCAA Columbus (Ohio) Regional at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course.
