The United States Eagles came into this weekend’s World Rugby Sevens Series at Sam Boyd Stadium looking to do something they hadn’t been able to do since 2015 — win a tournament.
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Trevor Horn pitched seven sharp innings to lead UNLV to a 5-4 victory over Fresno State and a sweep of the teams’ three-game Mountain West baseball series Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
Jack-Thomas Wold hit a walk-off two-run single in the ninth inning to lift UNLV to a 7-6 victory over Fresno State in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
Nick Ames hit a three-run homer to highlight a six-run third inning for UNLV in its 7-6 victory over Fresno State in both teams’ Mountain West baseball opener Friday at Wilson Stadium.
UNLV senior Shintaro Ban was named the Mountain West men’s golfer of the week for the second straight week and for the third time this season.
Henderson native and ex-UNLV forward Danny Musovski was signed by Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes and then loaned to the team’s United Soccer League affiliate on Thursday.
UNLV senior Shintaro Ban holds a one-stroke lead through 16 holes of the second round, helping the Rebels take a two-stroke lead in the National Invitation Tourament in Tucson, Arizona.
Najia Hudspeth won the 400-meter run and anchored UNLV’s winning 1,600 relay Saturday, helping the Rebels win their first Mountain West indoor track and field title in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The UNLV softball team, off to its best start in 10 years, won twice Friday in the Houston Invitational, blanking Syracuse 3-0 and rallying past Texas-San Antonio 6-5.
UNLV senior Shintaro Ban is on the 20-player watch list for the Fred Haskins Award, which will go to the year’s most outstanding collegiate golfer.
The UNLV women’s golf team has a new home course at Spanish Trail Country Club, and the team will host the Rebel Beach Invitational with Long Beach State on Monday and Tuesday.
Romero Harris and Jake Means each hit an RBI double to back a strong two-man pitching effort and lead Indiana State to a 4-2 win over UNLV in a nonconference baseball game Monday at Wilson Stadium.
Dillon Johnson led off the 10th inning with a double and scored on a one-out balk, giving UNLV an 11-10 win over Loyola Marymount in the Marucci Desert Classic baseball tournament Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
Leading by 17 strokes after one round and by six after two, the UNLV men’s golf team shot 9-over-par 297 in the final round of the 20-team John Burns Intercollegiate to finish in a tie for second in Lihue, Hawaii.
UNLV could have had its logo redesigned by Nike for free, according to the school’s apparel contract with the world-famous shoe company, but opted to pay almost $50,000 to use the Denver firm Adrenalin.