Morgan Ettinger pitched a one-hitter but was outdueled by San Jose State senior Katelyn Linford in host UNLV’s 1-0 loss in a Mountain West softball game Thursday.
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The UNLV women’s golf team shot its best round of the tournament Wednesday, a 5-over-par 293, to place 14th in the NCAA Lubbock (Texas) Regional in its final meet of the season.
The local U.S. Open qualifier was Monday at SouthShore Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, a course that is spectacular and picturesque but perhaps better suited for bighorn sheep.
Desert Oasis softball had the best season in school history. Tuesday it will find out if that’s enough to beat Centennial in the playoffs for the first time in school history.
Last Thursday morning, UNLV men’s golf players and coaches gathered in the Las Vegas Country Club rotunda room to watch Golf Channel and find out where they would play in the NCAA regionals.
Justin Jones and Cody Howard each went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs to help host UNLV to a 14-5 victory over Fresno State in a Mountain West baseball game Sunday.
No. 17 UNLV was selected to the NCAA regional at Purdue’s course in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Rebels played there last month.
Jake Stone hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and a two-run shot in the ninth to lead Fresno State to an 11-5 win over host UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday.
Nick Benham’s shot put of 53 feet, 9 inches was more than 7 feet better than second place and gave Desert Oasis’ boys track team an early winner in the Sunset Region meet Saturday at Foothill.
Public address announcer Dick Calvert was inducted into UNLV’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday under the heading of “distinguished contributor,” which is what he has been for the past 47 years.
Jared Akins and Torin Goldstein each homered and drove in three runs, and Jake Stone also went deep to lead Fresno State past host UNLV 12-5 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday.
No. 17 UNLV will be the third seed in the NCAA men’s golf regional tournament in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Rebels will play in the regional May 15-17.
The 2003 UNLV baseball team will be inducted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday. But coach Jim Schlossnagle left after that season, and the Rebels haven’t been the same since then.
UNLV’s athletic department and the Golden Knights have formed a joint internship program. Undergraduate students can intern for a year in UNLV’s athletic department and then spend another year in the same capacity for the Knights.
This is the sort of tale — player walking onto the local college baseball program, improving each year, producing a Triple Crown season as a junior, returning home and joining the Henderson Police Department — that resonates.