A valiant fourth-quarter rally by UNLV came up short Saturday in the Lady Rebels’ 44-41 loss to first-place Colorado State in a Mountain West women’s basketball game in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Other Sports
Dylan Gonzalez and Dakota Gonzalez scored 13 points apiece to help UNLV hold off New Mexico 61-52 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Wednesday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Local athletes expected to sign a national letter of intent during the signing period, which runs Wednesday through April 1.
The Rebels return 90 of their 91 singles victories from a year ago, when they won the Mountain West Tournament and finished in a three-way tie for second in the conference standings.
Katie Powell had 13 points and six rebounds to help UNLV hold off Air Force 60-56 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Lexy Thorderson and Kymberly Ellison scored 21 points apiece to lead host San Diego State to an 87-68 win over UNLV in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Wednesday.
UNLV golfer John Oda made a hole-in-one during the Sony Open’s qualifier round last Monday at Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
UNLV hired Collegiate Sports Associates to conduct its search for an athletic director. Also, Nancy Rapoport, special counsel to UNLV president Len Jessup, will serve as chairwoman of the search committee.
Brooke Johnson scored 20 points to help UNLV hold off Boise State 58-55 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Wednesday in Boise, Idaho.
When Stan Stolte was officially named UNLV baseball coach in June, he said one of his goals was to keep the best Las Vegas players at home. He’s on his way to realizing that goal after the Rebels recently signed five locals to their 2017 recruiting class and received verbal commitments from five locals to their 2018 class as well.
PROVO, Utah — Nine years had passed since UNLV’s only other appearance in the NCAA volleyball tournament. But the Rebels, even in the throes of suffering a second-round sweep at the hands of Brigham Young on Saturday, sounded like a team determined not to let another such drought occur.
Dakota Gonzalez had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead UNLV to a 73-61 win over Idaho at the Maui Wahine Classic women’s basketball tournament Saturday in Maui, Hawaii.
Embracing the role of underdog, the UNLV volleyball team brushed aside years of nonparticipation in the NCAA tournament and nonsuccess against No. 22 Utah on Friday.
Kalani Purcell had 16 points to pace four double-figure scorers for Brigham Young in its 63-54 win over UNLV in a nonconference women’s basketball game Friday at the Maui Wahine Classic in Maui, Hawaii.
Two of UNLV’s middle blockers, sophomore Elsa Descampes and junior Ashley Owens, finished in the top seven in the Mountain West in blocks per set.