Despite having only one player break par, the UNLV men’s golf team was fourth Thursday after the first round of the 54-hole NCAA Regional at Columbus, Ohio, five shots behind leader Charlotte.
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UNLV juniors Stefany Valentino and Tayler Van Acker were named to the All-Mountain West softball team for the second time, and freshman catcher Emily Haslinger and junior pitcher Amanda Oliveto were honored for the first time.
While his team was competing at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational in October in Dublin, Ohio, UNLV men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight arranged for the Rebels to play a practice round at the nearby Ohio State Golf Club’s Scarlet Course.
Justin Jones went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs as the UNLV baseball team pounded UNR 15-1 on Sunday in Reno. The Rebels (34-17, 16-11 Mountain West) completed a sweep of the three-game series with the Wolf Pack (24-27, 11-16) and posted their largest margin of victory over UNR since 1980.
UNLV lost to Nebraska 4-1 on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA women’s tennis tournament at Lincoln, Neb. The 57th-ranked Rebels finished their season at 20-8.
In teh photos above, Sophomore Evan McDowell of Air Force clears the pole vault bar and freshman Karsen Sper of San Diego State lands in the long jump pit Thursday during the decathlon and heptathlon competitions in the Mountain West Track and Field Championships at UNLV. Senior Josh McMillin of Colorado State won the men’s decathlon. Junior Allison Reaser of San Diego State won the women’s heptathlon, and sophomore Juliet Summers was UNLV’s top finisher in 12th place. The championships continue at 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday at Myron Partridge Track Stadium on campus.
It’s true. Those rental car drop fees of $1,000 can be a killer. Funny how a 6-iron from 192 yards away in the rain and wind can alter a guy’s perspective on things.
San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant quickly got ahead 3-0 in the count on his first at-bat back in his hometown.
If Sunday was a day of missed opportunities for UNLV’s baseball team, then it’s probably only appropriate.
UNLV senior Kevin Penner fired a final-round 4-under-par 67 Sunday and captured the individual championship at the Mountain West Men’s Golf Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
One phone call changed his plans. One shot changed a whole lot more for former UNLV golfer Derek Ernst.
UNLV and Florida Gulf Coast headline the eight-team field for the Las Vegas Classic on Dec. 22 and 23 at Orleans Arena, it was announced Wednesday. Both teams were in last season’s NCAA Tournament, and the Eagles became the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16.
The UNLV women’s golf team is headed to the NCAA West Regional at the Stanford Golf Course in the San Francisco Bay area on May 9-11.
The UNLV women’s tennis team knocked off top-seeded San Diego State 4-2 in the final of the Mountain West championship on Sunday at Air Force Academy, Colo.
UNLV defeated UNR 4-1 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Men’s Tennis Championships at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.