The UNLV volleyball team got a split on Saturday in its UNLV Invitational, beating The Citadel 25-15, 25-9, 25-15, then losing to Northern Arizona 25-15, 27-25, 20-25, 25-15 at Cox Pavilion.
Against The Citadel, Madeline Westman (11 kills), Kinsey Caldwell (29 assists) and Allison Davies (25 digs) led the Rebels (2-1). Daryn Glenn had 20 kills and 16 digs against NAU.
Hunkie Cooper, who played for the UNLV football team in 1990 and 1991, is among a class of eight that will enter the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday.
The Rebels finished in a tie for ninth at the NCAA Stanford Regional on Wednesday, bringing their 2023-24 season to a close.
Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third on Saturday.
Toa Yokoyama will be the Rebels’ lone representative when the NCAA women’s golf regionals begin Monday at Spanish Trail Country Club.
The Review-Journal’s award-winning sports staff has added a new reporter to cover UNLV and the two-time defending WNBA champion Aces.
The UNLV men’s golf team will play on this season after earning a berth in an NCAA regional field Wednesday.
Alison Lee is in a precarious spot in her quest to play in Paris this summer. Collin Morikawa, Allisen Corpuz and Rose Zhang also have work to do to get there.
UNLV junior golfer Toa Yokoyama will play as an individual in the NCAA regional at Spanish Trail next month after a season that included four top-10 finishes.
Kevin Cory, the winningest coach in Mountain West history, is hanging up his racket for good once UNLV’s women’s tennis team finishes its season.
UNLV golfer McKenzi Hall received an exemption to play in the T-Mobile Match Play last week and she tried to soak in the entire experience.
