UNLV women finish fourth in MWC golf championship

The UNLV women's golf team took fourth Saturday in the seven-team Mountain West Conference Championships in Seaside, Calif.

UNLV shot 27-over-par 315 in the third round for a 64-over 928 total, 30 strokes behind New Mexico, which beat Texas Christian by nine shots for the title. The Lobos' Jodi Ewart took the individual title at 1-over 217.

Therese Koelbaek led the Rebels, shooting 5-over 77 in the final round for a 13-over 229 total. Koelbaek tied for eighth in the 35-player field to land on the All-MWC team for the third straight year.

■ UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS -- At San Diego, the Rebels routed Wyoming 6-1 for their fifth straight victory.

UNLV (19-3, 6-1 MWC), ranked 36th, swept the three doubles matches to go up 1-0, then took five of six singles points. Kristina Nedeltcheva paced the Rebels with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Sarah Summerfield at the No. 1 slot.

■ UNLV MEN'S TENNIS -- At Provo, Utah, Brigham Young blanked the Rebels 7-0 in MWC play. UNLV (12-10, 2-3) was swept in the six singles matches and lost two of three in doubles.

■ UNLV BASEBALL -- At New Orleans, the Rebels committed four errors on the way to a 7-1 loss to Tulane, ending a four-game overall winning streak and a five-game road win streak.

The Green Wave got all the runs they needed in the second inning, scoring four times (two unearned). UNLV (21-14) got its run in the eighth inning on a Hunter Beaty RBI single.

■ UNLV SOFTBALL -- The Rebels lost to San Diego State 4-0 in an MWC game at Eller Media Stadium. UNLV (26-15, 3-1), which had its six-game winning streak snapped, left seven runners stranded, including four in scoring position.

■ UNLV TRACK -- At Walnut, Calif., Chauncey David-Jacobs was fifth in the 200-meter dash, and Shahnel Woodley wa fifth in the 100 to lead the Rebels at the Mt. SAC Relays. UNLV's 4x100 relay team took third, posting the fastest time of any collegiate team at 45.58 seconds.

■ CSN BASEBALL -- At Carson City, second-ranked College of Southern Nevada dropped another doubleheader to No. 11 Western Nevada, which completed a four-game sweep.

The Coyotes (34-10, 21-7 Scenic West Athletic Conference) dropped the opener 5-4 in nine innings, then lost 3-2 in the second game.

■ CSN SOFTBALL -- At Rangely, Colo., the Coyotes completed a four-game sweep of Colorado Northwestern by taking a doubleheader, winning the first game 5-3 and the second 10-0.

CSN (26-15, 22-13 SWAC) has won five in a row and nine of its last 12.