The Boyd Gaming Corp. has pledged $5 million to UNLV’s athletic department over a multiyear period. It is the largest corporate gift ever for UNLV athletics.
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Georgia Kingman scored on a penalty kick and assisted on two goals by Kaila Brinkman barely a minute apart, helping UNLV to a 6-0 rout over visiting Cal State Bakersfield in a nonconference women’s soccer match Sunday.
Sophomore Marco Gonzalez scored in the 60th minute, and Enrique Adame turned aside both shots he faced as UNLV upset No. 15-ranked Tulsa in a nonconference men’s soccer match Friday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Amanda Galbraith had a goal and an assist to lead UNLV to a 3-1 victory over Cal State Northridge in a nonconference women’s soccer match Thursday in Northridge, California.
Sophomore forward Marco Gonzalez notched his first hat trick to lead UNLV past Evansville 4-1 in a nonconference men’s soccer match Sunday in Orem, Utah.
Michaela Morris scored in the 87th minute to help UNLV muster a 1-1 tie with Utah Valley in a nonconference women’s soccer match Saturday in Orem, Utah.
UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois saw a lot of positives in her first year, with five conference championships coming from Olympic sports. But she knows most of the focus is on football and men’s basketball.
Daniel Moran had a goal and an assist to lead UNLV to a 3-0 win over Florida Atlantic in both teams’ men’s soccer season opener Friday in Orem, Utah.
Taylor Harris and MaKenzie Lawrence scored 1½ minutes apart in the first half to lead Southern Utah to a 2-0 win over UNLV in a nonconference women’s soccer match Thursday in Cedar City, Utah.
Caitlyn Kreutz scored the go-ahead goal in the 70th minute to lift UNLV to a 2-1 win over Sacramento State in the final game of the Las Vegas Invitational women’s soccer tournament Sunday at Johann Memorial Field.
Robin Pollard and Kaila Brinkman scored two goals apiece Friday to lead UNLV to a season-opening 5-1 win over Illinois-Chicago in the UNLV Invitational women’s soccer tournament at Johann Memorial Field.
Players from the nationally ranked UNLV men’s and women’s golf teams have been busy during the summer offseason playing in local, national and international tournaments.
UNLV shortstop Bryson Stott, who also went to Desert Oasis High School, made the 26-man USA Baseball Collegiate National team for an international series. Team USA will play Japan in various U.S. cities from Tueday to Sunday and at Cuba on July 10-14.
Recent UNLV graduate Shintaro Ban stepped to the par 5, 18th tee during last Monday’s sectional qualifying at \in San Francisco needing a birdie or better to avoid a playoff for the final qualifying spot into the U.S. Open.
UNLV freshman Avi’Tal Wilson-Perteete placed seventh out of 24 competitors in the 800-meter run preliminaries in 2 minutes, 3.53 seconds Thursday at the NCAA track and field outdoor championships in Eugene, Oregon.