Alexandr Cozbinov and Aiwen Zhu will represent UNLV at the NCAA Singles Championships beginning Wednesday at Wake Forest. It’s the first time since 2005 that the Rebels will send a men’s and women’s player to the national tennis tournament.
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Fresno State rallied with two runs in the eighth inning and three in the ninth, winning on a two-out, bases-loaded walk, to edge visiting UNLV 9-8 in the teams’ Mountain West regular-season baseball finale Saturday.
UC Riverside right-hander Tayler Misfeldt pitched a four-hitter to beat UNLV for the second time in as many days, ending the Rebels’ season in the title game of a National Invitational Softball Championship regional.
Tayler Misfeldt pitched a four-hit shutout to lead UC Riverside past UNLV 2-0 in regional play of the National Invitational Softball Championship on Thursday at Eller Media Stadium.
The NCAA has at least temporarily changed its policy toward legalized sports betting, clearing the way for Las Vegas to bid on championship events such as the Final Four.
Brooke Stover, Alyssa Navarro, Myranda Bueno and Janine Petmecky knocked in runs, and the UNLV softball team defeated Weber State 4-1 in its opener at the National Invitational Softball Championship regional at Eller Media Stadium.
The 20th-ranked Rebels shot a three-round team total of 15-over 867 and finished third. The top five teams advanced to the finals.
UNLV’s women’s golf and volleyball programs were recognized by the NCAA on Wednesday for finishing in the top 10 of their sports for their Academic Progress Rate scores. Both sports had perfect multiyear scores of 1,000.
Haley Bodnar Rydalch, a 6-foot-3-inch center from Brigham Young, will transfer to the UNLV women’s basketball team, coach Kathy Olivier announced.
After two rounds, the 20th-ranked UNLV men’s golf team is 9-over and in third place, 16 shots behind top-ranked Oklahoma State, at the NCAA Columbus (Ohio) Regional at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course.
Freshman Garrick Higgo is alone in second place after shooting 2-under-par 69, helping the UNLV men’s golf team sit one stroke out of the lead after one round of the NCAA Columbus Regional.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a nationwide ban on single-game legalized sports betting outside of Nevada. That could help Las Vegas’ case to host NCAA championship events, which currently is prohibited.
UNLV was one of 17 teams to receive a bid Sunday to the National Invitational Softball Championship and will host one of four double-elimination regional tournaments starting Wednesday.
Nick Rodriguez went 4-for-5 with two home runs to power UNLV to an 8-1 win over UNR in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
Kyle Isbel homered in the fourth inning and scored the winning run in the 11th, lifting UNLV past UNR 8-7 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday at Wilson Stadium.
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