No. 17 UNLV was selected to the NCAA regional at Purdue’s course in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Rebels played there last month.
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Jake Stone hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and a two-run shot in the ninth to lead Fresno State to an 11-5 win over host UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday.
Nick Benham’s shot put of 53 feet, 9 inches was more than 7 feet better than second place and gave Desert Oasis’ boys track team an early winner in the Sunset Region meet Saturday at Foothill.
Public address announcer Dick Calvert was inducted into UNLV’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday under the heading of “distinguished contributor,” which is what he has been for the past 47 years.
Jared Akins and Torin Goldstein each homered and drove in three runs, and Jake Stone also went deep to lead Fresno State past host UNLV 12-5 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday.
No. 17 UNLV will be the third seed in the NCAA men’s golf regional tournament in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Rebels will play in the regional May 15-17.
The 2003 UNLV baseball team will be inducted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday. But coach Jim Schlossnagle left after that season, and the Rebels haven’t been the same since then.
UNLV’s athletic department and the Golden Knights have formed a joint internship program. Undergraduate students can intern for a year in UNLV’s athletic department and then spend another year in the same capacity for the Knights.
This is the sort of tale — player walking onto the local college baseball program, improving each year, producing a Triple Crown season as a junior, returning home and joining the Henderson Police Department — that resonates.
Baseball’s winter meetings will return to Las Vegas in 2018 at Mandalay Bay. The resort also will host the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics annual convention in 2020 and 2022.
UNLV baseball player Ernie De La Trinidad has been hit XX times this season. He also knows how to hit, leading the Rebels with a XXX average and having reached base safely XX games in a row.
The UNLV women’s and men’s tennis teams lost by 4-0 scores Sunday in the Mountain West championship finals.
The UNLV women’s and men’s tennis teams rallied for 4-3 victories Saturday to advance to the Mountain West championship finals.
The UNLV women’s and men’s tennis teams each posted a 4-0 victory Friday in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West championships.
UNLV’s Dwaine Knight is Mountain West men’s golf coach of the year and Rebels junior John Oda the league’s player of the year in voting announced Thursday.
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