UNLV battery mates Collin Yelich and Erick Fedde earned Mountain West baseball player and pitcher of the week honors on Monday.
Yelich, a freshman catcher from Thousand Oaks, Calif., hit .455 last week and drove in the winning runs in two games against Air Force.
Fedde, a sophomore right-hander from Las Vegas, pitched a complete game and struck out 10 batters as the Rebels beat Air Force, 4-1, on Friday.
Colorado State topped San Jose State in the Mountain West volleyball tournament final Saturday at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion, ending the Spartans’ controversial season.
Top-seeded Colorado State said it will play in the Mountain West volleyball tournament final against No. 2 San Jose State on Saturday at Cox Pavilion.
Boise State has decided to end its volleyball team’s season rather than play San Jose State in the Mountain West tournament semifinals at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion.
UNLV is trying to find enough chairs for the increased amount of media expected to cover the nationally scrutinized Mountain West volleyball tournament this week.
Six of San Jose State’s conference wins came from forfeits. The team has a bye in the Mountain West volleyball tournament starting Wednesday at Cox Pavilion.
The filing, revolving around the participation of trans women in sports, seeks emergency action before the Mountain West volleyball tournament this month in Las Vegas.
Wyoming and Boise State each forfeited volleyball matches for the second time to San Jose State in protest against the participation of transgender athletes in sports.
UNLV volleyball played San Jose State, which has dealt with controversy in recent weeks, at Cox Pavilion on Thursday and won in front of a supportive home crowd.
The San Jose State volleyball team has played under national scrutiny this season amid a lawsuit involving transgender participation in women’s sports.
UNLV men’s basketball coach Kevin Kruger hopes all the local support for the school’s football team this year carries over when his season begins Monday.
