As an assistant at Texas, Jean-Paul Hebert coached nine All-Americans and won two national titles. He hopes to achieve that same level of success at UNLV.
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UNLV’s season-opening baseball series against New Mexico State at Wilson Stadium was canceled Thursday because of a positive COVID-19 test in the Aggies’ program.
No major decisions have been announced regarding what kinds of financial reductions to make in UNLV’s athletic department, but contingency plans are being formed.
Justice Ethridge scored 22 points to lead UNLV past New Mexico 68-51 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The UNLV doubles team of sophomores Tom Ciszewski and Milos Dabic lost a close round-of-16 match Friday to end the program’s run at the ITA Mountain Region men’s tennis championships.
Despite closing the regular season with four straight losses, UNLV claimed a berth in the Mountain West baseball tournament by virtue of San Jose State’s 8-2 loss at Air Force.
UNLV sophomore Polly Mack tied for sixth at 9-over-par 225 in the Mountain West women’s golf championship in Rancho Mirage, California, to lead the Rebels, who fell seven strokes short in their bid for a fourth straight league title.
The UNLV men’s golf team is in fourth place after the first two rounds of the National Invitational Tournament at OMNI Tucson National.
UNLV senior Elizabeth Prior held the lead at 4 under when the second round of the Rebel Beach Invitational was suspended due to darkness Monday at Spanish Trail Country Club.
UNLV senior Aiwen Zhu won twice Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the 17th annual Freeman Memorial tennis tournament at Fertitta Tennis Complex.
Mariena Hayden had 16 kills and 15 digs to lead UNLV to a 3-1 victory over Wyoming in a Mountain West volleyball match Thursday at Cox Pavilion.
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.
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.
UNLV countered host Air Force’s eight-run first inning with a seven-run third and forged ahead in the fifth, only to fall 15-12 in a Mountain West baseball slugfest Sunday that ended the Rebels’ seven-game win streak.
Dillon Johnson led off the 10th inning with a double and scored on a one-out balk, giving UNLV an 11-10 win over Loyola Marymount in the Marucci Desert Classic baseball tournament Sunday at Wilson Stadium.