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The Mountain West is a possible option to take in the four remaining Pac-12 schools, “but this is pretty doggone fluid right now,” former UNLV AD Jim Livengood said.
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Malia Shoji was announced as the eighth coach in UNLV volleyball program history Wednesday, replacing Dawn Sullivan, who departed to take over at Missouri on Dec. 18.
UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo, basketball coaches Kevin Kruger and Lindy La Rocque and volleyball coach Dawn Sullivan get high-octane thrills during Rebel Caravan stop.
The unbeaten Rebels will play Illinois State on April 14 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Omaha, Nebraska. They qualified as Mountain West champions.
Jace Jung hit a three-run homer and a solo shot to back Hunter Dobbins, who pitched six shutout innings, leading No. 2-ranked Texas Tech past UNLV 11-3 in a nonconference baseball game.
LaTecia Smith scored 20 points on 10-for-13 shooting to lead UNLV past Air Force 67-60 in a Mountain West women’s basketball game Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Goals in the final 15 minutes sent both UNLV soccer teams to 1-0 losses Friday in conference play. The men fell at Cal State Bakersfield, and the women bowed at San Diego State.
UNLV freshman Connie Li rebounded from a 6-3 tiebreaker deficit to win 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the decisive match, lifting the Rebels past Texas Tech 4-3 in the first round of an NCAA women’s tennis regional Saturday in Los Angeles.
The UNLV men’s golf team has qualified for its 31st consecutive appearance in the NCAA regionals, a national record and one more consecutive national championship berth than the Kansas basketball team.
UNLV sophomore Jack Trent shot a 4-under 68 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate on Monday at Southern Highlands Golf Club.
UNLV senior Olle Thestrup won the Flight One singles title in the Easley Memorial Classic by outlasting UCLA sophomore Connor Rapp 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6) in the championship match Sunday.
Mariena Hayden had 18 kills, nine digs and 21 points to help UNLV to a 3-1 win over San Jose State in a Mountain West volleyball match Thursday at Cox Pavilion.
Janine Petmecky went 4-for-4 and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, leading UNLV past first-place Fresno State 4-3 in a Mountain West softball game Friday in Fresno, California.
