in brief

The UNLV men's swimming and diving team won its sixth straight title at the Mountain West Conference Championships on Saturday in Oklahoma City.

UNLV won all six events on the final day, finishing the meet with 787 points, with Air Force second at 600.5. Kier Maitland, who repeated as MWC Swimmer of the Year, won the 1,650-yard freestyle for the third straight year.

Other winners for the Rebels included Nick Blank (200 backstroke), Calan Eldridge (100 freestyle), Andrew Morrell (200 breaststroke), Daniel Egly (200 butterfly) and the 400 freestyle relay team.

The UNLV women's team took fourth with 386 points, and Brigham Young won at 703. The Rebels got two fifth-place efforts, from Anja Crawford (200 backstroke) and Marley Prothero (200 breaststroke), and the 400 free relay team took fourth.

Also: The UNLV baseball team scored three runs in the ninth inning to beat Temple 10-9 at Wilson Stadium. Duncan Satherlie's RBI single provided the winning run for the Rebels (5-2).

UNLV's Bailey Kuestermeyer set a school record in the 3,000-meter run on the final day of the Mountain West Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M.

Kuestermeyer had an altitude-converted time of 9 minutes, 47.88 seconds, taking sixth. Candise Maxwell was fourth in the 60 hurdles, Emily Blok was fifth in the 60 dash and seventh in the 200, and Kelsey Williamson took sixth in the 400.

BYU won the team title with 193 points, and UNLV was last in the nine-team field at 25.

The UNLV softball team lost to Fordham 4-0 at the Cathedral City Classic in Cathedral City, Calif. The Rebels fell to 8-5.

The College of Southern Nevada softball team swept a doubleheader against Colorado Northwestern for the second straight day, rolling 24-1 in the opener and winning the second game 7-4 at Russell Road Recreation Complex. The Coyotes are 11-7.

PRO FOOTBALL

Spokesman: NFL eyeing
playoff overtime format

An NFL spokesman said the league could change its overtime format for playoff games at a meeting next month.

Under the new format, both teams would get the ball at least once unless the first team to get the ball scores a touchdown, Greg Aiello said. If the first team to get the ball makes a field goal and the other team ties the game, action would continue until a team scores again.

Under the current rules, the first team to score wins.

Also: Terrell Owens is on the market after the Buffalo Bills announced they do not plan to offer him a contract.

Owens, who will turn 37 in December, caught 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns in his only season in Buffalo. He also ran for a touchdown.

MISCELLANEOUS

Welterweight Jones tops
Bruseles, stays unbeaten

Philadelphia welterweight Mike Jones remained undefeated with a unanimous decision over Henry Bruseles (28-4-1) in Atlantic City.

Jones (20-0, 16 knockouts) retained his regional belt, which brings with it a top-10 rating in the WBA. He is ranked eighth by the WBA and 11th by the IBF.

Also: Venus Williams came from a set down to retain her Mexican Open title, beating Polona Hercog 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in Acapulco, Mexico.

Heavy rain in Arcadia, Calif., forced the postponement of the $150,000 Sham Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita.

The Sham was rescheduled for Saturday, with the field redrawn for the 1 1/16-mile race, a major prep for the Santa Anita Derby on April 3.