Men’s soccer standout Salvador Bernal was named the UNLV Sportsman of the Year for 2014-15, and women’s golfer Dana Finkelstein won the Sportswoman of the Year award for the second straight year.
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Fresno State strung together three straight two-out run-scoring hits in the first inning en route to a 6-1 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Friday at Wilson Stadium. Edgar Montes went 3-for-4 with two doubles for UNLV.
UNLV came back from a 5-1 deficit to beat Arizona State 7-6 on Wednesday, completing a game that was suspended Tuesday night because of a power failure. The Sun Devils are the highest-ranked team the Rebels have beaten since defeating No. 3 Cal State Fullerton 8-6 in 2003.
UNLV turned in its strongest offensive performance of the season Sunday against UNR, finishing with a season-high 14 hits.
Dwaine Knight was willing to take a bold step and move off the traditional dates of UNLV’s annual men’s home golf tournament from the weekend to the beginning of the week.
Entering Saturday’s game against UNR, the running joke around UNLV’s clubhouse was that right-hander Kenny Oakley would go winless this season, but the team would still win every game in which he pitched.
Former UNLV golfer Therese Koelbaek earned her tour card on Sunday with an 11th place finish in the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla.
UNLV’s Kyle Mellies was named defensive soccer player of the week in the Western Athletic Conference on Monday.
UNLV struggled in its opening round of the NCAA women’s golf Central Regional Thursday, posting a 19-over-par 307 and standing in 14th place, 12 shots behind co-leaders Alabama and California in Stillwater, Okla.
The top three hitters in the UNLV lineup each had two hits as the Rebels’ offense exploded in a 10-7 win at Arkansas on Tuesday night.