UNLV shot 16 over par Sunday and fell six strokes shy of advancing past the third round of the NCAA men’s golf championship at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Other Sports
The Bulldogs scored six runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Rebels on Saturday night in the Mountain West tournament championship game at Reno.
The Rebels shot 4 over par to move up seven places after the second round at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Justin Kim shot a team-best 2-under 70.
UNLV junior Jasmyne Graham earned a berth in the NCAA outdoor track and field championships with a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the NCAA West Preliminary.
UNLV sophomore Avi’Tal Wilson-Perteete advanced to the NCAA outdoor track and field championships for the second straight season in the 800-meter run.
The top-seeded Bulldogs, ranked No. 23 by Baseball America, defeated the Rebels 11-1 in seven innings on the mercy rule in a winners bracket game Friday night in Reno.
The Rebels shot 22 over in Friday’s first round at Fayetteville, Arkansas. The team has two days of stroke play remaining to make the top 15 for Monday’s final round of stroke play.
UNLV sophomore Avi’Tal Wilson-Perteete and junior Kaysha Love qualified for Friday’s second round of their events in the NCAA West Preliminary track and field meet Thursday.
Dillon Johnson hit a grand slam that keyed a five-run second inning and helped the No. 3-seeded Rebels past No. 2 San Diego State on Thursday at Peccole Park in Reno.
The UNLV men’s golf team opens play in the NCAA Championship on Friday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This is the Rebels’ third consecutive trip to nationals and 23rd overall.
UNLV junior shortstop Bryson Stott was shared the Mountain West baseball Player of the Year award with Fresno State’s McCarthy Tatum.
Talks have taken place for UC Santa Barbara to host a regional at Las Vegas Ballpark. It would be the first NCAA championship event in Las Vegas since a postseason ban was lifted.
The third-seeded Rebels meet No. 2 San Diego State at 2 p.m. Thursday in the double-elimination tournament in Reno. Top seed Fresno State faces No. 4 UNR at 6:30.
Aiwen Zhu finished her college career with a 6-4, 7-6 (2) loss to 22nd-ranked Felicity Maltby of Texas Tech in the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship.
Aiwen Zhu became the second Rebel to win a match in multiple NCAA Singles Championships, upsetting 26th-ranked Oleksandra Korashvili of Oklahoma 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Monday.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE