UNLV, which won the Mountain West regular-season title for the first time since 2014, will play Air Force on Thursday at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego.
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Born and raised in Nigeria, Christopher Bulus willed his way to the Division I tennis level and will represent UNLV this week at the NCAA Singles Championship.
The former track and field star thrower is among those who will be part of UNLV’s Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 on Saturday.
UNLV senior Veronica Joels shot 3-under 68 in the final round of the women’s NCAA regional at Stanford Golf Course to match the second-lowest round in the 65-player field.
The UNLV women finished Tuesday’s second round at 15-over 299, leaving the Rebels at 41 over overall at the Stanford Regional in Stanford, California.
UNLV finished at 26-over-par 310 and in 11th place after the first round of the NCAA women’s regional Monday at Stanford Golf Course in California.
The UNLV women’s golf team hopes to qualify for one of four spots in the NCAA Championship when the Rebels play in an NCAA regional next week at Stanford.
The Rebels are the ninth seed in the 12-team Stanford regional, set for May 9-11.
The 2022 class of the Southern Nevada Sports of Hall originally was going to be inducted in June 2020 before COVID-19 ceremony wiped out the ceremony.
UNLV softball hasn’t won a conference title since 1995, but this season’s hot start has the Rebels in contention in the Mountain West.
UNLV is 21-11 overall and in first place in the Mountain West, but the Rebels probably will need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA Tournament.
On April 8, 1994, former UNLV outfielder Gus Kennedy hit a solo shot, a two-run blast, a three-run dinger and a grand slam at New Mexico State.
Wink Adams and Anderson Hunt lead a group of 11 new members of UNLV’s Hall of Fame in the school’s first induction since 2017.
The Las Vegas Lights and UNLV women’s soccer team will play a doubleheader on Saturday in an attempt to break the record for the highest attended women’s soccer game in Nevada.
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