Junior Lucia Batta became the first UNLV women’s tennis player to win a singles match at the NCAA tournament since 2000 when she defeated Florida’s Alexandra Cercone 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4 in the first round Wednesday in Urbana, Ill.
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Joey Armstrong and Brandon Bayardi each drove in four runs to lead the UNLV baseball team to a 14-6 victory over Air Force in the regular-season finale on Saturday at Air Force Academy, Colo.
UNLV will be playing in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships for the first time in three years.
Brandon Bayardi went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, and Patrick Armstrong hit a two-run home run to lead the UNLV baseball team to a 7-6 victory at Air Force.
Sparked by individual leader Carl Jonson, UNLV is tied for first place entering Saturday’s final round of the 54-hole NCAA Men’s Golf Regional at Columbus, Ohio.
Despite having only one player break par, the UNLV men’s golf team was fourth Thursday after the first round of the 54-hole NCAA Regional at Columbus, Ohio, five shots behind leader Charlotte.
UNLV juniors Stefany Valentino and Tayler Van Acker were named to the All-Mountain West softball team for the second time, and freshman catcher Emily Haslinger and junior pitcher Amanda Oliveto were honored for the first time.
While his team was competing at the Jack Nicklaus Invitational in October in Dublin, Ohio, UNLV men’s golf coach Dwaine Knight arranged for the Rebels to play a practice round at the nearby Ohio State Golf Club’s Scarlet Course.
Justin Jones went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs as the UNLV baseball team pounded UNR 15-1 on Sunday in Reno. The Rebels (34-17, 16-11 Mountain West) completed a sweep of the three-game series with the Wolf Pack (24-27, 11-16) and posted their largest margin of victory over UNR since 1980.
UNLV lost to Nebraska 4-1 on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA women’s tennis tournament at Lincoln, Neb. The 57th-ranked Rebels finished their season at 20-8.
In teh photos above, Sophomore Evan McDowell of Air Force clears the pole vault bar and freshman Karsen Sper of San Diego State lands in the long jump pit Thursday during the decathlon and heptathlon competitions in the Mountain West Track and Field Championships at UNLV. Senior Josh McMillin of Colorado State won the men’s decathlon. Junior Allison Reaser of San Diego State won the women’s heptathlon, and sophomore Juliet Summers was UNLV’s top finisher in 12th place. The championships continue at 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday at Myron Partridge Track Stadium on campus.
It’s true. Those rental car drop fees of $1,000 can be a killer. Funny how a 6-iron from 192 yards away in the rain and wind can alter a guy’s perspective on things.
San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant quickly got ahead 3-0 in the count on his first at-bat back in his hometown.
If Sunday was a day of missed opportunities for UNLV’s baseball team, then it’s probably only appropriate.
UNLV senior Kevin Penner fired a final-round 4-under-par 67 Sunday and captured the individual championship at the Mountain West Men’s Golf Championships in Tucson, Ariz.
