This is what happened at some point in a conference room Sunday that housed the NCAA Tournament selection committee in Indianapolis: UNLV was placed in the bracket as a No. 5 seed and Cal was placed opposite it as a No. 12, and a red flag appeared on the movie theater-size projection screen displaying the matchup.
Amanda Oliveto threw a no-hitter to lead the UNLV softball team to a 5-0 victory over Massachusetts on Sunday to wrap up play in the San Diego Classic II tournament. Oliveto struck out five, with one walk and one hit batter.
Mark Shannon’s two-run homer capped a five-run eighth inning surge that powerd the UNLV baseball team past New Mexico 8-7 on Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
I’m not so sure it’s this simple, but for all the weirdness of this college basketball season, it just might be: My esteemed colleague, fellow Review-Journal columnist Ron Kantowski, viewed Katin Reinhardt’s recent shooting slump in the most basic of terms.
Both players were headed elsewhere, but each in his own way saw in UNLV a chance to make a significant difference.
The Rebels beat Colorado State 75-65 tonight in a Mountain West conference semifinal at the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV will face No. 1 seed New Mexico for the championship at 3 p.m. Saturday.
UNLV suffered a loss in Mountain West basketball tournament quarterfinals to New Mexico for the second year in a row, losing 72-59 today. The Lady Rebels’ season ended at 12-19.
UNLV senior Maraea Skeen posted the best NCAA regional finish of her career with a ninth-place showing Thursday on the 3-meter board at the Zone E diving regional at Colorado Springs, Colo.
