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Rebels Roundup: Golf team will travel to regionals without coach Dwaine Knight

UNLV Quick hits: Also, Athletic Director Jim Livengood said the national search for a new softball coach will begin immediately

Monday, May 14, 2012

By Taylor Bern

UNLV’s golf team — ranked No. 7 in the country — will head this week to the NCAA regional’s without coach Dwaine Knight, who’s recovering from a recent surgery. In his place, assistant coach JC Deacon will lead the team in the Greensboro Regional this Thursday-Saturday as it attempts to qualify for the national tournament. “I have full confidence in JC to lead our team at the NCAA Regional,” Knight said in a statement.

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UNLV's top women's tennis player Lucia Batta wins in unconventional ways

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

By Taylor Bern

UNLV's Lucia Batta is poised to become the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year after going 7-0 in league singles matches this spring. She’s ranked 60th in the nation with a 30-8 overall record after beginning her Lady Rebels career as the conference Freshman of the Year, all with an unconventional forehand borne out of an injury.

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Local product signs with UNLV tennis

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

By Ray Brewer

The UNLV men’s tennis program made a rare dip into the Las Vegas-area talent pool Tuesday when it received a national letter of intent from former Bonanza High player Brendan Aguilar.

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Jesse Garcia is in the midst of a senior season that was anything but guaranteed

Rebels baseball: Garcia, already dealing with his mother's battle with cancer, found out this offseason that he also had the disease

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

By Taylor Bern

Jesse Garcia shouldn’t be in the game this early. The UNLV baseball team fell behind 5-0 last Saturday in the first inning against Nebraska-Omaha in the second game of a doubleheader. Enter the 6-foot, 185-pound Garcia, a senior left-handed relief pitcher with middling success this year. Before the weekend he was 1-1 with a 5.84 earned run average in eight appearances.

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Despite quarterfinal loss, Lady Rebels heading in right direction with 22-win season

mwc tournament: New Mexico closes on a 16-4 run to eliminate UNLV in quarterfinal round of women's tournament

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

By Ray Brewer

This loss will definitely sting for the UNLV women’s basketball team. However, the quarterfinal defeat on Wednesday in the Mountain West Conference tournament won’t take away from what has been a break through season. The Lady Rebels squandered a nine-point second half lead Wednesday with less than 10 minutes remaining against New Mexico at the Thomas & Mack Center, falling to recover after New Mexico connected on four consecutive 3-pointers to erase the deficit in a 61-58 loss.

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UNLV athletics look to improve on all fronts in 2012

UNLV ATHLETICS:

Sunday, January 1, 2012

By Taylor Bern

UNLV Athletic Director Jim Livengood knows that any successful structure starts with a good foundation. And that, he said, is was what the Rebels worked on in the past year.

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UNLV's Sandrine Nzeukou learns to lead playing for Cameroon national team

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

By Ray Brewer

It didn’t take long for Sandrine Nzeukou to realize she living out a dream. Nzeukou, a senior post player on the UNLV women’s basketball team, played for her native Cameroon last month.

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UNLV baseball's 2011 recruiting class ranked 32nd in the nation

REBELS BASEBALL: Chambers successfully taps into loaded local prep talent pool

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

By Ryan Greene

When Tim Chambers took over the UNLV baseball program following the 2010 season, he knew that the first step toward building a nationally-recognized product was to excel in recruiting from the deep local talent pool. Last season, he was able to haul in several newcomers through his über-successful College of Southern Nevada pipeline. Now, he's pulling in the top prep ballplayers the Valley has to offer.

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Using Tiger's old caddie, former Rebel Adam Scott claims first World Golf Championship title

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Doug Ferguson, Associated Press

Adam Scott hit all the right shots Sunday in a round that was close to flawless and earned him his first World Golf Championship title. He celebrated with a caddie who has won quite a few more. Steve Williams, fired last month by Tiger Woods after a 12-year partnership, felt like a bigger winner when Scott rolled in one last birdie for a 5-under 65 and a four-shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.

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How the humble big man Armen Gilliam ended up at UNLV

REBELS BASKETBALL: Rebels' seventh all-time leading scorer collapsed during pick-up basketball game Tuesday night

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

By Ray Brewer, Ryan Greene

Mark Warkentien thought he had discovered a gem of a basketball recruit. He was scouting a tournament in the early 1980s when he stumbled upon a monstrous 6-foot-9 power forward.

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UNLV's Tanner Peters wins league pitcher of the year award

Right-hander is tied with Stephen Strasburg for the most shutouts in MWC history

Monday, May 23, 2011

By Ray Brewer

Not only was Tanner Peters the UNLV baseball team’s best pitcher this spring, the junior right-hander was also the best in the Mountain West Conference. Peters, who posted a 9-3 record with a 1.36 earned run average, was named Monday the 2011 Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year as voted by the league’s coaches.

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UNLV coaches Hauck, Rice entertain fans during tennis exhibition

unlv athletics: Being active in the community, promoting university a priority for both coaches

Saturday, April 23, 2011

By Ray Brewer

A brief five-minute tennis exhibition Saturday featuring the doubles team of UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck and basketball coach Dave Rice included plenty of laughable moments. The coaches missed long, hit the ball into the net, and on a few occasions, missed the ball altogether. But Hauck and Rice weren’t concerned with the outcome — they lost 7-4. Rather, it was being part of a community event the coaches said was most important.

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Ex-UNLV golfer Adam Scott comes up short in bid to win Masters

Scott fires a final-day 67 to finish tied for second, would have been first Aussie to win event

Sunday, April 10, 2011

By Sun Staff

Former UNLV golfer Adam Scott on Sunday fell one stroke short at the Masters of becoming the first Rebel to win a major.

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UNLV baseball victorious in Tim Chambers' coaching debut

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Friday, February 18, 2011

By Sun Staff

Tim Chambers’ tenure as the UNLV baseball coach officially started Friday with a 12-4 victory against visiting Maine at Earl E. Wilson Stadium.

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