Under Title IX, discrimination on the basis of sex was prohibited at any educational institution receiving federal aid. It meant that women in athletics were afforded the same status as men: College teams must ...
It has taken the UNLV women’s basketball program 20 years to make a return trip to the NCAA Tournament. Don’t expect them to shy away from the spotlight now that they’ve arrived ...
The UNLV women’s basketball team didn’t have to wait very long to learn their fate on Sunday as they gathered at the Thomas & Mack Center to watch the NCAA Tournament selection show ...
The UNLV women’s basketball team completed a dominant Mountain West campaign on Wednesday, knocking off Colorado State in the conference championship game, 75-65, to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament ...
When the UNLV women’s basketball team runs sprints during practice, she usually finishes first. Hates to get beat, actually. And during games, when there is a loose ball or contested rebound, she takes pride in being the first ...
UNLV announced today that its basketball programs have received an $8 million gift from the estate of James Baumberger, the largest such donation in the university’s athletics history. Baumberger, who died in 2016, was an avid UNLV basketball supporter dating back to the glory days of the ...
The game was a reunion for Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer and La Rocque, who played in four Final Fours with the Cardinal from 2009-12 and was an assistant at her alma mater until taking over at UNLV.
Hired last spring as the program’s new coach, Lindy La Rocque doesn’t have to be sold on the greatness of the university or city. She’s seen firsthand many of the memorable moments, or cheered from a distance over the past decade since leaving town on her basketball journey.
The city of Las Vegas is bringing one of its own back home, as UNLV announced on Wednesday that former Durango star Lindy La Rocque will be its next women’s basketball coach. La Rocque has spent the last three years as an assistant coach at Stanford ...
Kathy Olivier, who led the UNLV women’s basketball team to the 2017-18 regular season Mountain West championship, has stepped down as the program’s head coach, the university ...
As she waited to be handed a UNLV degree in 2013, Mia Bell couldn't help thinking about her late mother. The accomplishment of becoming a college graduate was something the two had long talked about, and the day had finally arrived. Of all the life events her mom had missed over the past eight years, this one ...
Melanie Isbell is frequently the smallest player on the court. The Centennial High senior is also frequently the best player on the court. Yes, the point guard is undersized at 5-foot-4, and with that comes ...