Sports Briefs: Sept. 2, 2008
Football: Lippincott named to prestigious list
Nevada senior running back Luke Lippincott was announced Thursday as a candidate for the 2008 Doak Walker Award by the Guaranty Bank Southern Methodist University Athletic Forum. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top-college running back.
The field of 43 candidates includes the nation’s leading returning rusher from Kent State Eugene Jarvis, Ohio State’s Chris Wells and Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno among others.
Lippincott, a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference selection in 2007, led the WAC with 1,420 rushing yards last season and 18 total touchdowns. Lippincott is one of three WAC running backs on the list along with Idaho sophomore Deonte Jackson and Boise State senior Ian Johnson.
Soccer: Pack falls in battle with Rebels
Nevada lost to UNLV 5-1 Friday and to Pacific 1-0 Sunday at the UNLV Nike Classic in Las Vegas. The two losses extended the team’s losing streak to begin the season to three, with first-year head coach Jaime Frias still searching for his first win as a Wolf Pack coach.
Despite the losses, there have been steady signs of improvement for Nevada. After being blanked by UC Santa Barbara 4-0 in the season opener, Nevada scored its first goal of the season against UNLV and now comes off a narrow defeat at the hands of Pacific.
Volleyball: Nevada loses two, takes one
The Wolf Pack volleyball team came out of the Notre Dame Tournament in South Bend, Ind. with a record of 1-2. The team lost its season opener to Valparaiso 3 sets to 0, lost to Notre Dame 3-1 and got its first victory against Indiana University-Purdue Fort Wayne, winning 3-0.
The Wolf Pack will return home this week and host the Nevada Tournament in which it will play 6-ranked UCLA 7 p.m. Friday and Seattle University noon Sunday. Both games will be at the Virginia Street Gym.
Rifle: Nevada announces 2008 schedule
Wolf Pack rifle head coach Fred Harvey announced his team’s 2008-09 schedule on Friday.
Nevada will host four matches at home this season, taking on Nebraska, the University of Texas, El Paso twice and Texas Christian University. The Wolf Pack has won 18 of its last 19 matches at home over the past decade.
Seniors Andrew Hickey and Sarah Smith will be expected to lead the squad, which will attempt its eight consecutive NCAA Championship appearance.
The rifle team will begin training on Sept. 2.
Cross Country: Avena takes WAC Athlete of the Week
The University announced Friday that it will honor the 40th anniversary of former star Marion Motley’s induction into the Professional Football Hall of Fame throughout the 2008 football season.
The Wolf Pack will pay tribute to Motley’s legacy at its Nov. 22 game against Boise State and will put together a series of features on him on its Web site to share his story and commemorate the legacy that Motley left on the Wolf Pack and professional football.
Motley, a fullback and linebacker for Nevada from 1940-42, broke pro football’s race barrier in 1946 along with Bill Willis, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode. In his eight seasons with the Cleveland Browns and single season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, both of the All-America Football Conference, Motley amassed 4,720 yards on just 828 carries. He retired as a holder of numerous Browns’ team records.
Motley was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1968 and was named to the NFL’s 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1994.
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