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NFL

Former Pack player out for NFL season

Former Nevada football player Nate Burleson will miss the remainder of the National Football League season with a knee injury. Burleson, now playing for the Seattle Seahawks, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the team’s season opener against the Buffalo Bills. The injury was similar to the one that ended running back Luke Lipincott’s season.

Burleson holds the Wolf Pack’s single-game record for receiving yards in a game with 326, receptions with 19 and holds the single-season record for receptions with 138, which is second in NCAA history. He was also named a second-team All-American after the 2002 season.

Burleson has served as one of the best receivers on the Seattle Seahawks in the last three seasons. Serving as one of quarterback Matt Hasselback’s go-to options, Burleson has caught 200 receptions for 2,735 yards in his six years spent as an NFL receiver.

Burleson played the first three seasons of his career for the Minnesota Vikings, who drafted him in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft.

Men’s Golf

Pack improves at San Francisco tourney

The Nevada men’s golf team finished seventh at the San Francisco Intercollegiate, shooting a 26-over par. The team finished strong, shooting a one-over par on the final day.

The Wolf Pack was led by sophomore Scott Smith, who matched the best finish of his young career as he shot a one-over par to take third place individually. Smith also finished third in last year’s Fresno State-Nevada Challenge and now has three career top-10 finishes.

Nevada junior Ryan Hallisey shot a four-over par and finished in a tie for 12th. For Hallisey, the beginning of the season follows a successful summer campaign. Hallisey finished second at the Pacific Coast Amatuer Championship in British Columbia, Canada on Aug. 8. He was one stroke off the lead in the tournament.

California won the 15-team tournament with a three-round total of nine-over par.

Volleyball

Nevada goes on road for first WAC game

The Wolf Pack volleyball team will be the first Nevada team this year to compete against Western Athletic Conference opponents as it takes on Louisiana Tech Thursday in Ruston, La.

Nevada will enter the game with a 4-4 record, but has only won one set in its four losses. In all but one loss, the Wolf Pack has been swept.

For the remainder of the season, Nevada will only play one more out-of-conference opponent when they take on UNLV on Sept. 28.

The Wolf Pack took two-of-three matches this weekend against some tough competition at the AT&T Invitational Tournament at the Virginia Street Gym. The Wolf Pack’s only loss at the tournament game was against No. 24 Pepperdine.

Nevada will continue its in-conference road trip as it will travel to Las Cruces, N.M. to battle New Mexico State Saturday.

Cross country

Pack finishes meet in Sacramento

The Nevada cross country team placed fourth at the Sacramento State Hornet Jamboree Saturday. The Wolf Pack did not run five of its top-seven runners but still managed to stay out of the basement of the seven-team meet.

Senior Christa Avena led the Pack for the second consecutive meet as she finished fifth overall. Sophomore Chelsea Chauvet-Moore finished 16th overall but improved on her time in the same event last year by 57 seconds.

The Wolf Pack will travel to Minnesota for the Roy Griak Invite Sept. 27. Amanda Moreno, Samantha Davis, Janet Martinez and Jordan Burke are all expected to compete after missing Saturday’s meet.

Women’s golf

Wolf Pack kicks off new season

Nevada opened its season yesterday at the Inland Northwest Dodge Dealers Invitational.

The Wolf Pack will compete in a two-day, 10-team tournament, which ends Tuesday in Pullman, Wa.

The second, and last, day’s tee time is set for 7:30 a.m.

Nevada will compete with 10 schools from the western United States, including: Boise State, Gonzaga, Montana and women’s golf coach Adam Pohll’s former team, Sacramento State.

The season marks the first year for Pohll as Nevada’s women’s golf head coach.

Pohll was the Big Sky conference Coach of the Year in 2007 at Sacramento State. Pohll comes to Nevada after three years as a coach at Sacramento State. Pohll also coached men’s golf at Sacramento State.

As the men’s coach, Pohll led the Hornets to two tournament wins, including the Division I Independent Golf Championship.

Nevada will return five letter winners for Pohll’s 2008 run.

Senior Melanie De Leon will look to lead the Wolf Pack on the links this season. De Leon ranked first on Nevada with a 75.64 strokes per round average. De Leon also tied for 14th at the Western Athletic Conference Championships and qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship this summer.

De Leon shot a combined one-under par and held a four-stroke lead over the 61-player field after Monday’s two rounds.

Women’s basketball

Pack announces tourney schedule

The Nevada women’s basketball team announced the schedule for the 2008 Nugget Classic, which will take place Nov. 28 and 29 at Lawlor Events Center.

The Wolf Pack will take on Northern Iowa at 5 p.m. Nov. 28. Alabama will then take on Louisville at 7 p.m. The consolation game will be played at 5 p.m. Nov. 29 followed by the championship game at 7 p.m.

With this setup, Nevada could play Lousiville, who has received a preseason top-10 ranking from ESPN.com. This possible matchup would create an opportunity for the Wolf Pack to get some national recognition early in the season.

Last year, in the same tournament also hosted by Nevada, the Wolf Pack won the championship, defeating Idaho State 74-66. Senior point guard Dellena Criner scored a career-high 32 points in the game and was named to the All-Tournament team as well as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player for her efforts. Senior guard Brandi Fitzgerald was also named to the All-Tournament team.

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