Sports briefs
Women’s tennis
Pack falls, De Vrye keeps rolling
The Nevada women’s tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 43 Sacramento State Saturday at the Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center in Gold River, Calif.
Sophomore Florence De Vrye was a bright spot for the Wolf Pack. She defeated Sacramento State’sAileen Tsan 6-4, 7-6. With the win, De Vrye remained undefeated in singles dual play.
Unfortunately for Nevada, she was the only winner for the Wolf Pack on Saturday.
Nevada’s arranged match Sunday against No. 61 St. Mary’s College was canceled due to bad weather. The Wolf Pack will return to action Feb. 28 where it will battle No. 42 BYU in Provo, Utah. Nevada will also face No. 50 University of Utah in Salt Lake City the following day.
Skiing
Nevada to host championships
The Nevada skiing team will host the 2009 Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association Championships and NCAA West Regional Feb. 19-21 at Mt. Rose and the Auburn Ski Club in Truckee, Calif.
The alpine events will be held at Mt. Rose while the Nordic events will be run at the Auburn Ski Club. Nevada will be joined at the championships by the University of Colorado and the University of Denver among others.
The championships are set to get underway Thursday at Mt. Rose with the men’s and women’s slaloms. The men’s slalom is slated for a 9 a.m. start while the women’s is set for 10:15 a.m.
The RMISA Championships and NCAA West Regional will conclude Saturday with the freestyle Nordic races at the Auburn Ski Club. The men’s freestyle 15k will start at 9 a.m. with the women’s 10K freestyle scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. start.
Admission and parking for the RMISA Championships and NCAA West Regional are free.
Ski team to show movie at JCSU
The Nevada skiing team will be on hand at a showing of “CLAIM, The Greatest Ski Movie…Ever”8 p.m. Tuesday night at the theater on the third floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union.
Fans will have a chance to meet and greet the team in addition to buying tickets for a raffle that includes prizes such as ski passes to Mt. Rose. Raffle tickets are $1.
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