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All of 54 days separate Nevada’s storied history in the Western Athletic Conference from its bright future in the Mountain West Conference. For the past 12 years playing in the WAC, the Wolf Pack has dazzled fans with championship performances, intense rivalries, Cinderella runs in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, nail-biting victories and everything in between.
Tags: Big West Conference, Blue Friday, COACH CHRIS AULT, Conference USA, Dan Hinxman, Keith Hackett, Legacy Hall, San Jose State, Utah State, WAC
Posted in Breaking News, Homepage Features, Sports
Dominating, successful, exciting: These are the words attributed to the legendary “Fab Five.” No, not the “Fab Five” of University of Michigan men’s basketball lore, the Fab Five of Spanish Springs High School Softball, circa 2008. A team on which Mallary Darby, the team’s most explosive player, played the role of Chris Webber. Winning back-to-back state titles (at Spanish Springs) would make some athletes complacent. But not Darby her passion for the game has only grown stronger since joining the Wolf Pack in 2009.
Tags: Chris Webber, Don Darby, Fab Five, Mallary Darby. coach Matt Meuchel, WAC tournament
Posted in Breaking News, Softball, Sports, Sports CP
With finals fast approaching, this last weekend was going to be the time where I was going to turn off SportsCenter, log out of ESPN and hit the books. All of that went unsuccessfully as I found myself thinking of this last year of Nevada sports and the joys it brought. I also found myself thinking about next year and what lies ahead for the Wolf Pack. I narrowed it down to five things:
Tags: Brandon Wimbley, Cody Fajardo, Mountain West Conference, Western Athletic Conference
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The Nevada baseball team had the weekend off from Western Athletic Conference play, but its weekend was no walk in the park.
Tags: Brett Jones, Carlos Escobar Jr., Jay Anderson, Jayson McClaren, Joe Kohan, Kewby Meyer, nevada, Peccole Park, Seattle, Tom Jameson, Tyler Wells, WAC
Posted in Baseball, Sports
We went back through the record books and aggregated statistics for six select Wolf Pack sports (football, soccer, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, softball and baseball) starting from when the University of Nevada, Reno joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2000 up until now. The sports were chosen in a systematic way so as to represent [...]
Tags: Mountain West Conference, MWC, WAC, Wolf Pack
Posted in Baseball, Breaking News, Football, Men's Basketball, Softball, Sports, Women's Basketball
A snapped stick, a smashed racket and broken PlayStation controllers all are casualties of losing your cool. It happens to all of us and can severely affect your performance in all areas of life. But for the Wolf Pack men’s lacrosse club, finding a way to channel this negative energy into something positive will ultimately determine how its season will turn out.
Tags: Chris Berggren, chris tatro, Colby Fountain, lacrosse
Posted in Sports, Sports CP
Mallary Darby was on the mound the last time Nevada played in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament three years ago.
On Friday, Darby pitched a complete-game five-hitter to clinch a return to the WAC Tournament for the Wolf Pack. The playoff berth marks a big turnaround from the past two seasons, where Nevada finished dead last in the WAC both seasons with a combined league record of 8-33.
Tags: karlyn Jones, Mallary Darby, Matt Meuchel, WAC tournament
Posted in Softball, Sports
With only two conference series left in the season before the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, this weekend’s series against Fresno State was a must-win for the Wolf Pack baseball team. Thanks to some clutch hitting and a strong starting pitching rotation, Nevada took two games out of three from the Bulldogs and moved to second place in the WAC standings.
Tags: Braden Shipley, Carlos Escobar, Gary Powers, Tom Jameson
Posted in Baseball, Sports
A school-record four former Nevada athletes were taken in last weekend’s NFL Draft, led by linebacker James-Michael Johnson, who was selected in the fourth round by the Cleveland Browns.
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Isaiah Frey, Jacksonville Jaguars, James-Michael Johnson, Miami Dolphins, rishard, Rishard Matthews
Posted in Football, Sports
Between meeting term paper deadlines, making new friends, recovering from Friday nights and cramming for finals, the life of a college student can be pretty hectic. Learning how to manage your time and figuring what to do is critical to your success. For University of Nevada, Reno senior Colby Fountain, a difficult schedule with life lessons to be learned along the way is what he wakes up to everyday — and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Tags: Alpha Tau Omega, Colby Fountain, Delta Sigma Phi, RJ Lopez
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This week, I worked on a story on Lauren Lastrapes (see B1), a junior infielder on the Nevada softball team. The angle was to find out whether she felt the pressure of having two older sisters who have had incredible success in softball (Brittany played on U.S. National team and Dominique played four years at the University of Washington before becoming a coach at the University of California, Davis).
I quickly found out the answer was no. But to a T, all three women gave me similar responses: We all supported each other in all aspects of life because we received enough pressure from our dad.
Tags: Brittany Lastrapes, David Lastrapes, Dominique Lastrapes, Lauren Lastrapes
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Wolf Pack cornerback Malik James has been dismissed from the Nevada football team for a violation of team rules, head coach Chris Ault announced Sunday.
Tags: Malik James
Posted in Breaking News, Football, Sports
The 2012 NFL Draft first round came and went without many surprises to Nevada — no former Wolf Pack player was drafted.
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Brett Roy, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Isaiah Frey, James-Michael Johnson, Mike Ball, NFL Draft, Rishard Matthews
Posted in Breaking News, Football, Sports
