Ban, UNLV men’s golfers lead league championship

UNLV senior Shintaro Ban shot 5-under-par 67 on Saturday for a 9-under 135 total and a four-stroke lead, helping the Rebels take a five-shot advantage into the final round of the Mountain West men’s golf championship in Bremerton, Washington.

No. 21-ranked UNLV, the two-time defending league champion, is at 4-under 572. Colorado State is alone in second, and Fresno State and Wyoming are tied for third, 10 shots behind the Rebels, in the 11-team field.

UNLV freshman Jack Trent is tied for seventh in the 55-player field at 2-under 142.

■ At Fresno, Calif., Aiwen Zhu and En-Pei Huang each won in singles and teamed for a doubles victory to help the Rebels (14-5, 5-0 Mountain West) clinch a second straight West Division regular-season title with a 5-2 triumph over Fresno State (9-12, 3-1).

■ At Albuquerque, N.M., Connor Mang had three hits and three RBIs to back complete-game pitching from Cody Dye (3-5) and lead New Mexico (14-22-1, 8-12 Mountain West) to an 11-2 victory over the Rebels (28-14, 9-8).

■ At

Long Beach, Calif., junior Jasmyne Graham placed first among collegiate competitors in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.26 seconds in the Beach Invitational.

■ At Morse Stadium, Joey O’Brien hit a three-run homer to lead College of Southern Nevada to a 3-2 win over Utah State Eastern in the opener of a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader. In the second game, Justin Lutes homered and drove in two runs for the Coyotes (32-14, 1410) in their 6-5 victory over the Golden Eagles (22-22, 14-13).

UNLV women’s tennis: UNLV baseball: UNLV track and field: CSN baseball: