UNLV track team wins first Mountain West indoor title

Najia Hudspeth won the 400-meter run and anchored UNLV’s winning 1,600 relay Saturday, helping the Rebels win their first Mountain West indoor track and field title in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hudspeth won the 400 in a personalbest 54.07 seconds and teamed with Naylia Hudspeth, Avi’Tal Perteete and Kaysha Love to win the relay in 3:38.65.

UNLV had 13 top-eight finishes Saturday and was 14 points ahead of runner-up Colorado State in the 11-team meet.

■ UNLV softball: At Houston, Mia Trejo homered and scored twice to back Janine Petmecky (5-1), who pitched a three-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts, sending the Rebels to a 3-0 win over Yale (0-4) in the Houston Invitational. In UNLV’s second game, Savannah Heebner pitched a four-hitter to lift Houston (7-4) to a 2-0 victory over the Rebels (11-4).

■ UNLV baseball: At Wilson Stadium, Kyle Isbel had two home runs, a double and six RBIs to power the Rebels past Columbia 13-7 in the first game of a doubleheader. In the second game, Trevor Horn blanked the Lions (0-3) on three hits over six innings to help UNLV (7-1) to an 11-0 victory.

■ UNLV men’s swimming and diving: At Houston, Brad Gonzales won the 1,650-yard freestyle, and fellow freshman Mark Theall won the 100 freestyle and was part of the winning 400 freestyle relay, helping the Rebels place second in the six-team Western Athletic Conference Championships.

■ CSN baseball: At Morse Stadium, Jay DeSoto had two hits and two RBIs to back Ryan McDonald (4-0), who struck out seven over five innings, leading College of Southern Nevada (18-4) to its 14th straight win, 9-0 over Colorado Northwestern (3-9).