July 22, 2010

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV volleyball program will make four appearances on television during the 2010 campaign with three games broadcast on The Mtn. (The MountainWest Sports Network) and a fourth aired by CBS College Sports Network.

UNLV will have its first three matches shown on The Mtn. in a span of 17 days.

The Rebels will make their 2010 television debut on Sept. 30, during a road contest against the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth, Texas. The match will air at 5:00 pm PT on The Mtn., which can be found in Las Vegas on DirecTV Ch. 616 and Cox Ch. 334.

UNLV will only have to wait a week for their next appearance on The Mtn., as their home contest against Wyoming on Oct. 7, at 6:30 pm PT, will be shown live.

The third and final match on The Mtn. will occur on the road in Provo, Utah against the BYU Cougars. The Rebels and Cougars will serve it up at 6:00 pm PT on Oct. 16.

The final televised match of 2010 will be aired by CBS College Sports (DirecTV Ch. 613, Cox Ch. 333 and Dish Network Ch. 152) on Oct. 31 at 1:00 pm PT, with UNLV taking on TCU.

The Rebels open up the season with back-to-back road tournaments hosted by Long Beach State (Aug. 27-28) and Oregon State (Sept. 3-4). UNLV, which returns six letterwinners to this season's squad, will open up its home slate with consecutive tournaments beginning with its own Invitational on Sept. 10-11.