TWO REBELS TO COMPETE IN EUROPE FOR MW GLOBAL CHALLENGE TEAM
UNLV volleyball’s Gabrielle Arretche-Ramos and Chloe Thomas invited to play on the squad that will spend time in Slovenia, compete in Croatia and visit Italy in mid-July
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Two UNLV volleyball student-athletes have been invited to play for the Mountain West’s Global Challenge Team in Europe in mid-July, the conference announced Wednesday.
Rising senior Gabrielle Arretche-Ramos and rising junior Chloe Thomas will both represent the Rebels at the event, which includes stops in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy from July 13-23.
The team will spend five days in Maribor, Slovenia to train, visit with club and national teams, as well as see the sights. The competition will take place from July 18-21 in Pula, Croatia. To wrap up the tour, the team will spend a day sightseeing in Venice, Italy, before returning home to the United States.
Arretche-Ramos, a 6-foot-2-inch outside hitter, is coming off of an All-Mountain West campaign as she was selected to the league’s first team. She ranked fourth in the conference in kills per set (3.65) and was fifth in points per set (3.98). She also earned Academic All-District honors last season.
Thomas, a 6-foot-1-inch outside hitter, was also named Academic All-District last season. She recorded 217 kills and 80 total blocks in 31 matches played.
The rest of the MW Global Challenge Team roster includes: Annie Kaminski (Boise State), Breanna Mitchell (Boise State), Emery Herman (Colorado State), Kennedy Stanford (Colorado State), Ella Rud (Fresno State), Grace Doyle (Fresno State), Gabby McLachlin (UNR), Julie Haynie (San Diego State), Tatum Stall (Utah State) and Kasia Partyka (Wyoming). The team will be coached by Rob Neilson (Utah State) and Melanie Greene (San Diego State).
The Rebels went 26-5 overall in 2022, including 17-1 in Mountain West play to earn the regular-season conference title, and made the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection.
The upcoming 2023 season will be the first under new head coach Malia Shoji. To purchase season tickets, please visit UNLVtickets.com.
