ARLINGTON, Texas — The UFL has suspended Michigan Panthers receiver and former BYU Cougar Samson Nacua for one game after he slapped a fan during an altercation following Saturday’s 32-27 loss to the St. Louis Battlehawks, the league announced Tuesday.

Nacua, who also agreed to participate in community service, will miss Sunday’s game against the D.C. Defenders.

Video of the confrontation showed Nacua exchanging words with a fan who was leaning over a railing in the Dome at America’s Center. Nacua lunged toward the fan and appeared to slap his face. Receiver Adonis Alexander was standing nearby.

Nacua, 27, is the brother of Los Angeles Rams receiver Puka Nacua. Another brother, Kai Nacua, is a safety for the Michigan Panthers.

Samson Nacua played collegiately at Utah and BYU. He has spent time in training camp with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints.

Incoming freshmen volleyball players invited to US U19 team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Members of the 2025 signing class, Corbin Batista and Layton Bluth, have been invited to the 2025 U.S. Boys U19 National Team, USA Volleyball announced Monday evening.

Bluth is a back-to-back state champion at Casteel High School in Gilbert, Arizona. The 5-foot-8-inch libero also competed with USA Volleyball last summer on the 2024 U.S. Boys U19 National Team.

Batista is a 6-foot-7-inch outside hitter/opposite from St. George who is a two-time Utah All-State selection. Batista is the son of 2004 national champion Victor Batista who played volleyball for the Cougars from 2004-06.

USA Volleyball selected 28 athletes who will participate in a training block from June 1-7 at the National Team Training Center in Anaheim, California. At the conclusion of training, 12 athletes will then be selected to compete at the 2025 NORCECA Boys U19 Pan American Cup, and another 12 will be selected to compete at the 2025 FIVB Boys U19 World Championship.

Athletes competing in the Pan American Cup will attend a mini-training camp from July 3-6 in Leesburg, Florida, before heading off to Cuernavaca, Morales, Mexico, for the Pan American Cup, July 7-13.

Athletes competing in the World Championship will attend a second training block from July 12-July 17 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and then a European training block in Madrid, Spain, July 18-21. The World Championship is July 24-Aug. 3 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Huang earns first team All-Big 12 tennis honors

BYU senior Bobo Huang was one of 12 Big 12 athletes selected for the All-Big 12 First Team in singles, the conference announced Wednesday.

Big 12 women’s tennis coaches voted to determine both the All-Big 12 First Team and Second Team, each team consisting of 12 singles players and six doubles teams. Huang was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team last year.

Huang boasted an impressive 19-3 singles record in her last season as a Cougar, with 10 Big 12 wins at the No. 1 position. Two of her three total singles losses came from ranked opponents and fellow All-Big 12 First Team singles athletes, Arizona State’s Emilija Tverijonaite (No. 69) and UCF’s Olivia Lincer (No. 103). She defeated two All-Big 12 First Team singles selectees this season: Melisa Ercan from Oklahoma State and Gracie Mulville from Kansas.

Huang’s longest win streak was nine consecutive singles victories from Mar. 6 to Apr. 5, starting with her win against Colorado and ending with a win over Oklahoma State. She completed her final matches for BYU at the Big 12 Championship, helping the Cougars advance through their first match 4-2 against Kansas State with a singles win.

Men’s golf headed to NCAA Reno Regional

INDIANAPOLIS – The Cougars have been selected to compete as a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Reno Regional at Montreux Golf and Country Club from May 12-14, the NCAA announced on Wednesday afternoon.

“It’s that time of year,” head coach Bruce Brockbank said. “Every year we shoot for the NCAA Championship. I’m excited for the guys to be able to have a chance and going to Reno is great since it’s fairly close to home and is similar to where we play here in Provo, especially because of the elevation.”

BYU will face off against No. 4 Texas, No. 9 Virginia, No. 16 Alabama, No. 21 Duke, Mississippi State, San Diego, Santa Clara, Cal, Grand Canyon, Sam Houston, East Tennessee State, Central Arkansas and Fairfield.

“The seedings aren’t a big deal to us,” sophomore Peter Kim said. “We just have to play well that week and see if we can make it into the top five.”

The Reno Regional is one of six 54-hole regionals that will determine the 30-team field for the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California, from May 23-28. BYU has been to the NCAA Regionals 26 times since the inception of the regional format in 1989, advancing to the National Championship 32 times in program history.

Montreux Golf and Country Club is a 7,500-yard, par 72 course south of Reno, Nevada.

“This is great for us,” Director of Golf Todd Miller said. “I have been on the course and my brother has played a PGA Tour event there, so I have walked around the course and been able to see that it is similar to some courses we play up in Park City with the shifting elevation. It’s close to home, so it will be easy for the guys to stay ready.”

Halliday-Lowry earns Big 12 track honors again

IRVING, Texas — Lexy Halladay-Lowry has been named the Big 12 Track & Field Athlete of the Week for the second straight week, the conference announced Wednesday.

The senior was also recognized as the USTFCCCA National Track & Field Athlete of the Week April 28.

Halladay-Lowry ran 9:18.05 in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford, recording the sixth-fastest time in NCAA history. The week before, she ran 14:52.93 in the 5000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational, which ranks third all-time in collegiate history.

The senior from Meridian, Idaho is a five-time track and field First Team All-American and holds BYU’s school records in the indoor 3000, indoor 5000m and outdoor 5000m.

Halladay-Lowry is the only Big 12 track and field athlete to earn back-to-back Athlete of the Week honors during the 2025 indoor and outdoor seasons. Her latest recognition marks BYU Track and Field’s fifth Big 12 Athlete of the Week honor this year. Pole vaulter Maren Garnett received the award on Jan. 15, while Riley Chamberlain and Meghan Hunter were named Co-Athletes of the Week on Feb. 5. Chamberlain earned the honor again on Feb. 19 and Halladay-Lowry received her first of two awards on April 23.