Men's Tennis
Two members of the men's tennis team were honored for their accomplishments Monday.
Senior Bart Scott received the Regional Tennis Magazine/ITA Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship and Leadership Award for the best sportsman in the region.
Scott is a four-year letter winner at UNM. His 90 career singles victories leave him as the third-winningest singles player in Lobo history. Scott's record of 29-14 this season was overshadowed by a tough schedule that included playing nine ranked opponents. The senior won the Balloon Fiesta singles championship and also made it to the finals of the Region VII Championships before falling to SDSU's Oliver Maiberger.
Assistant coach Loren Dils was also honored with the Region VII Co-Coach of the Year award along with SDSU coach and former Lobo, Gene Carswell.
Dils is in his seventh year as assistant at UNM, serving under his brother Alan Dils. This marks the second time (2000) that Loren Dils has claimed this award.
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Baseball
The Lobos will take the field at Isotopes Park for the first time Friday to play nationally-ranked UNLV in a key conference matchup.
The Rebels currently hold a four-game lead over UNM with six games to play in the regular season. UNLV is in first place with a 37-13 overall record, 20-4 in the Mountain West Conference, while the Lobos are in second at 33-19, 16-8 in the MWC.
Junior ace James Vermilyea (7-1) is scheduled to start for UNM. Vermilyea's only loss came on Jan. 31. He leads the league in strikeouts (92) and innings (103.2).
Also leading the Lobos will be Chris Alexander. The slugging first baseman leads the league in home runs (23) and RBIs (85).
Game time Friday is set for 7 p.m.
Softball
The UNM softball team will travel to San Diego Thursday to face Utah in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament.
The Lobos (24-35, 7-13 MWC) lost three out of four games to the Utes during the regular season.
Freshman shortstop Ashley VanBoxmeer leads the Lobos at the plate, hitting .345 with 10 home runs and 35 runs scored. On the mound, UNM is led by junior Amy Dumas, who is 13-15 on the year with 175 strikeouts.
