Men's Tennis
The UNM men's tennis team went ice cold against the Colorado Buffaloes Saturday, winning one of five matches.
The loss prevented the Lobos from reaching the finals at the ITA Mountain Region Indoor Tennis Tournament against Boise State.
Freshman Max Jones was the lone winner for the Lobos at the No. 3 singles spot. Jones took down Buffalo Marcos Digliodo 6-3, 7-5.
Senior Ryan Stotland, ranked No. 123, did not get to finish his match against No. 1 Marko Bundalo at the first-place singles spot.
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All of the doubles matches in the UNM-Colorado match were canceled because the point earned by the doubles win was inconsequential.
At the No. 2 singles spot Jan Zelezny beat David Kowalksi 6-2, 6-2. Kamil Pajkowski fell at the hands of Peter Bjork 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.
Eric Conklin took a handful of games from Marek Dvorak but eventually lost 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 5 spot. Derek Boland's effort was thwarted by Chad Tsuda 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 6 singles spot.
The Lobos fly to Seattle to compete in a duet of matches this weekend. The Lobos will take on the Washington Huskies Saturday. Washington is ranked No. 21 in the country.
UNM will battle the Michigan State Spartans on Sunday.
Swimming and Diving
They saved their best for last.
In the final regular season Mountain West Conference competition, the UNM women's swimming and diving team blasted Air Force 165-124.
Freshman Tori Clarridge won two individual awards and was part of a third at Colorado Springs, Colo. She won a meet in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.33 and the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.26.
The team of Clarridge, freshman Rachel Evans, senior Aimee Dunavant and sophomore Jenna Syverson came in first with a time of 1:49.64.
Junior Robyn Miller followed up Clarridge's sparkling performance with two individual wins in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:10.30 and 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:10.97.
Syverson took first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.62. Junior Whitney Thomson's time of 2:11.33 was good enough for first place in the 200-yard backstroke. Jen Hale snatched up first place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.13.
Senior Becca Barras continued her winning ways on the diving boards with a win in the 3-meter board. Sophomore Carrie Quinn provided the second leg of a diving board sweep for the Lobos with a win in the 1-meter board.
UNM wraps up the regular season Saturday against rival New Mexico State.
