WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
LARAMIE, Wyo. — The women’s basketball team won its first MWC game on the road by beating Wyoming 60-57 on Saturday.
UNM (8-15) was trailing Wyoming (9-13) by one at halftime, but the team put together a solid second-half performance to win its second MWC game.
With five minutes remaining, the Lobos had a 12-point lead. Wyoming cut the deficit down to one, but the Lobos held on for the win.
The Lobos shot 45 percent from the field and were 7-13 from 3-point range. Junior guard Caroline Durbin led all scorers with 23 points.
SOFTBALL
TEMPE, Ariz. — The softball team went 5-0 in the Kajikawa Classic over the weekend, starting off its season undefeated and with its best start since 1993.
On Friday, in the early game, the softball team pulled off a massive upset in its first game of the season, beating No. 11 Oregon 7-6.
Going into the last two innings, the Lobos were trailing 6-0, but scored seven unanswered runs to slam the Ducks.
In the sixth inning, UNM scored three runs and followed up with four more in the last inning to win the game.
Junior pitcher Kaela DeBroeck finished with a complete game and was credited with the win.
In the late game on Friday, the Lobos won again with another come-from-behind win, beating Western Michigan 5-4.
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UNM went down early and gave up two runs in the first inning, but the Lobos scored three runs in the last two innings.
Senior catcher Jessica Garcia led the Lobo hitters going 2-3, with one run and one RBI.
On Saturday, the Lobos continued their winning streak, beating Idaho State 9-8 and Northwestern 13-5.
In the early game against Idaho State, the Lobos took a 9-3 lead into the last inning. The Bengals scored five runs in the last inning, but UNM held on for win.
DeBroeck pitched a complete game and was again credited with the win, going 2-0 to start the year.
In the late game UNM won its first game by more than one run as it dominated Northwestern.
Junior infielder Stefanie Carramusa led the Lobos, going 2-4 with three RBIs and two runs.
On Sunday, The Lobos beat Texas State 5-3. Garcia led the Lobos going 2-3 with four RBIs and two runs.
TRACK AND FIELD
SEATTLE, Wash. — The distance track team dominated the Husky Invitational on Saturday.
Head coach Joe Franklin sent only 10 members of the track team to the invitational, keeping most of his squad at home to compete in the Don Kirby Invitational.
Seven personal records were broken, two school records were set, and senior distance runner Ross Millington qualified for the 3,000-meter run in the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Millington finished the race in third place with a time of 7:49.11, a school record.
Junior distance runner Jo Moultrie set another school record in the women’s mile with a time of 4:42.30.
The Lobos now prepare for the MWC tournament in two weeks.
Franklin said he sent his distance team to get experience running on a different track. The track at UNM is a banked track and the track in Seattle is flat, oversized track.
