Baseball
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The baseball team dropped three of its four games this weekend away to University of Texas-San Antonio.
After dropping two of three to Nevada to start the season last weekend, the losses continued on Friday as the Lobos lost 13-3.
UTSA jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but UNM tied it with three runs in the fourth inning, and that was all they would score. UTSA then scored 10 unanswered runs in the final five innings to win the game.
During Saturday’s double-header in the early game, the Lobos jumped ahead early with three runs in the first inning, and didn’t look back as they won 14-7.
In the second game of the day, the Lobo offense struggled and the Lobos fell 3-2.
On Sunday, with the series on the line, UTSA scored four runs in the first inning and UNM struggled to come back from the early deficit. It lost 8-4.
The Lobos are now 2-5 for the year, and play No. 15 Oklahoma in a three-game home series this weekend.
Softball
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The softball team continued its great start to the season, going 4-1 at the Cathedral City Classic.
On Thursday, in the early game, UNM mercy-ruled No. 14 Texas A&M in six innings, 15-3. The Lobos were leading 5-3 going into the sixth inning before scoring nine unanswered runs in the final inning to win.
In the late game, the Lobos continued to dominate, beating Oregon 10-6 on a late rally. Going into the final inning the scores were tied at six, but the Lobos scored four straight runs to win.
On Friday, UNM dropped Cal State Fullerton by a score of 5-4. The Lobos scored four in the first inning, but Fullerton matched it with four in the third inning to tie the game. UNM got the game-winning run in the fourth inning and held on to win.
On Saturday, the Lobos’ hot streak continued, as they beat UC Davis, 7-5. After four innings UC Davis had a 5-4 lead, but the Lobos scored three in the fifth inning to win their fourth straight.
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On Sunday, the team dropped its first game in the tournament as it lost 4-2 to Cal Poly.
The loss takes them to 13-2.
Swim & Dive
OKLAHOMA CITY — The women’s swim team placed sixth over the weekend in the MWC championships with a score of 285.
Boise State took the championships with a score of 747 and San Diego State finished second with a score of 742.
The swim team failed to get first place in any event, but it did break seven school records.
The team broke records in the 200-yard medley, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard backstroke.
Senior diver Ashlee Erickson was named the MWC diver of the year.
She won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions.
