BASEBALL
The baseball team had its season come to a halt after losing to UCLA 7-1 on Saturday and to Creighton 7-2 on Sunday in the double-elimination NCAA regional tournament.
The Lobos only mustered two hits on Saturday, one apiece from senior first baseman Trey Porras and sophomore third baseman DJ Peterson.
In his last game as a Lobo, senior Ben Woodchick went 1-2 at the plate with a double, a run and an RBI in the loss to Creighton. The Lobos finished with a 37-24 record.
TRACK AND FIELD
Senior distance runner Sarah Waldron was selected to the 2011-12 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District 7 Women’s Track & Field second team on Thursday.
Waldron has a pending master’s degree in sports administration and had a 3.97 GPA in her two years at UNM.
She will be one of six Lobos competing at the Outdoor NCAA Track and Field Championship next week in Des Moines, Iowa.
MEN’S GOLF
Juniors John Catlin and James Erkenbeck were selected to the 2012 Division I PING All-West Region Team by the Golf Coaches Association on Wednesday.
Catlin had a stroke average of 71.83 in 42 rounds and won the Arizona Intercollegiate on Jan. 30-31. He was ranked as high as the No. 54 collegiate player in the country by Golfweek.com.
Erkenbeck had a stroke average of 71.90 in 42 rounds. He had three top-five finishes this season, the highest being a second-place finish at the William H. Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque on Sept. 30 – Oct. 1. He finished the season ranked as the No. 59 player in the country by Golfweek.com.
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The two juniors led the Lobos to a No. 16 national ranking at the end of the season.
SOFTBALL
Senior catcher Jessica Garcia became the first Lobo since 1990 to be named an All-American. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association gave her third-team honors on Wednesday.
Garcia broke six single-season school records this year with 24 home runs, 21 runners thrown out, 81 hits, 69 RBIs, 166 total bases and a slugging percentage of .917.
She had seven games this season where she batted 1.00. She was also named to the 2012 NFCA Division I All-Region West first team and the 2012 Mountain West Softball All-Conference Team.
