Volleyball
The volleyball team had its 11-match win streak snapped following a 3-0 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday night at the Oklahoma Invitational. The set scores in that match were 25-17, 25-9 and 25-19.
The win streak was the third-best in school history. The UNM record for consecutive wins came in 1991 when the Lobos won 16 straight matches.
The Lobos earned two wins earlier in the tournament, defeating Arkansas-Little Rock in five sets (18-25, 25-20, 25-27, 25-18, 15-12) on Friday and SMU in three sets (25-14, 25-21, 25-22) on Saturday.
Senior Chantale Riddle and junior libero Miquella Lovato were named to the all-tournament team. It is Riddle’s third honor and Lovato’s second of the season.
UNM extended its season record to 12-2 following its final competition before MWC play this week.
The team’s next game is on Thursday against Colorado State at Johnson Gym at 7 p.m.
Cross country
Junior Janna Mitsos clocked a fourth-place time of 18 minutes, 19 seconds, leading the UNM women’s cross country team to a second-place finish at Kachina Classic, hosted Saturday by New Mexico State.
Sophomore Nicola Hood had a strong outing as well. Her sixth-place mark of 18:43 helped UNM score 48 points. Hood ran her first race since an Achilles tendon injury sidelined her in 2010.
Juniors Chloe Anderson and Sam Sheppard also placed in the top 10. Anderson was eighth in 18:55 and Sheppard placed 10th in 18:56. True freshman Adrianna Lopez was 26th in 19:45.
NMSU won the women’s meet with 32 points in the 5-kilometer event.
The UNM men, meanwhile, finished third with 85 points, behind UTEP (29 points) and NMSU (30 points) in the 8-kilometer race.
Sophomore Chris Montoya had the best time for the Lobos. He finished the race in 26:13 to place 11th. Other Lobo men’s runners at the meet included sophomore J.P. Cordova (13th, 26:17), sophomore Vincent Montoya (23rd, 26:58), redshirt freshman Austin Alexander (36th, 29:00) and redshirt freshman Kyle Fast Wolf (39th, 29:44).
Men’s tennis
UNM junior Mads Hegelund lost in the quarterfinals of the Midland Invitational on Saturday, falling to TCU’s Arnau Dachs 7-6, 6-3. Hegelund reached the quarters following a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Tulsa’s Grant Ive.
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Hegelund also had Friday wins over Nebraska’s Brandon Videtich and Wichita State’s Guillermo Nicol.
Sophomore Samir Iftikhar also lost his Saturday match, a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 setback against Texas’ Nick Naumann. Iftikhar defeated Nebraska’s Marc Hermann on Friday to reach the third round following a first-round bye.
Sophomores Mitch McDaniels and James Hignett lost their consolation matches.
