Men’s golf
After a three-round score of 860, the New Mexico men’s golf team took fifth place at the Morris Williams Invitational on Sunday at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas.
UNM shared the lead with Texas and TCU after Saturday’s second round, but the Lobos shot an 8-over par 298 Sunday to fall back to fifth place in the 12-team tournament.
Texas won the team title with an 848, Texas Tech was the runner-up with 853, TCU placed third with 854 and Oklahoma State finished fourth with 856. Liberty was sixth behind UNM with an 863, followed by North Texas (875), Houston (877), Baylor (877), Kent State (878), UNLV (893) and Texas-Arlington (895).
James Erkenbeck was UNM’s top individual finisher, taking ninth with a 213. John Catlin fired a 217, Benjamin Bauch had a 218, Victor Perez shot a 221 and Gavin Green carded a 223.
Men’s soccer
UNM continued its spring exhibition season in Taos Saturday afternoon playing to a scoreless tie against Denver University.
The Lobos’ next exhibition takes place this Saturday at the UNM Robertson Practice Fields against Air Force.
Softball
Center fielder Mariah Rimmer went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in Saturday’s 10-0 win over UNLV, the Lobos’ only victory in a three-game series at Las Vegas, Nev. UNM lost to UNLV 8-0 on Friday and 1-0 on Sunday.
First baseman Jordan Sjostrand had a 2-for-3 effort and right-fielder Cassandra Kalapsa hit 2-for-3 on Friday, but UNM had no multiple base hits in Sunday’s series finale.
The series pushes UNM’s record to 19-25 overall and 3-5 in Mountain West Conference play.
Track and Field
Behind 23 top-three finishes, the UNM women’s track and field team completed a sweep during a triangular meet Friday at the Air Force Academy Cadet Outdoor Track and Field Complex near Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Lobo women captured a 177-167 win over the Falcons and a 202-107 victory over Northern Colorado.
On the men’s side, UNM defeated Northern Colorado 174-101 but fell to Air Force 228-121. The Lobo men had 15 top-three marks.
UNM was in its first triangular since 2006 when the team competed at the Cardinal & Gold Invitational against Southern California and Texas A&M.
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The Lobos return to competition with three meets — the Mt. SAC Relays, the Beach Invitational and the Bryan Clay Invitational — on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Women’s tennis
The UNM women took one out of three weekend duals, falling to Air Force 4-3 on Friday, beating Colorado State 4-3 on Saturday and getting shut out by Wyoming 7-0 on Sunday.
Michaela Bezdickova at No. 1 singles, Sarah Mahboob Khan at No. 4 singles and Michaela Oldani at No. 6 singles won their matches against Air Force, and Bezdickova and Laura Richardson won UNM’s lone doubles match of that dual.
Bezdickova, Mahboob Khan, Oldani and Richardson earned singles wins against Colorado State. Again, UNM’s only doubles win came from Bezdickova and Richardson.
After the sweeping loss to Wyoming, UNM fell to 7-11 overall on the season and 1-4 in Mountain West Conference play.
