Confidence is something that Lamar Jordan doesn’t lack. The freshmen quarterback proved that by engineering his first game-winning drive of his career against in-state rival New Mexico State in Las Cruces.
The New Mexico football team isn’t the only group involved in the Rio Grande Rivalry this weekend.The UNM women’s soccer team will host in-state rival NMSU tonight at the Lobo Soccer Complex.Senior midfielder Alexis Leyba said facing the Aggies is always a tough game.
After recovering from its first loss with two road wins, the New Mexico men’s soccer team enters their final weekend before conference play begins.
For the New Mexico volleyball team, winning against quality teams is a necessity to prevent missing the national tournament like the squad did a year ago.Last season, UNM finished second in the Mountain West with a 24-7 record (14-6 MW), but failed to make the postseason due to the weakness in competition.
In the New Mexico football team’s classroom on the second floor of Tow Diehm Facility, there are two scores painted on the west wall: 27-14 and 66-17, representing UNM’s two wins against New Mexico State the last two seasons under head coach Bob Davie.The Lobos will try to add another winning score on that wall this Saturday when the in-state rivals will meet for the 105th incarnation of the Rio Grande Rivalry at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces.
Cole Gautsche has had his fair share of injuries during his time at New Mexico.
Basketball camps around the country have been structured similarly for many years, but REAL Hoops hopes to change that and bring something different to the table.
Following a winless weekend in Hawaii, the New Mexico volleyball team righted the ship with a sweep in the MGM Elegante Lobo Invitational. The Lobos dominated the weekend, sweeping Montana State and Bethune Cookman before finishing the weekend with a 3-1 win against UC Irvine.
No. 6 Florida proved to be as tough as advertised when the defending national champions shut out New Mexico 4-0 on Sunday. The Gators scored early in the first half when junior midfielder Lauren Smith took a shot that found the left corner of the goal, beating the Lobo’s diving goalkeeper Cassie Ulrich.
The UNM men’s soccer team earned two wins in California over the weekend, the team announced. UNM beat San Deigo 2-0 on Sunday with Oniel Fisher scoring the first goal of the game off of a rebound in the 52nd minute, according to golobos.com.
Fabian Carbajal said he planned to spend his Saturday afternoon studying for an upcoming test, but a series of events changed his plans. In hopes to spread passion for soccer, the Albuquerque Sol, a Premier Development League soccer team, brought 37 international soccer legends to University Stadium for a friendly exhibition match called the International Legend’s Cup.
With the addition of sand volleyball to its athletics slate, UNM hopes to draw more attention to the sport. The school announced Tuesday the sport will be added for spring 2014, making sand volleyball the 22nd intercollegiate team at UNM. It is the first new sports program since women’s soccer was added in 1993.
Following a three game losing streak, the New Mexico volleyball team has now aligned its focus on finishing games off strong. UNM (2-4) was unable to come out of the Paradise Tour tournament with a victory over the No. 22 Hawaii, St. John's or No. 18 Oregon.
The University of New Mexico women’s soccer hosts Loyola-Chicago in its home opener on Friday night. This will be UNM’s first home game since a hazing incident that occurred on Aug. 17 hazing incident involving the entire team.
New Mexico and men’s head basketball coach Craig Neal agreed to a new contract for six-years that’s worth $5.7 million, plus incentives, the University announced Monday morning.
It was a bittersweet weekend for the New Mexico men’s soccer team as it collected one win and one loss during the Grange and Ashwill Memorial Tournament. On Friday the Lobos earned a 2-1 win against UC Riverside, but lost an important asset: their goalie. Early in the game, senior Patrick Poblete received a yellow card for going for a loose ball in the box. He received a second card with five and a half minutes left on the second half because the referee deemed he was purposely wasting time.
A new offensive dynamic presented itself during New Mexico’s 58-23 loss to No. 17 Arizona State. Redshirt freshman Lamar Jordan not only fit well with UNM’s run-heavy offensive scheme, but the quarterback showed poise on several occasions when dropping back to pass. “Lamar Jordan came in for the first time playing and at least showed you guys a little bit about what we’ve seen from him,” head coach Bob Davie said. “He’s got four years of football left. I think he can be a good player.”
Volleyball The New Mexico volleyball team went winless at the Paradise Tour in Hawaii over the weekend. UNM lost its first match of the tournament against No. 20 Hawaii 3-1 (26-24, 18-25, 11-25, 17-25) on Thursday.
Missed assignments and tackles will always happen in football. However, under head coach Bob Davie, New Mexico has failed game after game to execute its defensive tasks and the key fundamentals that have led to big plays for opposing offenses. That was the case for UNM’s defense once again in a lopsided 58-23 loss to No. 17 Arizona State at University Stadium Saturday night.
Head coach Jeff Nelson opened the 2014 volleyball campaign with a rigorous schedule to prepare his unit for conference play with intentions of winning a Mountain West championship. “Our goal is to build towards a conference championship,” Nelson said in the preseason press conference.
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