The New Mexico men’s basketball team came in at No. 20 in USA Today’s preseason coaches poll released Thursday. The Lobos are coming off an impressive season that ended with Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament titles.
For most of the season, opposing defenses have been unable to stop the New Mexico football team’s triple option scheme. But on Saturday at University Stadium, the Lobos will face their stiffest test of the season against Utah State’s No. 1 ranked Mountain West Conference defense.
Even though the New Mexico men’s soccer team leads the Conference USA standings and holds a No. 14 RPI nationally, head coach Jeremy Fishbein said the Lobos can’t rest easy.
The Mountain West Conference women’s basketball preseason poll lists New Mexico in fourth place among the 11 conference teams. The conference released the poll Tuesday during its media days in Colorado Springs, Colo. Fresno State is slated to be in the top spot in the poll, receiving 17 first-place votes.
The quarterback situation for the New Mexico football team is the murkiest it’s been all season. UNM’s top two quarterbacks, sophomore Cole Gautsche and junior Clayton Mitchem, are battling injuries. Gautsche suffered a right knee injury in the waning minutes of Saturday’s game at Wyoming.
The University of New Mexico Hockey Club was chartered as a school sport in 2009 after having been just an organized way for adults to play hockey in years prior.
In the 11 games leading up to Saturday’s Conference USA game, New Mexico’s Christopher Wehan tried to score on 12 different occasions. None found the net.
New Mexico’s sophomore quarterback Cole Gautsche had one of the best passing days of his career, but an untimely interception cost him and his team a chance at a comeback victory Saturday at Wyoming.
The New Mexico women’s soccer team split a pair of games over the weekend and are now 6-8-1, 4-1 Mountain West Conference on the year. On Friday, UNM lost 3-2 in double overtime at Wyoming.
A lack of communication brought the New Mexico volleyball team its third loss of the season against UNLV Saturday. The Rebels defeated the Lobos 3-1 and improved to 10-6, 5-1 Mountain West Conference in front of 2,157 fans — the largest crowd of the season at Johnson Gym.
The parity expected in Conference USA men’s soccer is beginning to show itself in the early stages of league play. Eight teams already have at least one win, and only standings leader Alabama-Birmingham has two victories.
The New Mexico volleyball team stands out individually and as a team for being one of the better squads this season in the Mountain West Conference.
The decision to compete now or build for the future is always on Bob Davie’s mind. Coach Davie is in year two of rebuilding the New Mexico football team from the ground up, and he said it has been a more difficult process because the loss of scholarships and players.
During the fourth quarter of New Mexico State’s 26-16 loss to San Diego State in Las Cruces on Sept. 28, Zajac’s name was randomly pulled from the school’s student date base.
The 105th installment of the Rio Grande Rivalry witnessed the New Mexico football team’s offense at its best. UNM dominated longtime in-state rival New Mexico State in a 66-17 rout on Saturday, tying the school record for most points scored against the Aggies.
Brett Bowers entered Saturday’s postgame press conference in much higher spirits than he did the previous week. Stomping an in-state rival by 49 points will do that. “I just got a big smile on my face. Played a lot better,” said Bowers, a junior linebacker.
In what head coach Jeremy Fishbein called the most lackluster showing this year, the New Mexico men’s soccer team settled for a scoreless tie with Charlotte in Friday night’s Conference USA home opener.
The New Mexico volleyball team picked up a pair of road victories over the weekend to improve to 13-2, 4-1 Mountain West Conference. On Thursday UNM swept Utah State 3-0 thanks to 16 kills and five digs from junior Chantale Riddle.
At Tuesday’s weekly media luncheon, Bob Davie was quick to squelch any expectations for his recuperating New Mexico football team. When a reporter asked whether his team should be expected to beat New Mexico State on Saturday, Davie appeared completely shocked by the question.
Now that New Mexico has established itself as a men’s soccer program with notoriety, head coach Jeremy Fishbein said opponents seem to be amped up for playing the Lobos.
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