QBs essential to offense as Lobos face UNLV
Thomas Romero-Salas | September 27The offense of the New Mexico football team has been inconsistent thus far in the season, and it all begins and ends with the quarterback position.
The offense of the New Mexico football team has been inconsistent thus far in the season, and it all begins and ends with the quarterback position.
Regardless of how many opportunities a soccer team has, the ball still needs to find the back of the net. That’s the trouble the No. 14 New Mexico men found themselves in Friday night at the UNM Soccer Complex.
The New Mexico women’s soccer team couldn’t catch the breaks it needed in a 0-0 double overtime tie to UC Davis at the UNM Soccer Complex on Sunday, ending the Jack in the Box Classic without a win.
Giving up big plays isn’t the Achilles’ heel of the New Mexico football team’s defense anymore. Now it’s bad tackling that plagues the Lobos’ defense.
The New Mexico volleyball team earned its eighth-straight victory at Air Force in four-sets (25-17, 25-21, 21-25, 26-24). Junior right side hitter Chantale Riddle, senior Lexi Ross and freshman Cassie House each had 11 kills for UNM. Riddle also had 12 digs.
Despite attempting 13 shots, including six on goal, the No. 14 New Mexico men’s soccer team dropped its second consecutive game after a 1-0 loss to unranked Drake Friday night at the UNM Soccer Complex. The Lobos fall to 3-2-1 on the season.
The tough nonconference schedule caught up to the New Mexico men’s soccer team last weekend, and it’s time to see how it responds from its first loss.
With only two games left before the start of the Mountain West Conference season, the New Mexico women’s soccer team is still struggling with its youth. The Lobos (2-6-0) enter the Jack in the Box Classic on a three-game losing streak
On Tuesday, the New Mexico football team announced that sophomore defensive linemen Gerron Borne and Paytron Hightower have been suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team.
The University of New Mexico Rugby Football Club has struggled the past three years, but things are finally looking up for the team. “We are just starting to emerge from the muck this year,” Lobo rugby player Keith Keller said.
Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino owner R.D. Hubbard and his wife Joan Dale donated $500,000 to the Lobo baseball team for a new clubhouse, UNM announced Thursday.
Missed opportunities plagued the ninth-ranked New Mexico men’s soccer team Sunday night in the Lobos’ 3-2 loss to Cal State Northridge.
The New Mexico football team survived its road contest at Pittsburgh, but only after playing one of its worst halves of football this season.
While its struggle is apparent on the offensive side of the ball, New Mexico’s Lobo volleyball team is among the defensive elite. For their second straight tournament, the Lobos completed a sweep at home, defeating all three opponents they faced this past weekend.
Senior forward James Rogers recorded his fourth goal of the 2013 season Friday night, leading the No. 9 UNM men’s soccer team to a 1-0 win over Santa Clara in the TLC Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Lobo Invitational.
During his brief tenure as head coach of New Mexico football, Bob Davie has made a habit of breaking Lobo losing streaks. Last year, UNM broke a 24-game road losing streak and an 18-game Mountain West Conference road losing streak when the Lobos won at Hawaii 35-23.
Playing an extra 34 minutes during last weekend’s road trip likely won’t impact the No. 9 New Mexico men’s soccer team Friday against Santa Clara.
There is no lack of talent on the New Mexico volleyball team, but the lack of communication between players spoils some of that talent. Despite the team’s not always on the same page, UNM (5-1) is off to a hot start in the young season.
EL PASO, Texas — Heading into Saturday’s game at UTEP, the New Mexico football team hadn’t won in the state of Texas since 1997, losing 15 games straight during that time.
EL PASO, Texas — A theme New Mexico head coach Bob Davie discussed regularly a year ago was a dilemma: striking a balance between winning immediately versus building toward the future.