Sports Briefs
J.R. Oppenheim | April 29UNM captured 10 top-three finishes during the Brutus Hamilton Invitational Friday and Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.
UNM captured 10 top-three finishes during the Brutus Hamilton Invitational Friday and Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.
Junior Manon De Roey became New Mexico’s first Mountain West Conference medalist in three years after she won the women’s golf championship Saturday at the Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Course in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
The New Mexico softball team was able to snap its four-game losing streak on Wednesday and extend UTEP’s downward skid in the process.
It took a little more than two months, but the New Mexico baseball team is back in the rankings. The Lobos were ranked No. 21 nationally coming into the season but dropped out of the top 25 after losing their opening series against Oklahoma State.
New Mexico head football coach Bob Davie said he knows a contract extension doesn’t mean a whole lot. On Monday UNM and Davie announced the coach’s two-year contract extension.
Four seniors will lead the New Mexico football team this season. On Tuesday the Lobos announced that running back Kasey Carrier, center Dillon Farrell, defensive end Jacori Greer and inside linebacker Dallas Bollema will be the captains of the team this year.
Eldorado High School guard Cullen Neal is now committed to UNM after withdrawing his letter of intent to Saint Mary’s College of California.
New Mexico starter Kaela DeBroeck pitched her way out of two early jams against the Mountain West Conference’s top hitting team Sunday, but Nevada’s offense wouldn’t stay quiet for long.
If you want to see how young the Lobo football team is, you need to look no farther than the secondary.
New Mexico women’s distance runner Charlotte Arter set a new school record in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:16.94 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.
Of New Mexico’s 45 softball games to date this season, 13 have had lopsided outcomes. The Lobos have four wins and nine losses in which the victor scored at least six more runs than the loser.
The New Mexico baseball team’s focus wasn’t entirely on in-state rival New Mexico State on Wednesday. The Lobos managed to demolish the Aggies 13-6 on a blustery day at Lobo Field, even with a critical Mountain West Conference series at Nevada this weekend on their minds.
Chase Clayton is returning to his roots. The junior made the switch from running back to wide receiver after talking to New Mexico football head coach Bob Davie before spring break.
The New Mexico baseball team earned its first sweep of the season after a dramatic ninth inning against Fresno State.
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.
A competition for starting quarterback can sometimes tear a team apart, but this isn’t the case for the New Mexico football team.
The New Mexico baseball team cannot afford to lose any ground in the Mountain West Conference standings. The Lobos are now tied with San Diego State for first place in the conference with identical 17-16 (8-4 MWC) records.
Amber Menke may be the current indoor pole vault record holder at New Mexico, but she has one height she wants to clear before her collegiate career ends.
Individual talent has given the New Mexico women’s rugby team a chance at glory. The team is headed to Palo Alto, Calif., this weekend for the first round of the 2012-13 Emirates Airlines USA Rugby National Championships.
Not only will New Mexico have a new head coach roaming the sidelines next season, the Lobos will be have at least one new player in the starting lineup.