They’ve been doubted. They’ve been snubbed. They’ve heard it all when it comes to their chances of ever having success. So, it’s nothing new for the New Mexico men’s soccer team to be considered underdogs heading into a season, conference play or a tournament.
Behind five double-digit scorers, the New Mexico men’s basketball team wrapped up its three-game exhibition tour in Australia Sunday with an 82-80 victory over the Gold Coast All-Stars.
After an injury-filled 2012, UNM head volleyball coach Jeff Nelson enters this season with a slimmer frame and high expectations for the UNM volleyball team.
On Aug. 9, the New Mexico football team announced that sophomore cornerbacks Rashad and Vershad Jackson will not return to the team.
Junior center Alex Kirk scored 26 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, to lead the New Mexico men’s basketball team to a 78-66 victory over the Kilsyth Cobras in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, according to a release.
Fans and the media might not yet be buying into the New Mexico football team, but its players are. At the team’s media day Aug. 1, head coach Bob Davie said all 115 players on the roster have decided to stay at UNM: a 100 percent retention rate, a rarity in college sports.
Kicking off a three-game exhibition tour in Australia Monday, the New Mexico men’s basketball team overcame an 11-point second-half deficit Monday to beat the Sydney Kings 87-85 at Bankstown Basketball Stadium in Sydney, according to a press release.
Craig “Noodles” Neal found out last week the difference between being the head coach of the New Mexico men’s basketball team and the lead assistant. While traversing a local mall, Neal was mobbed by UNM fans who wanted to meet the new face of Lobo basketball.
Ten Lobos and the coaching staff departed Albuquerque late Friday afternoon for a three-game tour in Australia. They will meet up with guard Hugh Greenwood and forward Cameron Bairstow, two Lobos who are already in their home country for the summer break.
During Wednesday’s media-day event at the Tow Diehm Complex, a reporter asked New Mexico football coach Bob Davie if quarterback Cole Gautsche will be a starter heading into training camp. Davie, standing at the podium, turned to his sophomore signal-caller seated off-camera and said “Cole? You going to jump out there with that first group?” That’s the plan, Davie said.
About 100 women walked into the football weight training room at the Tow Diehm Complex Thursday night during a tour of the facility.
New Mexico offensive lineman Dillon Farrell may be a little insane, he said. But when people ask him about the upcoming 2013 football season, he replies by saying his goal is to win every game on the schedule.
If this season’s nonconference schedule is any indication, coach Craig Neal’s Lobos won’t shy away from tough competition.
New Mexico center Alex Kirk and forward Cameron Bairstow finished their runs at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia on Thursday. Bairstow played for the silver medal-winning Australian team, and he averaged a team-leading 12.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
The NCAA always has to try to convince the public that academics are something it truly cares about. In order to make it look like the NCAA actually does want students to earn a good education
If the nonconference schedule is any indication, coach Craig Neal’s Lobos won’t shy away from tough competition this coming season. New Mexico will play at least four non-Mountain West teams that reached last spring’s NCAA tournament, all over the course of 17 days.
There was never any doubt as to who the crowd was cheering for at the inaugural El Border Clásico at University Stadium Friday. In front of 9,042 fans, Santos Laguna, a Liga MX team, defeated Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids 2-1.
As rain began to fall at University Stadium Friday night, Néstor Calderón secured El Border Clásico for Santos Laguna. Calderón’s goal came at the 77-minute mark and pushed the Liga MX team to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids, a Major League Soccer franchise.
The Australia national team, featuring New Mexico forward Cameron Bairstow, moved into today’s championship semifinal round of the 27th World University Games in Kazan, Russia.
Competing in an international friendly competition at University Stadium Friday night, Santos Laguna of Liga MX captured a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids, a Major League Soccer franchise.
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