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J.R. Oppenheim | May 28The New Mexico men’s golf team will begin playing in the NCAA Championships today at the Capital City Club in Atlanta. The Five Lobos will compete as a team.
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UNM baseball's rally versus SDSU falls short
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 26The thirteenth-ranked Lobos comeback would come up just short and the Aztecs took the crown with a 9-4 victory earning an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
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Lobo softball gathering donations for tornado victims
J.R. Oppenheim | May 22Erica Beach was in Oklahoma City in 2002 playing in the Women’s College World Series with Arizona State. Beach, New Mexico’s softball coach, will return to the area next week, providing assistance to those suffering the effects of Monday’s massive tornado.
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UNM men's golf team wins NCAA regional
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 18The New Mexico men’s golf team carded an 18-over 870 through three days to clinch the NCAA Columbus Regional at The Ohio State University Golf Club on Saturday.
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UNM, Alford reach agreement in principle over buyout
J.R. Oppenheim | May 17The University of New Mexico and former men’s basketball coach Steve Alford have agreed in principle to a $625,000 buyout for the coach’s departure from the school, University officials announced Friday.
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Lobos clinch MWC title
J.R. Oppenheim | May 6Hours after the New Mexico men’s golf team won the Mountain West Conference title, the Lobos accomplished the same feat on the baseball diamond.
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Thomas Romero-Salas | May 6Sixth-ranked New Mexico took the Mountain West Conference Championship with an 8-under 844 over three days in Tuscon, Ariz. The Lobos ended with an eight-stroke advantage over both UNLV and SDSU.
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Alford haggles on buyout terms
J.R. Oppenheim | April 30April 29 has come and gone, and Steve Alford has not paid the $1 million contract buyout the University says the former men’s basketball coach must pay.
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Long distance runner Luke Caldwell proves to be a huge success for the Lobos
J.R. Oppenheim | April 30Coming to New Mexico from the United Kingdom last fall, distance runner Luke Caldwell thought it would take some time to find his stride competing at the NCAA level.
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Coach: ‘We shouldn’t have won this game’
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 29Comeback victories are starting to become the norm for the New Mexico baseball team. No. 24 UNM rallied for its tenth straight victory with a 14-13 extra-innings decision over UNLV on Sunday at Lobo Field.
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Spring practice ends with high expectations
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 29Last year’s New Mexico football was hampered by a defense prone to giving up big plays, one of the worst passing attacks in the nation and a losing tradition.
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J.R. Oppenheim | April 29UNM captured 10 top-three finishes during the Brutus Hamilton Invitational Friday and Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.
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Lobos' De Roey wins Mountain West golf title
J.R. Oppenheim | April 27Junior 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.
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Walk-off win wraps up series
Christian Naranjo | April 26The New Mexico softball team was able to snap its four-game losing streak on Wednesday and extend UTEP’s downward skid in the process.
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Streak returns Lobos to top 25
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 26It 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.
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Davie signs for more time
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 24New 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.
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Lobos elect new captains
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 24Four 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.
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Neal’s son readies for fall
Kyle Tomasi | April 24Eldorado High School guard Cullen Neal is now committed to UNM after withdrawing his letter of intent to Saint Mary’s College of California.
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Series sweep proves Wolf Pack are top dogs
J.R. Oppenheim | April 22New 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.
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Green Lobos hit the field
Thomas Romero-Salas | April 22If you want to see how young the Lobo football team is, you need to look no farther than the secondary.
