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Lobos prep to push the pace
Christian Naranjo | August 27The UNM men’s rugby team geared up for its first regular-season tournament with a blowout exhibition victory over the New Mexico Brujos.
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A New Mexico Man’s walk
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 24First-year head coach Bob Davie will instill a new tradition for the Lobo football team this year. The policy will be called “New Mexico Man,” and it celebrates a walk-on player every game week.
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Season kicks off with No. 2 rank
J.R. Oppenheim | August 24The UNM men’s soccer team will face off against UCLA in a battle between two of the top-ranked schools in the country.
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Season debuts new friends, foes
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 24The UNM volleyball team will have to overcome injuries, a lack of depth and new players in its opening tournament of the season today.
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0-1-1 team looks to balance tally
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 24The Lobo women’s soccer team will vie for its first win of the season when it takes on Iowa State this Friday.
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Lightning, wind force 1-1 tie game
Christian Naranjo | August 20For the first time ever, a Lobo women’s soccer game ended in a tie with no overtime when officials canceled the game due to lightning.
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Injuries, illnesses challenge Lobos in new season
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 20The new era of Lobo football might have to begin without starting quarterback B.R. Holbrook.
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MWC’s top goalie leads Lobos
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 20Throughout her Lobo career, senior goalie Kelli Cornell has helped bring the women’s soccer team into the spotlight.
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Lobos beat formidable alumnae
Kallye Martin | August 20On Saturday the UNM volleyball team faced a stacked alumnae squad that included a former Olympian and a current assistant coach.
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Suspensions sully season start
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 13This season, the UNM men’s soccer team will feel the repercussions of last year’s third-round NCAA tournament game.
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Forget fantasy for a season
August 13Like many fans these days, I’ve been a slave to the fantasy sports craze.
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Away games dominate season
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 13The Lobo women’s soccer team will gain a lot of mileage this season. This year, more so than others, the team will have to face a daunting schedule that includes 13 road games and only five home games.
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Athletics receives $1.5M gift
Thomas Romero-Salas | August 13Lobo Athletics may have received the necessary funds to crawl out of debt. UNM alumni Turner and Margaret Branch contributed $1.5 million to Athletics for the naming rights of the new synthetic field
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Humor binds close-knit Lobos
Nicole Perez | July 23Natalie Jenks and her teammates on the UNM women’s soccer team voluntarily practice every day during the summer, which Jenks started doing after she wasn’t fit enough to play her freshman year.
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‘Dream Team’ matched at last
Cesar Davila | July 23Sports fans love to fantasize about how great athletes and teams from different generations would measure up against one another.
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Seasoned QB aids team in transition
Thomas Romero-Salas | July 23Senior quarterback B.R. Holbrook tackled various injuries, multiple head-coaching changes, quarterback competitions and even a bout of mononucleosis on the path to become the Lobos’ starting quarterback.
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Forward practices with pros
Thomas Romero-Salas | July 23Lobo soccer has been an important part of senior forward Devon Sandoval’s life since he was little.
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Captain balances work, school, rugby
Alexandra Swanberg | July 23Even on a team ranked among the top 20 women’s rugby teams in the U.S. during eight of the last 10 years, Jade McLaughlin stands out, said head coach Shannon Robinson.
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Sports writers abetted Paterno
Isaac Avilucea/ Daily Lobo guest columnist | July 16I never understood the “toy department” designation so many sports journalists contend with among their peers.
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New playoff system shuts out weaker conferences
Thomas Romero-Salas | July 16On July 3, college football changed forever. Twelve university presidents approved a plan put forward by 11 conference presidents and Notre Dame’s athletic commissioner for a 12-year deal to institute a four-team playoff system beginning in 2014.
