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Recovered bench ups morale
Nathan Farmer | February 15The women’s basketball team will attempt do something it hasn’t done all MWC season: win two conference games in a row.
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MWC forms new conference
Nathan Farmer | February 14Lobo Athletics will be leaving the Mountain West Conference to join a newly formed conference that spans five time zones.
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Stiff competition spurs record-breaking night
February 13It was an evening of record breaking at Friday night’s track meet, especially for freshman sprinter Beejay Lee. Lee broke the school record for the 60-meter dash in the prelims with a time of 6.72 seconds.
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Win, despite poor offense
Cesar Davila | February 13Despite a wanting offensive, the men’s basketball team still beat Wyoming on “Old School Saturday” at The Pit.
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Easy wins defang Jaguars
Michael Warren | February 13The men’s tennis team went into the Linda Estes Tennis Complex on Sunday with a three-game winning streak and a determination to extend it to four.
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Michael Warren | February 13LARAMIE, Wyo. — The women’s basketball team won its first MWC game on the road by beating Wyoming 60-57 on Saturday.
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Women hope to hit MWC season out of the park
Mundo Carrillo | February 10The softball team is ready to slug the MWC and slide into the postseason. The Lobos are coming off a 19-26 season with head coach Erica Beach, who is returning for her second year leading UNM, but have hopes to finish with a national championship.
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Lobos sport ‘old school’ gear
Cesar Davila | February 10The men’s basketball game against Wyoming this weekend is on “Old School Saturday.” The Lobos (19-4, 5-2 MWC) will wear old-school style uniforms to honor the school’s history and traditions of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.
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4 years of losses whet thirst for victory against NMSU
Nathan Farmer | February 6For the past four years, the women’s swim and dive team couldn’t beat NMSU. On Saturday the story changed slightly as team was able to tie with its Rio Grande rival.
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Mid-season meet lulls runners to slower finishes
Nathan Farmer | February 6The track team’s weekend was anything but classic at the New Mexico Classic. After last weekend’s performance, which included 44 top-10 finishes in the New Mexico Invitational, the men and women only managed 27 top-15 finishers out of more than 50 events.
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Surge comes too late for win
Cesar Davila | February 6Down 67-62, with just one minute left in the game, the Lobo women’s basketball team had three layup opportunities to win — none of them rolled in.
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Intense sweep nets two wins
Nathan Farmer | February 6The men’s tennis team struck down two teams in one day. UNM swept its competition Saturday, beating Western New Mexico and Colorado State University-Pueblo with the same 7-0 score.
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Women break losing streak
Nathan Farmer | February 3The women’s basketball team finally has a win in conference play. The Lobos started off in conference play 0-6, but beat Air Force 67-44 on Wednesday, and play Boise State tomorrow at home for a chance to start a winning streak.
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Davie: 2012 recruits to turn team around
Nathan Farmer | February 3At 5:45 a.m. the faxes started coming in. On Wednesday, national signing day, the men’s football team signed 24 players to national letters of intent for the upcoming season.
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Team preps for new staff, misses Locksley
Cesar Davila | February 1The 2012 Lobo football team will look completely different than it has in the last three seasons — on the sidelines, that is. First-year head coach Bob Davie officially introduced his coaching staff on Monday and there are a lot of new faces.
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Davie picks coaches who care
Nathan Farmer | February 1The pieces of the puzzle for a successful season are coming together for the Lobo football team. First-year head coach Bob Davie unveiled the coaching staff for the upcoming season at a press conference on Monday.
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Men hurtle to four first-place finishes
Mundo Carrillo | January 30The men’s track team dominated the Convention Center this weekend at the New Mexico Invitational. UNM had four first-place finishes.
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Women jump, sprint, throw to 40 top-ten finishes
Nathan Farmer | January 30In a weekend with more than 40 top-ten finishes, one athlete rose above an already exceptional team. Junior distance-runner Jo Moultrie broke school records in the 600-meter and 800-meter races.
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Last-minute news fuels victory
Nathan Farmer | January 30Right before tipoff, the men’s basketball team got some news that charged the players up to beat TCU. The crowd and players learned that Colorado State had beaten MWC leaders San Diego State.
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January 30The men’s tennis team had a rough time at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association indoor playoffs against No. 5 Florida. The Lobos were snapped in half 7-0 by the Gators to give UNM its first loss of the early season.
