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Tryouts rare chance to play
Nathan Farmer | February 20Students who are not yet athletes at UNM will have a rare chance to try out for the Division I football team.
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Lobos take on wolf pack
Mundo Carrillo | February 17The Lobos will attempt to take down an entire wolf pack in a three-game dogfight this weekend at Isotopes Park.
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UNLV rematch chance for win
Cesar Davila | February 17The men’s basketball team has one bone left to pick, and it will be on national television. The Lobos upset No.
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Rematch to crown MWC king
Cesar Davila | February 15The Lobos are heading to the Aztecs’ stomping grounds in hope of settling a score, senior forward A.J. Hardeman said.
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Recruits aren’t top class, yet
Nathan Farmer | February 15The men’s and women’s soccer teams brought in a wealth of talent with the 2012 recruiting class.
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Rough schedule molds tough squad
Nathan Farmer | February 15Despite last year’s losing season, head baseball coach Ray Birmingham said he thinks his team could make it to the national championship this year.
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MWC merger favors football over basketball
Cesar Davila | February 15Over the last few years, college athletics has gone through reconstructive surgery on its conferences.
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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.
