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BYU no longer in the running
January 18The race to the MWC championship lost a hurdle this year for the men’s and women’s track teams.
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Break ends in victory, disappointment
Nathan Farmer | January 17The men’s and women’s basketball teams’ fortunes clashed during the winter break. The men’s team won all six of the games it played during break. It is now 15-2 overall and is on a 13-game winning streak, the fourth longest in the country.
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Snow forms excellent training
January 9The men’s ski team is going down the slope of their season at full-force, despite the loss of several athletes.
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Cougars defanged by shooters
Mundo Carrillo | January 9Senior guard Nikki Nelson was on fire Monday night, but she said her team is more to be thanked. “Our team did outstanding tonight,” Nelson said.
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Defense guards winning streak
Nathan Farmer | January 9The first half of the men’s basketball game on Saturday against North Dakota should have been called the Kendall Williams show. Williams, a sophomore guard, had 15 points in the first half and a career high of 21 points for the game.
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Conference season starts with 12 wins
Cesar Davila | January 9The Lobos might live up to their status as the preseason favorite to win the Mountain West Conference.
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8 games strong
Nathan Farmer | December 23The Lobos dominated on Thursday night, winning their second game in three days for an eight game winning streak.
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Women's basketball cold streak continues
Nathan Farmer | December 18The winter air blowing through The Pit couldn’t even explain the Lobos’ cold shooting on Thursday. UNM shot just 9-31 in the first half and was only 32.2 percent from the field for the game in its 54-61 loss to the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). “It was a disappointing game all around,” head coach Yvonne Sanchez said.
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University stadium hosts first bowl of the season
Nathan Farmer | December 12The battle for the strangest trophy in sports kicks off on Saturday. Wyoming faces Temple at 12 p.m. in the sixth annual Gildan New Mexico Bowl, the first bowl game of the season, for a chance to raise the 20-inch Native American clay pot.
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Miners freeze out women’s basketball 53-43
December 12The women’s basketball team came out cold against the University of Texas El-Paso on Saturday and never warmed up, falling to the Miners 53-43 at The Pit.
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Shooters secure 16-point win
December 5Like true wolves, the Lobos surrounded Missouri State early in the game on Saturday, and kept their prey down for a 76-60 victory.
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Strong defense nets victory
Nathan Farmer | December 5First-year head women’s basketball coach Yvonne Sanchez snagged her first rival win against New Mexico State in the Rio Grande Rivalry on Sunday.
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Barlow leaves with loss, respect
Nathan Farmer | December 5George Barlow’s tenure as interim head football coach, and the football team’s season, ended Saturday with a 45-0 blowout loss to No. 7 Boise State.
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Guard chemistry vital to win
Mundo Carrillo | December 5The guards of the men’s basketball team defended the Lobos’ four game winning streak.
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Messina fit to tackle Urlacher’s record
Mundo Carrillo | December 2Saturday’s football game against Boise State is Lobo senior linebacker Carmen Messina’s last, and it’s also his chance to beat the University’s all-time tackle record.
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Deficient offense salvaged by stout defense
Cesar Davila | December 2Twenty years removed from its last meeting, the UNM basketball team and Idaho State played to the same result. The Lobos (5-2) defeated the Bengals (1-5) 65-41 Wednesday at the Pit behind a balanced offensive attack in which no UNM player scored in double figures.
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Lobos defeat Idaho State
Cesar Davila | December 1Twenty years removed from its last meeting, the UNM basketball team and Idaho State played to the same result.
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Shot at third victory of season not a shoo-in
Nathan Farmer | November 30The sins of the past don’t need to weigh the men’s basketball team down any longer. For the first time this season, the team has a chance to win three games in a row.
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Tie not a threat to record
Nathan Farmer | November 30The men’s soccer team’s season ended undefeated, but head coach Jeremy Fishbein said the record feels wrong.
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Young co-ed team needs funds
Cesar Davila | November 30It may not be well known on campus, but UNM has a bowling team. In 2008, head coach Johnny Martinez began the UNM bowling club with five members.
