For the men’s basketball team it’s not a road to March Madness so much as it’s a direct flight to the tournament. It’s been two years since the Lobos took that same magical ride to the NCAA championships after the 2009 Lobo team’s school record of 30 wins. The Lobos finished 30-5, including an incredible 14-game MWC win streak.
The men’s basketball team goes in blind for the first regular season game.
The women’s basketball team is young and nervous, but head coach Yvonne Sanchez said the Lobos are eager for a rematch against Red Raider Nation.
Phillip McDonald, known as P-Mac to Lobo fans, is finally injury free and is literally a big man on campus. The 6-foot-5-inch guard is one of three seniors on the Lobos, including forwards Drew Gordon and A.J.
Senior midfielders Lance Rozeboom and Michael Green got a senior night gift like no other: the first undefeated season for the men’s soccer team.
On senior night for the UNM men’s soccer team, the seniors were the players who led the team to victory.
A second straight NCAA tournament berth is on tap for the UNM women’s soccer team. After winning the MWC regular season title last weekend, the Lobos beat Wyoming 2-0 on Sunday thanks to goals in the first and last minutes of the game.
Head coach Jeremy Fishbein did what no other Lobo coach has been able to do since 1927: He took a Lobo sports team to an undefeated season.
The UNM men’s basketball team began both its preseason games with two mistakes, but has still come away with dominating wins. The Lobos beat Western New Mexico on Saturday 99-68 in front of 13,473 fans.
The Division I UNM women’s basketball team dominated the Division II New Mexico Highlands University in every stat during an exhibition game Saturday at The Pit.
UNM is home to both the best futbol team and the worst football team. Both teams have had contrasting seasons — the men’s soccer team is ranked No.
Two Lobos earned MWC conference player of the year awards for the second year in a row. Senior and forward Jennifer Williams and junior goalkeeper Kelli Cornell won offensive and defensive players of the year.
Tired swimmers do not produce great results. The dive team swept both events at Saturday’s swim meet against Wyoming, but the swim team failed to impress, winning just two of its 14 events in the 190-110 loss.
The game started sloppy, but it was an easy win in the end. The UNM basketball team had two turnovers in its first two possessions.
Ashlee Erickson is diving into success. Erickson, a senior on the UNM diving team, has already been named the MWC Diver of the Week twice this season.
The No. 2 men’s soccer team didn’t finish its game until late in the second half, but it kept its undefeated streak alive.
TCU couldn’t survive a five-goal onslaught from the women’s soccer team, to the Lobos’ disappointment, said defender Zaneta Wyne. “The first half they came out really hard,” she said.
After a 42-0 defeat Saturday for its eighth consecutive loss, the Lobo football team still has nothing to be happy about, running back Crusoe Gongbay said. “Everybody’s mad,” he said.
The UNM volleyball team won its third straight game, which stands in contrast to its four-game losing streak earlier this month. Head coach Jeff Nelson said some of that improvement is thanks to senior Kelly Williamson.
A win is all that stands in the way of the UNM Women’s soccer team’s second consecutive Mountain West Conference title.
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