Ten Lobos ran and jumped their way to championships this year. Nine members of the UNM track and field team qualified at the NCAA West Qualifying Round in Eugene, Ore. for the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Roman Martinez and Daniel Faris are back in their old stomping ground, but not for long. Martinez and Faris, former UNM men’s basketball players, are back in Albuquerque for offseason training for their professional basketball careers. Neither is in the NBA or the NBA Development League in the United States, but both have found roster spots overseas. “It’s not bad,” Faris said.
In an ideal world, Plaxico “Cheddar Bob” Burress will soon go from jail bird to Philadelphia Eagle.
This season, UNM baseball catcher Mitchell Garver’s walk-up song to the batter’s box was David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.” By the looks of the season, that was about the only dancing UNM would do.
“Define the moment, or the moment will define you” is something Danielle Castro’s father always tells her.
Swing, strike, sit was the theme of the weekend for Air Force — except for three innings. The Lobos completed a sweep of Air Force on Sunday with a 16-4 win at Lobo Field, but they couldn’t record three straight shutouts. Starting pitcher Rudy Jaramillo blanked the Falcons 5-0 on Friday, and pitcher Jake McCasland followed suit on Saturday, helping the Lobos to a 10-0 win and their first back-to-back shutouts since 1983. The UNM bullpen dominated AFA, but head coach Ray Birmingham bemoaned his team’s inconsistency.
UNM men’s basketball team’s player Chad Adams, 20, was arrested Sunday morning and charged with DWI, according to Metropolitan Court records. Adams was arrested near I-25 and Comanche Road at 3:04 a.m.
Racquetball is the fastest-growing sport at UNM. For eight years, the UNM racquetball club team has practiced and played on the top-level courts at Johnson Center. Ray Gomez, who has been on the team for three years, said that the club has expanded. “In my first year, we maybe had eight people, and now we have around 20,” he said.
The UNM softball team didn’t have an affinity for defense, nor did Colorado State. The Lobos smashed 17 hits — four long balls — en route to Saturday’s 13-7 win against CSU at Lobo Field. Head coach Erica Beach said she expected an offensive battle against the Rams. “That’s how they play the game,” she said.
At 5-feet-4-inches tall, UNM utility player Jessica Garcia isn’t the most daunting player on the softball diamond. But when she steps into the batter’s box, pitchers shake in their cleats.
Six games, six wins. The UNM women’s soccer team shut out Denver and Arizona on Saturday at Robertson Field, capping off a perfect spring season. Head coach Kit Vela said the Lobos approached the exhibition games with more intensity.
Down doesn’t mean done for the UNM women’s golf team. After a grueling eight-month season, the Lobos are preparing for their 19th straight trip to the NCAA regionals May 5 in Auburn, Wash., after they received an at-large bid. “It’s a nice ending to a really tough year for us,” head coach Jill Trujillo said.
On Sunday night, the 6-foot-7 forward from Dallas, Texas, gave a verbal commitment to play with the UNM men’s basketball team next season. UNM beat out Georgetown, USC, Marquette and Oregon to sign the four-star prospect. Henry joins Dominique Dunning and Hugh Greenwood as the third member of UNM’s 2011 recruiting class. Henry averaged 14.8 points, 13.1 rebounds and 8.6 assists during his senior year at Kimball High School.
It’s a weight off of everyone’s shoulders. Yvonne Sanchez was named UNM women’s basketball coach Friday, taking over for Don Flanagan, who resigned April 4.
It truly was a good Friday for one member of the UNM coaching staff. UNM named Yvonne Sanchez its fifth women’s head basketball coach.
They might be unknown, but they’re also unrivaled in terms of success. The UNM women’s club rugby team will embark Friday on its chance to play for a national championship.
The search for the UNM head women’s basketball didn’t take too long. The candidate was in UNM’s backyard. Associate head coach Yvonne Sanchez was named the Lobo women’s basketball team’s head coach Friday at news conference.
A single match for a sole cause. The UNM men’s soccer team will welcome back past greats this weekend in a benefit match to help former player, Pat Grange, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. Grange played for the Lobos for two years and scored two goals in the NCAA tournament as he led UNM to the Sweet 16 in 2004.
The New Mexico State softball team won the battle, but UNM won the war. In the series finale of the Rio Grande Rivalry, the Aggies took a 6-0 decision from the Lobos on Tuesday at Lobo Field. But it was UNM who came out victorious.
Mitchell Garver has seen the good times, and now he’s living through the bad times. As All-American candidate Rafael Neda’s backup, Garver played on one of the best teams in UNM baseball history in 2010, a squad that made the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1962.
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