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Strong start equals strong finish

Nathan Farmer | September 7

The men and women of Lobo cross country started off the 2011 season in good form last Saturday in their first meet of the season. Senior Nicholas Kipruto won the men’s 8,000-meter at the Lobo Invitational, held at UNM’s North Golf Course, for the second year in a row while the women’s team placed six runners in the top 15 in the 5,000-meter race with Ruth Senior placing second. Head coach Joe Franklin said since it’s early in the season half of his runners, including returning All-American Natalie Gray, didn’t compete.

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Taking a loss with heads held high

September 7

The Lobo football team lost its season opener, which might make it easy to dismiss it as the team with no improvement from last year. Not so fast, though — there were a lot of positives from Saturday’s game. Sophomore Linebacker Dallas Bollema, for example, led the team in tackles with 13.

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Club sport boasts cool record

Nathan Farmer | September 7

Yes, there is a hockey team at UNM. The UNM hockey team is a recognized club sport through the University and plays in the Pacific Division of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. The club was relatively unknown until a group of UNM students decided to see if they could make the team bigger. “It’s something that we have started off from basically nothing,” the team president Nick Madrid said.

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Defense blocks the ball, offense drops, loses it

Nathan Farmer | September 6

Before last Saturday’s game against Colorado State, head football coach Mike Locksley said the key to winning would be for the Lobos not to be a detriment to themselves. The message did not reach the players, apparently, because the team had six fumbles, losing three of them in the 14-10 loss.

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Fumbles in season opener can be fixed

Mundo Carrillo | September 6

The smell of grilled hotdogs and burgers in the air, boozed-up football fans and a sea of red stretching from CNM to University Stadium can only mean one thing: it’s the Lobo football home-opener. As expected, the first Lobo football game of the season saw a good turnout, as it had for the last two seasons. There is always a good turnout for the first game, but as the losses pile up, fans just simply look for something less depressing to do.

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Opening game win essential

Nathan Farmer | September 2

Head coach Mike Locksley starts off with a home game for the first time in his Lobo career in an attempt to erase the memory of back-to-back 1-11 seasons. The Lobos open the season this Saturday when they take on Mountain West Conference (MWC) rival Colorado State (CSU) at University Stadium.

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First race starting line for promising season

Cesar Davila | September 2

The UNM cross country team is running to the top. After one of the most successful seasons in school history, which included sweeps at the Mountain West Championships and Mountain Region Championships by the men and women, both Lobo squads will head into the 2011 season ranked in the Top 25. “It’s a big mountain to climb, and it’s a big mountain to fall,” head coach Joe Franklin said.

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Video game predicts CSU loss

Nathan Farmer | September 2

After seeing how accurate the NCAA College Football 2011 simulation of the UNM football team’s first game occurred last year, it was a no-brainer to see what the video game could throw at us for this upcoming football game against Colorado State.

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Video game predicts CSU loss

Nathan Farmer | September 2

After seeing how accurate the NCAA College Football 2011 simulation of the UNM football team’s first game occurred last year, it was a no-brainer to see what the video game could throw at us for this upcoming football game against Colorado State.

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Starting freshmen itch for win

Diego Miguel Gomez | August 29

After missing out on nationals last year, the Lobo men’s rugby team is looking to meet and surpass expectations. Two seasons ago, the team was ranked as high as no.10 in the nation; for the last two seasons, they have been only one game away from making the national tournament after failing in regionals. “We have a lot of improvement that can be made, but that comes with every year,” team captain Robert Wildau said.

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Fans drum up crowd morale

August 29

There’s something missing from UNM men’s soccer games, and it’s not the rowdy fans or Louie Lobo. It’s the UNM marching band.

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New additions, luck leads to late game win

Nathan Farmer | August 29

It would be difficult to have a better start to your Lobo career than Giovanni Rollie’s. A Lobo soccer’s redshirt freshman, Rollie scored his first goal in his first appearance for the Lobos during their 2-0 win Friday night over Towson, the first game of the season, in front of over 2,000 fans.

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Cornhuskers shuck front-court defense

Cesar Davila | August 29

It was a tale of two games for the UNM volleyball team. The Lobos beat the University of South Florida in three of four games, 27-29, 25-19, 25-19, 25-21 on Friday night in the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic at Johnson Center. The next night, Nebraska, the fifth-ranked team in the nation, beat the Lobos in three games, 25-16, 25-17, 25-17.

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Off again, on again fan love

Cesar Davila | August 26

Since I am a sucker for bad shows, I just watched a recent episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore. But then it struck me. The relationship between Ronnie and Sammi, the show’s token on-again, off-again, melodramatic couple, is a lot like the one between UNM football head coach Mike Locksley and Lobo fans.

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Top athletes, coaches honored

Cesar Davila | August 26

Seven inductees and four honorees were introduced into the UNM Athletics Hall of Honor on Tuesday. Among the inductees honored by the UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association, at The Pit, were brothers Alan and Loren Dils, James Economides, Nao Ikeda, Ron Jacobsen, Guy Wimberly and Jack McFarland, who was inducted posthumously.

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Finally ready to take the court

Mundo Carrillo | August 26

The UNM volleyball team hosts a wealth of national talent this weekend in the MCM Elegante Lobo Classic. The Lobos will play University of South Florida on Friday and Nebraska on Saturday at Johnson Center.

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‘11 team mirrors ‘05 glory

Nathan Farmer | August 24

It’s been a disappointing few years for the Lobo men’s soccer team. For most teams, making it to the NCAA tournament almost every year would be a reason to celebrate, but not for the Lobos. UNM has been a perennial national powerhouse since head coach Jeremy Fishbein took the helm in 2001, and the team has made the NCAA tournament five times in the past six years.

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Star sustains game kills, grades

Mundo Carrillo | August 24

UNM senior Kelly Williamson is a force to be reckoned with, both on the volleyball court and in the classroom.

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Iowan leads team to battle

August 24

Lobo Men’s soccer midfielder Lance Rozeboom has done his fair share of traveling, but this will be his last season traveling with the UNM men’s soccer team. Hailing from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Rozeboom logged six starts as a true freshman and has been a multiple all-conference teamer (both first and second team) in the past two years.

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Honored senior vies for bid

Diego Miguel Gomez | August 24

In her final year, Lobo women’s soccer forward Jen Williams has high but very reachable expectations. Williams hopes to lead her team to a second Mountain West Conference championship and an NCAA tournament bid for the second straight year. “Our goals for this season are to make it to the NCAA tournament again and to go as far as we can,” she said.