Athletics Director Paul Krebs called it one of the “most desirable jobs in the country.” So it’s easy to understand why interim head coach Yvonne Sanchez is so attracted to the opening.
UNM head baseball coach Ray Birmingham’s Sunday was more stress than rest. Utah’s five-run second inning lifted the Utes to a 9-3 victory over the UNM baseball team at Isotopes Park.
Call it the quarterback cha-cha-cha. Because of injuries and ineffectiveness, the UNM football team’s quarterbacks played musical chairs last season, with the Lobos starting four guys at the position. And even though spring practices concluded Saturday at University Stadium, the music’s still going. By all accounts, head coach Mike Locksley said the Lobos have three capable starters: B.R.
The price of silver was high on Saturday. Led by junior linebacker Joe Stoner, Silver blew past Cherry 41-0 in the annual spring game at University Stadium — 31 points coming in the third quarter.
The Cherry-Silver game on Saturday will resemble a scene out of a Marvel comic book. That’s because the UNM football team has “Flash” and the Scarlett Speedster. Together with receptions leader Ty Kirk, transfers Lamaar “Flash” Thomas and Deon Long, and Michael Scarlett, the Lobos have one of the most exciting, if unproven, receiving corps in the Mountain West Conference.
Emmanuel Negedu’s UNM basketball career was grounded before it could take off. Negedu, who suffered sudden cardiac arrest on Sept.
Welcome to UNM, Hugh Greenwood. Head coach Steve Alford announced Wednesday that Greenwood signed a national letter of intent to play for the Lobos. The 6-foot-3-inch, 209-pound Australian becomes the Lobos’ second 2011-12 signee.
Can you smell what DeBroeck is cooking? Sophomore right-hand hurler Kaela DeBroeck was virtually unstoppable on the mound Sunday, allowing two hits and one run in seven innings of work.
Ten years from now, the outcome of Sunday’s match won’t matter to Ashley Bonner and Anya Villanueva; the memories will. The UNM women’s tennis team fell 6-1 to UNLV on Sunday during the two seniors’ final home match at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex. No matter Sunday’s outcome, head coach Roy Canada said Bonner and Villanueva have kept the team strong through ups and downs throughout their four-year careers. “They will be leaving a good legacy,” he said.
One week removed from absorbing a punch to its ego, UNM football’s defensive squad returned the favor Saturday at University Stadium. The defense baited quarterback Tarean Austin into an interception and a fumble on the first two drives, and the offense didn’t score until 30 plays in.
It was a successful revenge trip to Denver. The UNM men’s soccer team beat Creighton 1-0 in Saturday’s exhibition game, helping the Lobos exact payback on the Bluejays after they thumped UNM 4-1 in the first round of last season’s NCAA tournament. “It’s kind of a weird thing,” forward Devon Sandoval said.
Because the winners write the history books, UNM head coach Ray Birmingham won’t want to thumb through this text.
To his former players, Don Flanagan was stoic, detail-oriented, stubbornly obsessed with fundamentals and occasionally humorous — but he was unquestionably a great coach. Former UNM point guard Amy Beggin said Flanagan was like “a little kid on the basketball court,” always smiling and enjoying every second.
As Don Flanagan put it, he was just tired of basketball. So, too, were five freshmen players who pushed the UNM women’s head coach to resign.
Don Flanagan, after 16 seasons as UNM women’s basketball head coach, resigned Monday after initially deciding to return to the sidelines next season. The reason for Flanagan’s sudden change of heart: Five freshmen players (Tina Doughty, Erin Boettcher, Morgan Toben, Brianna Taylor and Jasmine Patterson) intended to quit the program, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
When UNM head men’s basketball coach Steve Alford says “no,” he means “no.” At least for now.
The UNM track and field team’s venue changed hastily, but it had little effect. The Lobos — after a long, successful indoor season — racked up eight first-place finishes and several personal records over the weekend at the Tailwind Invitational at the track and field complex.
Perhaps this will finally be the year the UNM football team needs that third digit on the scoreboard. The Lobos, in their first spring scrimmage Saturday at University Stadium, displayed the big-play capacity they’ve lacked for the last two years. Quarterbacks Stump Godfrey and Tarean Austin took all the snaps, and neither turned the ball over in the Lobos’ 90-play scrimmage.
Severe winds didn’t slow down the UNM men’s soccer team. The Lobos notched two exhibition wins Sunday — against Fort Lewis (3-2) and Colorado State-Pueblo (5-0) — at Robertson Field.
The UNM men’s soccer team is doing its own version of spring training. The Lobos will play two exhibition games Sunday against Fort Lewis at 10 a.m.
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