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Rainy conditions dampen results for esteemed runners

Chris Quintana | June 14

UNM track and field athletes and fans alike faced a bittersweet end —but mostly bitter— to the NCAA track championships. It started with Sandy Fortner in the heptathlon, who dropped out after the shot put. Because of rainy weather conditions in Eugene, Ore., Fortner, who was ranked fifth going into the event, fouled on all three of her throw attempts, causing her to drop to 22nd in the standings. Fortner then decided to withdraw from the event.

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MWC opens arms

Staff Report | June 14

Welcome to the mountain top, Boise State. On June 11, Boise State University became the 10th member of the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos, who left the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), will join the MWC effective July 11, 2011. “There is no doubt the addition of Boise State strengthens the membership of the Mountain West Conference,”

Rafael Neda tosses a baseball toward the pitchers mound at Isotopes Park on April 20. Neda was the first UNM baseball player selected in the 2010 MLB Draft. He was taken by the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Five Lobos headed to play majors

Shawn Abieta | June 14

It’s the big leagues for five Lobo baseball players. The UNM baseball team had five players drafted in the 10 MLB Draft on June 8, 9 and 10. Although no Lobos were taken on the draft’s first day, four players were taken on the second day and one on the final day. The Lobos send two starting pitchers and the heart of their batting order from the 2010 season to the professional ranks.

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Homeward bound after tourney loss

June 7

The season and the dream are over. Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham was able to deliver on his promise and take the UNM baseball team to the NCAA baseball championship after only three years with UNM. The UNM baseball team was eliminated Sunday from the NCAA tournament by Cal-State Fullerton, 11-3, in the NCAA Fullerton Region. The tournament appearance for the Lobos was the first since 1962, a 48-year drought. The Titans put up a two-run home run in the first inning by Corey Jones and CSF added two more in the third inning to go up 5-0. Cal-State Fullerton never looked back. The Lobos did mend the wounds by scoring two runs in the bottom off of a Daniel Gonzalez single. Senior Max Willett added to the Lobos’ tally by a single of his own. Cal-State Fullerton’s Nick Ramirez hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third and ended Lobos starting pitcher Mike Lachapelle. Kenny Toves allowed another run in the inning and added to the Titans score, 7-2. UNM finished with a 38-22 record and won the first game of the Fullerton Region with a victory over Stanford on Friday. However, the Lobos lost to Minnesota, 7-4, on Saturday to move into the consolation bracket. If the Lobos had beaten CSF, they would have played Minnesota again on Sunday night for the opportunity to advance to the Super Regionals of the tournament.

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Alford is back to basics for kids' summer camps

Shaun Griswold | June 7

Michael Jordan once said, “You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way.” Jordan’s wisdom became philosophy during Lobo head basketball coach Steve Alford’s basketball camp last week at the Rudy Davalos Center, one of many camps scheduled throughout the summer.

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Track stars off to the races in Oregon

Chris Quintana | June 7

by Chris Quintana Daily Lobo Six of UNM’s best athletes gathered outside UNM’s track Friday for interviews, but everyone could tell their minds were already at Hayward Field, the venue for the NCAA Championships. When championships kick off Wednesday in Eugene, Ore., the Lobos will send seven representatives to compete — Lee Emanuel, Jacob Kirwa, Chris Barnicle, Ruth Senior, Sandy Fortner, Deanna Young and Lamaar Thomas. Of the seven, five — Emanuel, Kirwa, Barnicle, Senior and Thomas — will compete in track events, while Young will look to bring home hardware in the triple jump and Fortner in the grueling heptathalon.

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Hybrid UFC makes spectacle out of sport

Isaac Avilucea | June 1

On the continuum of sport and dramatized exhibition, there’s a difference between Deion “Primetime” Sanders and “Hollywood” Hogan. With all due respect to the entertainers, Ultimate Fighting Championship is boxing and World Wrestling Entertainment’s bastard offspring. After watching Rashad Evans tactically obliterate hulking brute Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, I was temporarily considering rescinding my stalwart belief that UFC is not a sport, but rather neatly crafted spectacle masquerading as legitimate sporting competition. In full disclosure, I must admit that Evans-Jackson and the preceding undercards were the first UFC bouts I’ve seen since the MMA has been popularized.

UNM senior Adam Courcha watches one of the many TVs at Coaches Sports Grill, while awaiting the announcement of the Lobos’ NCAA at-large tournament berth Monday. The Lobos will play Stanford in the opening round of the tournament this week.
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At-large and in charge

Ryan Tomari | June 1

The 48-year wait is over. And for head baseball coach Ray Birmingham, his three-year promise became a reality. On Monday, the UNM baseball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA baseball tournament for the first time since 1962.

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Year In Review

Isaac Avilucea | May 10

If ever I am afforded the opportunity to pen an autobiography, there will inescapably be a chapter dedicated to my 2009-10 year as sports editor, a year that, synopsized, witnessed equal amounts of spanking and stroking. Yet few remember the stroking, just the spanking.

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Third time nipping at TCU's heels for No. 1

Isaac Avilucea | May 4

No, it’s not just Ray Birmingham’s patented hyperbole. By virtue of its 14-3 league record, and storied, year-to-year dominance, TCU is the team to beat in the Mountain West Conference. Not only that, said the Lobos’ head baseball coach. “They very well could be the team to beat in Omaha,” Birmingham said. First, though, the Lobos will take a crack at unseating the Horned Frogs from their proverbial conference lily pad during Friday’s toe-the-rubber matchup, the first in a three-game series between the two conference foes at Isotopes Park. To be assured of first place in the MWC, the Lobos, 30-15 overall and 12-5 in the MWC, must sweep TCU to take over sole possession of first place.

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Coaches' rivalry overhyped despite blowout in San Diego

Isaac Avilucea | May 3

Without Stephen Strasburg, the pitcher Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham once said was rumored to be worth $25 million, San Diego State is worth all of 25 bucks. The Lobos took the rubber match 20-8 Sunday at Tony Gwynn Stadium, snatching two of three games from the Aztecs over the weekend — this coming after the Lobos withered rather embarrassingly on national television Friday night, suffering their first shutout since April 17, 2009.

The UNM Football Indoor Practice Facility was torn during a wind storm on Thursday, reigniting discussion about the facility’s durability.
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Winds tear facility, raise safety concerns

Isaac Avilucea | April 30

Whipping winds and otherwise inclement weather tore a hole in the fabric of the UNM Football Indoor Practice Facility Thursday, calling into question the safeness of the Lobos’ structure after a report back in January said there were flaws in the design of UNM’s $7 million facility. The Lobos’ facility was evaluated by Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers Inc., a local engineering firm, after the Dallas Cowboys’ facility collapsed during a thunderstorm back in May 2009.

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SDSU stands in the way of a shot at regionals

Ryan Tomari | April 29

If San Diego State head baseball coach Tony Gwynn is considered one of the greatest batters in the history of MLB, that doesn’t mean his knack for clubbing balls has suddenly transferred to his players. The Aztecs are not hitting the ball like their head coach once did back in his hey-day with the San Diego Padres.

Shortstop Daniel Gonzalez makes a throw from second base in UNM’s 16-8 victory over Texas Tech on Tuesday at Isotopes Park.
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Big inning busts game against TTU wide open

Ryan Tomari | April 27

The Lobos showed no mercy to the Red Raiders in Tuesday’s matinee duel. The UNM baseball team played Texas Tech at Isotopes Park, sealing the deal with one big inning. Tech’s sunny day was ruined by a six-hit, nine-run fifth inning by UNM and resulted in a 16-8 Lobo victory. The Lobos added four runs in the bottom of the seventh, and Rafael Neda hit a stand-up double to score two runs and UNM added two more with a Red Raider error on pitcher Justin Cooper to extend a 12-3 lead in the eighth inning. “I like to have a team that you never know who is going to be your poison that day, and that has happened every day this year,” said UNM head coach Ray Birmingham.

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