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Sara Halasz and Amy Beggin embrace after the Lobos defeated Colorado State 65-50 inside The Pit on Wednesday. Beggin had a team-high 16 points in her first game back since sustaining a head injury against UNLV.
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First-half follies almost foil Beggin's return

Isaac Avilucea | February 24

Trudgingly, the UNM women’s basketball team trekked to a 65-50 victory over downtrodden Colorado State. For the greater part of 30 minutes, the Lobos (16-10, 8-6 Mountain West Conference) slogged toward the finish line — but they did finish, stringing together enough effort in a concentrated four-minute period to open the second half, in which Eileen Weissmann had four points, one coming off a 3-pointer.

The Setonian
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Texas-sized prediction comes true for NM

Isaac Avilucea | February 21

Perhaps nobody in the state of New Mexico is aware that Ray Birmingham is actually a seer. When the Lobo head coach scheduled Texas, he seemed to be aiming for impossible targets without all his bullets — the Lobos lost several seniors from last year’s team, and this year, as it seems every year, was coined a rebuilding year by pundits, Birmingham said. Let this serve as a notice. The UNM baseball team marched into No.

Richard York trains for the 60-meter hurdles on Saturday at the UNM Outdoor Track Complex.
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The freshman of many talents

Chris Quintana | February 21

A normal collegiate track athlete might compete in up to four events. When Lobo track and field athlete Richard York steps onto the curved slopes of an indoor track, he competes in seven.

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Saturday Air Force match too close for comfort

Mario Trujillo | February 21

And to think, the UNM men’s basketball was on the verge of blowing its 10-game win streak, No. 12 national ranking, the Mountain West lead and, potentially, the regular-season championship. With three minutes left, the Lobos were down three to Air Force (9-16 overall and 1-11 MWC), the worst team in the MWC. But in what is fast becoming a signature, the Lobos survived, coming out with a 59-56 win inside The Pit on Saturday off of Darington Hobson’s game-winning layup with 16 seconds left in the game. Including Saturday’s win, the Lobos (25-3, 11-2 MWC) have won three of the last five games decided by less than four points and won all eight games this season decided by four or less points. “For whatever reason, if you look at those last four-minute games, we have won a lot,” said head coach Steve Alford.

The Setonian
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Tennis takes rough 7-0 loss against Kansas

Brandon Call | February 21

The UNM women’s tennis team was blanked by Kansas State on Sunday at UNM’s Linda Estes Tennis Center. The Lobos failed to win a match in the 7-0 loss, but head coach Roy Cañada said the match was closer than the score indicated. “It was actually a very close match,” he said.

Daniel Gonzalez puts full-force power in the batting cage during practice on Wednesday at Isotopes Park.
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Head coach wants NM to be known for baseball

Mario Trujillo | February 18

Head UNM baseball coach Ray Birmingham said he will chew the ears off the competition on the field. And in interviews, he will talk the ears off reporters about two things — New Mexico and baseball. “I have been coaching a long time in this state, the greatest state in the union,” Birmingham said.

Ryan Honeycutt led the nation in hitting for much of the season last year.
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Young player mirrors former Lobo turned rookie

Isaac Avilucea | February 18

Behind a pitching screen, 30 feet from the plate, Lobo head coach Ray Birmingham stands protected — a Kmart basket full of baseballs, all from different walks of thread. There’s the “old and beat up” ones that “run in on your hands,” said outfielder Ryan Honeycutt, the ones that “tail away from you” and the ones that “go even faster.” And now, Honeycutt is next to step into the cage, next to be victimized. There he is — straddling the left side of the plate, knees slightly bent, hands faintly choked up on the handle of the bat, the alternating zip of the ball leaving the machine, the echoic “ping” of the baseball as Honeycutt makes contact and the ever-occasional thump of a ball hitting the backstop. The latter sound, that solid wallop, signifies it’s time to take a seat on the pine.

The Setonian
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Testing team strength vs. Texas

Ryan Tomari | February 18

“Whenever and wherever” seems to be UNM head baseball coach Ray Birmingham’s unofficial motto. Anytime, anyplace, Birmingham said he and his boys will play the best teams that college baseball has to offer. “I am proud to be a New Mexican, and I am going to go to Texas and tell them,” Birmingham said.

Darington Hobson descends after absorbing a foul and converting a difficult shot Wednesday at The Pit. Hobson’s 20 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists lead the Lobos to an 83-61 victory over Wyoming.
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Men's basketball scores cheap tacos for students

Ryan Tomari | February 18

Heath Schroyer was dressed appropriately for the occasion. The Wyoming head coach suited up in all black for the Cowboys’ burial in the depths of The Pit on Wednesday, as the UNM men’s basketball team blitzed to an 83-61 win. The only thing that was remotely in doubt — other than another UNM win — was if Lobo fans would get their reduced-price tacos from Taco Bell on Thursday (the fast-food restaurant hands out cheap tacos if the Lobos score 65 points or more) — that is until UNM guard Jamal Fenton drained three free throws with 9:49 to go in the game, giving UNM a 67-37 advantage.

The Setonian
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Predicting game by shooting percentages

Mario Trujillo | February 17

From reading the tea leaves of the last five games, the UNM women’s basketball team (14-9, 6-5 MWC) should walk away from Wyoming with a win. Over the last five games, at home, the Lobos have lost to teams with worse records than them — with the exception of a win over TCU — and beat teams on the road which were ranked above or equal to them in the Mountain West Conference.

The Setonian
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Gearing up to face one of the MWC's worst teams

Ryan Tomari | February 17

If there are any rules of chemistry in the sporting world, especially in the realm of college athletics, it’s that winning with a young team is nearly impossible. But head coach Steve Alford’s Lobos are the exception to the rule in the college basketball table of elements. The Lobos, 12th in the Associated Press poll and 15th in ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ poll, are 23-3 overall and 9-2 in the Mountain West Conference and are looking for their 10th straight conference win.

The Setonian
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Courtside cerebral complex

Isaac Avilucea | February 15

Somewhere buried in the bowels of cognition, there is a reason the UNM women’s basketball team can’t, for the life of them, beat Utah. Since the sport is amicable to ambiguity, it takes a locksmith to unlock the adjoining corridors of brain, behavior and basketball, an area that is neither strictly qualitative nor quantitative, though box scores attempt to crystallize the narratives of games through basic statistical lenses.

Georonika Jackson gets swatted by Utah’s Halie Sawyer on Saturday at The Pit. Jackson heaved a desperate 3-pointer at the buzzer but missed the mark, and the Lobos lost 51-49 to the Utes.
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Good defense can't make up for weak offense

Ryan Tomari | February 15

It was supposed to be a game of redemption for the UNM women’s basketball team. And it was going to be the defense that would provide a spark to put the Lobos back on track toward contending for the Mountain West Conference regular-season championship. But Utah derailed the Lobos in The Pit on Saturday with a 52-49 victory, UNM’s fourth straight loss to the Utes on Bob King Court and its second straight loss after reeling off three wins in a row against conference top dogs BYU, TCU and San Diego State. Although the Lobos played a near-perfect defensive game, it was a lack of offensive production that sealed the Lobos’ tomb. Head coach Don Flanagan said he doesn’t understand why his team can’t drain shots, especially open shots.

Sara Halasz sits on the bench after being substituted in Wednesday’s game against UNLV at The Pit. UNM lost but looks to redeem itself Saturday against Utah.
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Upset at home confounds Flanagan

Isaac Avilucea | February 11

Linguistically speaking, the above is an example of a non-sequitur. Or in basketball terms, it’s called the UNM women’s basketball team. Expounding on that notion — so the thinking went: The Lobos defeated three upper-echelon teams in the Mountain West Conference (BYU, TCU and San Diego State). Therefore, they’ll beat UNLV, a sub-.500 record team. Not so.

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