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Lone senior is thrown into leadership role
Mario Trujillo | October 19Ten of the 12 UNM men’s basketball players have one year or less of experience in Division I college basketball.
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Lobo Howl sets high sights for year
Ryan Tomari | October 19RIO RANCHO — Jamal Fenton isn’t Joe Namath — he came about two inches short of delivering on a promise. At Media Day for UNM men’s basketball on Thursday at the Davalos Center, the 5-foot-8-inch point guard had fighting words for his teammates.
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Volleyball is run over by Rebels in tough loss
Brandon Call | October 19It wasn’t quite the homecoming the UNM volleyball team expected. Coming off back-to-back road wins against rival New Mexico State and Mountain West Conference foe Utah last week, the Lobos dropped a 25-21, 25-18, 25-18 match to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday at Johnson Gym. Halfway through the MWC schedule, UNM is 13-7 overall and 4-4 in conference. “It’s a hard hit for us,” said head coach Jeff Nelson.
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Weekend victories set stage for tourney
Brandon Call | October 11The UNM men’s tennis team dominated this weekend’s Balloon Fiesta Invite at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex. The Lobos combined for a 25-6 record in singles and went 9-2 in doubles.
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Conference win settles youthful nerves
Eddie Zayas | October 11There was no jet lag for the UNM women’s soccer team. After their first conference loss of the season against Wyoming, the Lobos bounced back strong on Saturday against.
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Locksley: I don't ever recall being 0-6
Isaac Avilucea and Ryan Tomari | October 11Smile Lobo fans — the UNM football team can’t possibly lose this coming Saturday. UNM won’t play for two weeks thanks to a bye this week, something Lobo football coach Mike Locksley said is a blessing, considering how banged up the Lobos are. Most notably, tailback Demond Dennis was absent and didn’t play in UNM’s 37-13 loss Saturday to conference foe Wyoming.
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Lobos gear up to face MWC rival Wyoming
Ryan Tomari | October 8This Saturday, first-year head coach Mike Locksley will be doing the Hokey Pokey for the first time. His Lobos will head up north to face Mountain West Conference foe, Wyoming. But it won’t be the first time Locksley’s run into Dave Christensen, now the Pokes’ first-year head coach. Christensen faced Locksley twice during his coaching tenure at Missouri.
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New pitching lineup for softball this season
Mario Trujillo | October 8Hope for the UNM softball team comes in the form of pitchers this season. The Lobos signed three new pitchers — Kari Gutierrez, Samantha Gatson and Kaela DeBroeck — and DeBroeck took the mound on Wednesday in a doubleheader scrimmage against Luna Community College.
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Soccer has to kick it up a notch
Nathan Farmer | October 8Five minutes into Wednesday’s contest against UC-Irvine, Lobo forward Justin Davis couldn’t find the back of the net.
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Player ups her game, earns MWC recognition
Brandon Call | October 6UNM sophomore middle blocker Ashley Rhoades was named the Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Week this week. After posting 26 kills and hitting a combined .632 in two games last week, Rhoades shares the honor with TCU’s middle blocker Kourtney Edwards. Lobo head coach Jeff Nelson said Rhoades deserves the recognition. “What she did this week is pretty ridiculous,” he said.
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Fishy elements surface in Locksley altercation
Isaac Avilucea | October 6“Iron Mike” Locksley’s name precedes him. As the first-year head coach jogged off the field on Saturday, a group of Texas Tech fans in the South end zone heckled him, chanting, “punch, punch, punch,” according to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. “I’m reaping what I sowed,” Locksley said.
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Injured team leader makes big return
Brandon Call | October 5Rose Morris made a memorable return to the volleyball court Saturday at Johnson Gym. After missing seven matches since she dislocated her left pinky finger while blocking against Pittsburgh Sept.
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Texas Tech dominates, but UNM improves
Ryan Tomari | October 5LUBBOCK, Texas — At the beginning of the third quarter, the clouds huddled over Jones AT&T Stadium finally opened up.
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Green shows Cal State how it’s done
Nathan Farmer | October 5Michael Green, the UNM men’s soccer team’s forward, put on a clinic against Cal State Northridge in front of a season-high 3,250 fans Saturday at the UNM Soccer Complex. Green’s man-of-the-match performance guided the Lobos to a 2-0 win.
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Victory over TCU begins Mountain West run
Loretta Cardenas | October 5If the UNM women’s first conference game is any indication, the Lobos might soon prove to the rest of the Mountain West Conference that their 8-1-2 nonconference start wasn’t just for show. In UNM’s conference opener, the Lobos hosted Texas Christian University Saturday at the UNM Soccer Complex and bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 1-0 win.
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Looking to Lubbock for fresh start
Ryan Tomari | October 1In light of the recent news swirling around Lobo football, many might wonder if it can get any worse for head coach Mike Locksley and the UNM football team. Well, Las Vegas odds makers think so. The Lobos, 35.5-point underdogs, are off to Lubbock, Texas, to face pass-happy Texas Tech.
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Shoulder surgery shelves Clark for the season
Isaac Avilucea | September 29Head coach Mike Locksley confirmed Tuesday that Lobo safety Ian Clark will undergo season-ending surgery on his left shoulder this week. Earlier this month, a source told the Daily Lobo that it was “90 percent sure” Clark was out for the season after he re-injured his left shoulder in UNM’s season-opener against Texas A&M. Clark didn’t play in the Lobos’ home-opener against Tulsa on Sept.
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Tim Tebow, America’s sweetheart
Damian Garde | September 27Tim Tebow is a remarkably detestable football player. There’s the endless media fawning, the squeaky-clean image, the dumbfounding Heisman acceptance speech and, of course, the God complex. Tebow, the bruising, gee-golly face of college football, is the ambassador from a world of early bedtimes and rubber wristbands.
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Tennis coach Cañada sees hope in 1-41 test
Brandon Call | September 27If this weekend’s fall invitational was a quiz for the UNM women’s tennis team, then the Lobos need to study more. Even though UNM combined for a 1-41 record this weekend, head coach Roy Cañada said this year the Lobos are a strong young team. “If I were to compare this to academic terms, I approached this weekend as a quiz for us,” he said.
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Scorers need to capitalize on chances
Loretta Cardenas | September 27Long stockings couldn’t cover up the UNM women’s soccer team’s Achilles’ heel Friday. The Lobos’ weakness — an inability to capitalize on offensive opportunities — had gone unexposed until Northern Arizona University entered the UNM Soccer Complex. The Lumberjacks became the second team this season to score twice on the Lobos — and the first to hand them a loss, 2-1. On paper, UNM held the advantage in nearly every category against NAU.
