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Coach to blame for athlete's actions

Thank you, Kit Vela, for your part in making the UNM women’s soccer team look like a bunch of ragamuffin delinquents. All that the Lobos accomplished this season has been overshadowed by the debacle that went down in Provo, Utah, on Saturday. Elizabeth Lambert will be ascribed a reputation that likely isn’t “indicative of her character” or what she necessarily deserves.



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Women's soccer player suspended indefinitely

It didn’t happen in a dimly lit meeting room, and fans don’t need handwritten testimony to know what happened. It’s perfectly clear what Elizabeth Lambert did. The UNM soccer player threw punches and pulled the hair of her opponents during a match Thursday, and for this she is suspended indefinitely, head coach Kit Vela said in a statement released on Friday.


	Quarterback Donovan Porterie throws the ball on the run in this file photo. The Lobos will travel to Salt Lake City to face No. 17 Utah on Saturday
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Outlook bad for both Locksley and Utah game

Advil claims to be the every pain reliever. Extra-strength, Mike Locksley? Nothing can help Locksley’s head pounding anguish, especially considering the UNM football team’s upcoming schedule, let alone the pending litigation which he will surely be served with in the near future for his involvement in a physical altercation with former wide receivers coach J.B.


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One man's take on current U.S. sports

Below, for your enjoyment, is my take on what’s going on in the sporting world: MLB I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard someone in Albuquerque call him or herself a “disgruntled sports fan.” I would be a millionaire and give the whole journalism gig up. As a sports reporter, even at the college level, I don’t like to use the old phrase, “I am a fan of so-and-so.” It gets old really fast. Unfortunately for me, it has come to that point. I, a New York Mets fan, didn’t want to see the Phillies advance to and win another World Series, even if it meant the crosstown Evil Empire had to win it all.


	Lobo basketball guard Jamal Fenton shoots a layup during Tuesday’s exhibition game against New Mexico Highlands University at The Pit. Lobos won the game 98-68.
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Cowboys crushed at exhibition game

New Mexico Highlands must have forgotten Tuesday’s game at The Pit was an exhibition matchup. The Cowboys then apparently remembered at halftime, came out flat, were run through the cleaners and arrived out the other side neatly pressed. No chance — the UNM men’s basketball team, led by point guard Dairese Gary, powered to victory in its first off-the-books game, 98-68.



	Students rooted on the men’s basketball team from section 26, the student section, during the exhibition game against New Mexico Highlands University at The Pit Tuesday. Due to the renovations of The Pit, there will be less seats available for fans.
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Pit renovations limit student seating

Section 26 will not be touched during The Pit’s new renovations — but that doesn’t guarantee all students will get tickets come game day. Due to The Pit’s $60 million renovation, 3,000 seats in the mezzanine will be off limits, lowering the capacity of The Pit from 18,018 to a little over 15,102 and reducing the amount of potential overflow seating for students. And if past attendance is any indication of this season’s attendance, those 3,000 seats will be missed, said Wesley Henderson, president of Howl Raisers.



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Seniors look to MWC after 12 season wins

It wasn’t “Fright Night” for the UNM women’s soccer team when they played UNLV on Halloween. UNM, never scared, pulled a 2–0 win The Lobos were led by seniors Jess Quador, Veronika Strnadova, Megan Bodenheimer and Katie McKernan.




	UNM swimming and diving team members dive into the pool during a race against Colorado State at Thursday’s swim meet in Armond H. Seidler Natatorium.
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Plunging into great depths

The Armond H. Seidler Natatorium might seem like just another building on UNM’s campus. But to the Lobo swimming and diving team, it’s a place to call home. After two years of practicing at West Mesa High School and other pools in Albuquerque while Seidler was renovated, the Lobos returned to their campus pool and blasted Northern Colorado out of the water 244-180 on Thursday. “You always feel more comfortable and confident at home,” said senior diver Sasha Evangulova.



	Lobo center Erik Cook blocks one of his UNM teammates during the Cherry Silver scrimmage in this file photo. Cook said playing against former head coach Rocky Long, who is now San Diego State’s defensive coordinator, will be peculiar.
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Locksley and team face former head coach Long

No, it’s not the “Return of the Mack,” the hit 90s song by Mark Morrison — it’s just the return of UNM’s head football coach, Mike Locksley, to a 0-7 team. After a 10-day suspension for being involved in a physical altercation with assistant coach J.B.




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UNLV leaves Lobos in losing streak

The Lobo Football team is supposed to be in the winning business. But judging by the first seven games, business ain’t a-boomin’. With the 34-17 loss to UNLV, the Lobos join the ranks of only four other teams who remain winless in Division I football this season. “Definitely, when you go 0-7, there is disappointment in the team,” linebacker Carmen Messina said.


	Jade Michaelsen sets up Lobo teammate Ashley Rhoades during UNM’s 3-2 loss to Colorado State on Saturday at Johnson Gym. The Lobos are 14-8 overall and 5-5 in the Mountain West Conference.
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Tearful loss crushes chances for MWC title

The UNM volleyball team went toe-to-toe with No. 25 Colorado State on Saturday at Johnson Gym. Despite junior outside hitter Taylor Hadfield’s career-high 21 kills, the Lobos dropped a 3-2 — 25-18, 18-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-11 — heartbreaker. The outcome brought tears of disappointment from several UNM players, but the hard-fought match drew a standing ovation from more than 2,000 fans in attendance. “We battled for it,” head coach Jeff Nelson said.


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Hoping for first win at Homecoming

UNM interim head coach George Barlow said he is going to do everything in his power to help the UNM football team get the first win of the season against UNLV. And that could include gambling early. “I can’t say I won’t go for it on fourth down,” he said.

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