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Player ups her game, earns MWC recognition

Brandon Call | October 6

UNM 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 5

Rose 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 5

LUBBOCK, 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 5

Michael 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 5

If 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 1

In 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 29

Head 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 27

Tim 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 27

If 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 27

Long 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.

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Locksley's 'remodeling' project needs revision

Isaac Avilucea | September 27

Boy oh boy — this year’s version of the UNM football team makes the lottery seem predictable. Throw out little things like logic. Discard sensibility. And statistical trends? Well, those are irrelevant. It didn’t matter that, heading into Saturday’s game with NMSU, the Lobos had won the last six matchups with the longtime rival.

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Effort falls just short in Rio Grande rivalry game

Mario Trujillo | September 27

Lobo kicker James Aho crouched on the 37-yard line with his hands on his head as the Aggies’ bench rushed the field and the clock showed double zeros. Aho had just pushed a 47-yard game-tying field goal wide right that otherwise would have sent the Rio Grande rivalry into overtime. The Lobos fell 20-17.

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Longtime rivals look evenly matched

Isaac Avilucea | September 25

Welcome to the Hatch green chile hot seat, Mike Locksley. The Salem Witch Trials will appear tame if the first-year head coach loses to NMSU Saturday. Locksley understands that losing to NMSU verges on sacrilege — especially since the Lobos have won the last six matchups between the two teams.

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Star player energizes youthful team

Staff Report | September 25

The UNM women’s soccer team has surpassed all expectations. The Lobos are 8-0-2 overall this season, and they’ve matched their number of wins from last season after handling Northern Colorado, 3-1, on Wednesday at the UNM Soccer Complex.

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Team to approach new strategy with QB position

Isaac Avilucea and Mario Trujillo | September 22

Apparently, two quarterbacks are better than one — which underscores just how desperate first-year head football coach Mike Locksley is to find a spark at the position. Visibly frustrated by how quarterbacks Donovan Porterie and B.R.

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Renovated Pit to host NCAA in 2012

Staff Report | September 22

UNM’s new-look basketball arena, The Pit, will host first and second-round men’s games in 2012. The games are scheduled for mid-March. The NCAA announced preliminary round sites for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournaments on Monday. UNM Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs said in a statement that this wouldn’t have happened without financial support from Gov.

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Air Force dominates in spite of injured starters

Ryan Tomari | September 20

Three games into the 2009 football season, it seems defense is about the only thing the Lobos have going for them. UNM lost its Mountain West Conference opener to Air Force 37-13 on Saturday at University Stadium. With a little more than three minutes left in the half, UNM’s offense scored its first touchdown after 15 scoreless quarters.

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Execution needs to come from players

Isaac Avilucea | September 20

Jamie Foxx told us to “Blame It on the Alcohol.” Mike Locksley told us to “blame it on Locks.” Sorry, coach, but on the continuum of culpability, you’re about as guilty for the UNM team getting shish-kebabbed 37-13 by Air Force football as Denzel Washington was in that movie, “The Hurricane.” Can’t say the same about the players. Trust me, Johnnie Cochran would have a hard time defending these guys, because if the glove fits, you must convict.

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Wright's performance only highlight of game

Mario Trujillo | September 20

If a positive can be taken away from the Lobo football team’s 37-13 loss to Air Force on Saturday, it is James Wright’s running game.