Staff Report The indoor track season culminated in coronation for one Lobo. On March 14, Lee Emanuel became UNM's first national champion since Michael Solomon won the 600-yard run in 1977. "Coach told me that if I thought someone was catching up to me, to just run harder and go after it," Emanuel told GoLobos.
Tim McGraw's "I Like It, I Love It" blared through the speakers at Isotopes Park every time the UNM baseball team scored a run against Northwestern. Suffice it to say, the Wildcats' pitchers might not be able to get the song out of their heads. The Lobos roped Northwestern 13-4 on Sunday, completing a four-game sweep on the heels of UNM's two-game sweep over No.
Halfway through the 2008 track season, Jarrin Solomon contracted pneumonia and severely pulled his hamstring, ending his hopes for competing at the national level and going to the Olympics. Halfway through this season, the senior has broken his school record three times, defeated former Olympians and became an All-American en route to the best finish ever by a Lobo sprinter at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Dairese Gary played like a beast, but the Lobos came up short in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Thursday. In a 75-67 loss to Wyoming, sophomore Gary kept the UNM men's basketball team in the game compliments of a late surge.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Remember Jim Boylen at The Pit - the hot-headed, confrontational head coach from Utah? The same coach who menacingly gestured toward Lobo head coach Steve Alford during one of the media timeouts on March 3 broke down after his Utes escaped with a 52-50 victory over San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference Championship on Saturday.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Amy Beggin has been terrific all year for the UNM women's basketball team, but her season might be remembered for two missed free throws in a 55-54 loss to Utah in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Friday. But it shouldn't be.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Even though the UNM women's basketball team finished exactly where it was predicted to in the Mountain West Conference preseason poll - fourth place - head coach Don Flanagan feels disrespected. "The Mountain West said it was a three-team tournament," he said.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The buzz of the horn sounded for the UNM men's basketball team as the clock expired. And for the second time in as many years, the Lobos flat-lined, bowing out to Wyoming 75-67 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Thursday.
The UNM women's basketball team found its winning way again and maybe gained some experience for its younger players in a first-round match-up with Southern in the women's National Invitational Tournament. The Lobos defeated Jaguars soundly 72-44 at The Pit on Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Take three against Utah was just like take one and two for the UNM women's basketball team in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Friday. The Lobos came ever-so close to winning, only to be edged 55-54 in the last few seconds of the game.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - As the most experienced ball handler and a leader on the UNM women's basketball team, the pressure was on Amy Beggin to set the tone in the Mountain West Conference Tournament. In Tuesday's opening round, she obliged, pumping in 18 first-half points in an 84-41 victory over No.
It was a see-saw game for the UNM baseball team against in-state rival New Mexico State on Tuesday at Isotopes Park. Despite out-hitting the Aggies 14-9, the Lobos ended up on the losing side of a ninth-inning rally for a 5-4 loss. UNM is now 13-3 on the season, while NMSU has improved to 11-1.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Air Force wasn't expected to be the toughest opponent for the UNM women's basketball team, but if the defense can repeat its performance, the Lobos can hang with anyone. No. 4 seed UNM held No. 9 Air Force to 23 points on 23 percent shooting in the first half, and coasted to an 84-41 victory in Tuesday's opening round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.
The UNM women's tennis team notched another win in the Rio Grande Rivalry series, improving its overall record to 26-3 all-time against the Aggies. More importantly, the Lobos ended a five-game losing streak Sunday with a 5-2 win over in-state rival New Mexico State at the UNM Tennis Complex.
Over the weekend, the UNM softball team split a four-game series against Iowa State. On Saturday, the Lobos slid by the Cyclones, winning 3-1. UNM ended the day by run-ruling Iowa State 12-4 in the fifth inning. But Sunday, the Cyclones got past the Lobos 18-5 and 7-5.
Listen here.
The UNM baseball team thrashed the Binghamton Bearcats 13-3 at Isotopes Park on Sunday. The Lobos swept the Bearcats, winning Friday's game 15-2, only to outdo that by embarrassing Binghamton 8-1 and 30-2 in Saturday's doubleheader. On Sunday, Ryan Honeycutt helped the Lobos to their 13th win of the season.
Wyoming came out flatter than the Great Plains. And the UNM women's basketball team lassoed the Cowgirls, turning in a 63-45 victory in its season finale at The Pit on Saturday. The Lobos had the game lucked up in the opening six minutes of the first half after wheeling to an 18-2 lead, but UNM routinely took off plays in the second half.
Steve Alford looked like a champion when he walked out of the Rudy Davalos Basketball Center on Sunday after the Lobos returned from Laramie, Wyo. The UNM men's basketball head coach was decked out from head to toe. A cherry, button-up Oxford shirt contrasted nicely against Alford's black slacks.
Solutions by The State News
