Despite a 24-point loss to Texas Christian on Wednesday, Katie Montgomery remained optimistic about this season. The UNM women's basketball team's senior guard was enthusiastic that the Lobos could turn things around.
The UNM track and field team continued to build on its early season success over the weekend at the Dan DeHart Invitational. The Lobos had some positive individual results Friday and Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
The UNM men's basketball team is struggling to find its identity. With its record slipping close to .500 after losing six of its last seven games, the Lobos look nothing like the team that started the year 5-0.
The UNM women's tennis team will have some expectations to live up to this season. The Lobos enter the 2007 spring season ranked No. 45 in national polls by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Jarrin Solomon, Jeremy Johnson and Ariel Burr were not going to let other athletes come to their home track and steal their thunder. At this weekend's Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational, the UNM track and field athletes held their own against a field of some of the top competition in the sport.
For the second straight year, UNM held one of the most successful indoor track and field meets in the nation. Some of the nation's high-profile coaches think so, too.
The UNM swimming and diving team planned to give its departing members a victory in its home finale. However, the visiting Utah Utes were unwilling to make any concessions on UNM's Senior Day.
Carrie Quinn is not satisfied with last season. Last year, Quinn placed fourth on the 1-meter springboard and eighth on the 3-meter springboard at the Mountain West Conference Championships in Oklahoma City. This season, UNM's junior diver is training hard to improve on both finishes.
After starting conference play 1-3 and losing back-to-back conference home games for the first time in 14 years, the UNM women's basketball team needed a win in the worst way. The Lobos' three leading scorers responded by putting the team on their backs in a 60-46 win over Air Force on Thursday at The Pit.
After a successful debut, the UNM track and field team will once again host the Modrall Sperling Lobo Invitational this weekend at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
With the New Orleans Saints marching into Chicago to play the Bears, and the New England Patriots set to face the Indianapolis Colts, football fans are in for a treat this weekend. I can't wait to see if the Saints can continue to keep the city of New Orleans energized by their great play, and I'm also looking forward to the matchup of two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks going head-to-head.
I need to mail Andy Reid a gift certificate to Krispy Kreme. Reid, the head coach of my favorite team, the Philadelphia Eagles, made a couple of the most boneheaded decisions I have seen in the playoffs, seemingly because he was daydreaming about the next batch of doughnuts he could feast on rather than watching the game he was supposed to be coaching.
The UNM men's tennis team dusted off its rackets this weekend by opening spring play at the Purdue Boilermaker Invitational. The tournament, which was held in West Lafayette, Ind., was not a team-scoring event, but the Lobos still had positive results.
Kole McKamey will not be returning to play quarterback for the UNM football team next season. McKamey announced at a press conference Friday that his football career will be over after five years as a Lobo. He had petitioned the NCAA in an attempt to receive a sixth year of eligibility after he was lost for the 2006 season in the second game because of a torn ACL.
For longer than Kevin Federline has had a celebrity life, the sports editor and I have been debating who tops the NFL quarterback totem pole. Our two choices always have been Tom Brady or Peyton Manning, both of whom will face off in the AFC Championship game. But who wants to wait until that game happens to find out who is the best? I'll let you in on a little secret - it's Manning.
When Andrew Boyens was on the field for the UNM men's soccer team, opposing offenses usually left frustrated. Now that his collegiate career is over, Boyens will be taking his outstanding defense to the professional level.
2007 is off to a rough start for the UNM men's basketball team. The Lobos started the season 9-3 and were undefeated at the Pit. But so far in 2007, they're winless.
The UNM men's basketball team had four players finish in double figures Saturday at The Pit. The Lobos had 19 assists, compared to just nine turnovers, and they shot 80 percent from the free-throw line.
Brandi Kimble drove to the basket, got the shot she wanted and watched it roll off the rim. That was in the final seconds as the UNM women's basketball team lost a 49-48 heartbreaker to Utah on Sunday at The Pit.
The UNM football team is in a bowl game, but it's unclear which quarterback will take the reins. Senior Chris Nelson and freshman Donovan Porterie are competing for the starting job against San Jose State in the New Mexico Bowl at University Stadium on Dec. 23.
Solutions by The State News
