by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo Maybe the second time around will have a better ending. The UNM football team will travel for the second week in a row to play Texas Christian University on Saturday. The Lobos are coming off a 21-13 loss at the University of Texas-El Paso last weekend.
by Travis Weber Daily Lobo It's hockey season in New Mexico again, and with the absence of the Scorpions this year, members of the UNM Ice Wolves said they want to take center stage. "We really want to be successful so that we can build the program, and so that we can draw some crowds to our home games this year, since we will be the biggest hockey ticket in town," head coach Joel Cormier said.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo After four games this season, the Lobo defense is starting to click as the football team heads into conference play. Through the first three games of the season the UNM defense was giving up an average of 26 points and 384 yards per game, relying on offensive production and turnovers to pull out victories.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo The schedule-makers for Major League Baseball must have had a crystal ball for the 2005 season. With less than a week remaining in the baseball season, there are some playoff races that will likely be decided in the final game or two of 2005.
by Kevin McFarland Daily Lobo Casual Major League Baseball fans are notorious for not watching the regular season unless a slugger with muscles of unnatural proportions is putting up home run numbers as large as his biceps. Well, casual fans, even though Barry Bonds was sidelined for almost all of the season and home-run numbers are down across the league, you might want to flip on the TV a little early this season anyway.
by Caleb Fort Daily Lobo Martin Heinrich, Albuquerque city councilor, said it is important to raise the minimum wage in the city for more than economic reasons. "It's very important to think not just about economic issues," he said. "But also about the moral and ethical ramifications.
Staff Report The UNM men's golf team finished tied for sixth place at the PING NCAA Championship Preview on Tuesday. The Lobos shot a 1-under-par 287 in the second round of the tournament in Bend, Ore., at the par-72, 7,671-yard Crosswater Golf Course.
Staff Report The UNM women's golf team roared back in the second round of the 27th annual Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational to tie for fourth place with one round left in the tournament. The No. 23 Lobos shot the second-lowest round of the day to finish in a tie with Mountain West Conference foe and No.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The decade anniversary is finally here. That has to mean the Atlanta Braves will take their second World Series since 1995, and the New York Yankees will languish in depression and Jack Daniels while watching the playoffs from their penthouses overlooking Central Park.
Staff Report For the first time in history, the UNM men's soccer team is the consensus No. 1 team in the country. All four national polls ranked the Lobos No. 1 after a week in which they beat Southern Methodist University 2-0 Friday and Tulsa University 2-1 in overtime Sunday in the Golden Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, Okla.
Staff Report Aaron Johnson was dismissed from the UNM men's basketball team Sunday by head coach Ritchie McKay. "I am disappointed to announce the dismissal of Aaron Johnson from our men's basketball program due to a violation of team policy," McKay said in a news release.
Staff Report A nine-year losing streak went down the drain Saturday when the UNM volleyball team beat the Utah Utes. The last time the Lobos beat Utah was 1996, a span that included 17 straight losses to the Utes. With the win, UNM improved to 9-3 on the season - one win short of the team's total last year.
by Justin Goodrum Daily Lobo The UNM women's soccer team wanted to head into conference play with a victory against its last nonconference opponent Sunday. It got its wish with a 1-0 win against the Idaho Vandals at the UNM Soccer Complex on Sunday.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo If the first two meets of the cross country season are a sign of things to come, it should be an amazing year for Jacquelyne Gallegos. Gallegos sprinted her way to a third-place finish at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo The UNM football team's hopes of a perfect season were put to rest in a 21-13 loss to the University of Texas-El Paso Miners on Saturday night. A crowd of 50,425 - the fourth largest in Sun Bowl history - were on hand, most of them covered in orange with a little spot of red for the game.
by David J. Chavez Daily Lobo The No. 3 doubles team in the country showed why it's ranked so high this weekend at the Lobo Fall Invitational. The UNM women's tennis duo of Iva Gersic and Maja Kovacek beat the No. 21-ranked pair of Robin Stephenson and Ashley Bentley from Alabama 8-3 to take first place in the doubles competition.
Staff Report The UNM men's tennis team came up short of winning a title at the Denver Invitational on Saturday. After getting off to a strong start in the early rounds of the invitational, none of the young players were able to continue the momentum.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo With temperatures in the '90s and high humidity, the UNM men's soccer team had to rely on its bench more than usual. But it didn't matter because things worked out how the Lobos wanted. "Because of the heat and the humidity, we had to get some guys more minutes," said head coach Jeremy Fishbein.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo Two unbeaten teams will face off Saturday night when the Lobos travel to face the University of Texas-El Paso. The Lobos are 3-0 for the first time since 1997, while the Miners are 2-0. UNM's offense is averaging 35.
by David J. Chavez Daily Lobo The UNM women's doubles team of seniors Iva Gersic and Maja Kovacek start another season together Saturday at the UNM Lobo Fall Invitational. Even after a move from across an ocean, some things don't change. "We've known each other for around 12 years now," Gersic said.
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