by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo UNM can finally guarantee a postseason for one football team this fall. The men's soccer team clinched the conference title and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament Sunday in an overtime win against Air Force. Going into the game, three teams were still competing for the conference championship.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The days of being thrown out of seventh-story windows and landing on its feet are over. The way senior center midfielder Brandon Moss sees it, the UNM men's soccer team dodged its last bullet. "We've had our nine lives already," Moss said, "and we're going on our 10th.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo The UNM football team will face another must-win situation this Saturday when it plays the Utah Utes. In the Mountain West Conference preseason polls, Utah and New Mexico were picked to finish first and second, respectively, in the conference.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo After a year of ups and downs for the UNM cross country teams, head coach Matt Henry is excited for the biggest meet of the season. Coming up Saturday for the Lobos is a chance to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo The UNM football team was supposed to use its bye week to rest, heal and prepare for the remainder of the season. Backup quarterback Chris Nelson used the time to prepare himself for his first Division I college football start Saturday against the University of Utah.
by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo Congratulations, Terrell Owens. You have become the sixth player in NFL history to catch 100 touchdown passes, yet you are still the biggest dud in the league. It is a shame. If the man came down with a permanent case of laryngitis, he would be quite a star.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo With the NFL season half over, you've got to wonder, what kind of world do we live in when Cincinnati is 7-2 and in the lead in its division? This is a crazy world we live in - one where a man who has a seven-year, $49 million contract complains that he is not making enough money and then criticizes the people who pay him that money.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo I've got this Magic 8-Ball. It's not like one of those regular 8-Balls that tells you, "Keep sniffing glue because it ain't coming true" or "Stop sending me queries, your stupidity is just too scary." OK, OK, the old-school Tyco 8-Balls didn't say that, but it would have been a funnier world if they did - with a lot less self-esteem, but hey, you win some, you lose some.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo Dionne Marsh spent most of her night either on the free-throw line or on the bench in foul trouble. That didn't stop the rest of the women's basketball team from rolling over Metro State Tuesday night, 77-50. Marsh got in foul trouble early and the starter ended up playing only 21 minutes.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo Being the No. 2-ranked team is more of a curse than a blessing. The UNM men's soccer team found that out Sunday in a 1-1 double-overtime tie in Sacramento, Calif., against the Sacramento State Hornets. "It's hard because every team wants to beat us," senior left back Matt Wootton said.
by Kevin McFarland Daily Lobo UNM men's basketball newcomers Joel Box and Kyle Prochaska certainly know how to make an entrance. As the new-look Lobos trampled New Mexico Highlands University 110-79 in an exhibition game on Saturday night, Prochaska and Box led the team in scoring with 15 points each.
by Andre Van Der Mewre Daily Lobo Robyn Miller said she knows the UNM swimming and diving team needs her to perform well. She did just that, winning two of her three events Friday and Saturday at the Lobo Invitational. "I feel like I have to live up to - not a standard - but people expect a performance from me," she said.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo Apparently, all the UNM women's basketball team needed was a few minutes to shake off the rust on Friday. UNM started off shaky on offense, but finally began firing on all cylinders in a 75-48 beating of Fort Lewis College in an exhibition game.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The glass slipper doesn't fit after all. The Cinderella jaunt through the Mountain West Conference Tournament of the No. 5-seeded UNM women's soccer team ended in overtime Saturday in the championship game. The Lobos fell 1-0 to the No.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo Let's count the reasons why the men's soccer team's game against San Jose State tonight might be the most important one of the season for the Lobos: First, the Spartans are the only team to beat the Lobos this year, putting that one blemish on a 12-1-1 record.
Staff Report Fresh off a 1-0 win in which the lone goal came in the 89th minute, the UNM women's soccer team knocked off No. 1-seeded University of Utah in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament. The No. 5-seeded Lobos knocked off the No.
by Steven Fernandez Daily Lobo For the UNM football team, Friday's game was a tale of two halves. Unfortunately for the Lobos, the first half featured all the good, while the second half was nothing but bad and ugly. After jumping out to a seemingly comfortable 25-12 lead in the first two quarters, UNM crumbled in all phases of the game.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo There's nothing quite like 11 goals in two games to make you forget about an overtime loss. The UNM men's soccer team beat up on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels 4-0 in Las Vegas on Saturday. The win came a week after the Lobos shellacked UNLV 7-2.
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