by Reid Wessels Daily Lobo Saturday night was a great night for a football game. It was also one of the saddest anniversaries any of us will ever know. Perhaps one of the biggest wins in the history of UNM football will forever be linked to the greatest tragedy in American history.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo Sweet redemption and late-game heroics marked the Lobos' win on Saturday night. In front of the third-largest crowd to fill University Stadium, Wes Zunker cleared his mind and made a 43-yard field goal as time expired for the 27-24 win.
Jacquelyne Gallegos Track Gallegos was terrific in her return to form for the UNM cross country team after a car accident in 2002 put her career on hold. She held a strong lead through much of her 6,000-meter race on Saturday and finished in third place with a career best time of 22:13.
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Staff Report The 19th-ranked Lobo men's soccer team shellacked the Loyola Marymount Lions 3-0 on Friday. The Lobos start the season with three consecutive wins for the second time in three years and the sixth time in school history. Freshman Blake Danaher recorded his first goal of the season in the 32nd minute.
by Travis Weber Daily Lobo The UNM cross country team blew away the competition this weekend at the annual Lobo Invitational. The men defeated second-place Texas A&M by 32 points in their season opener. Senior Matt Gonzales finished second overall with a time of 24:44, a fraction of a second behind teammate and overall winner Shadrack Biwott.
Staff Report The Lobo men's golf team started the season off on a high by winning the Topy Cup in Fukushima, Japan. After strong play in the event's first two rounds, the Lobos shot a third round 5-under par on the par 72 Tanagura Country Club. They finished the tournament 17-under.
Lobo men's soccer player Jeff Rowland was named the National Player of the Week by CollegeSoccerNews.com after scoring five goals in two games last weekend. UNM came from two goals back in their first game to beat Delaware, 3-2. Rowland, a junior, tallied his first career hat trick in the game.
by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo Watch for flying footballs Saturday night in University Stadium. The Texas Tech Raiders bring their air-it-out offense to Albuquerque hot off a 27-13 win in their season opener versus Southern Methodist. With their combination of an overall effective strategy and individual talent, the Raiders were good enough last year to lead the nation in offensive yards per game.
In part two of our interview with Rocky Long, the Lobo head coach discusses the improvements his team has made during his tenure and the expectations he faces going into the 2004 season. Daily Lobo: Your defense has been one of just five teams, along with Kansas State, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, to rank in the top 30 the last three years.
#22 DonTrell Moore RB Why watch? He's shown he is the best back in the conference. Can he become one of the best in the nation? #23 Gabriel Fullbright CB Why watch? On an inexperienced defense, the team's only defensive preseason All-MWC player will look to become a leader and a shutdown corner.
by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo Cougar offense beware, Fola Fashola is back to lead a hungry Lobo defense. The 5-foot-11-inch, 209-pound linebacker started his 2003 senior season with 11 tackles and three sacks in the first two games. At the end of the second game, Fashola went down and did not get back up.
Lobo head coach Rocky Long begins his seventh season on the sidelines this Friday against Washington State University. Long was a standout player for UNM from 1969-71, winning Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 1971 and MVP of the team all three years he played quarterback.
by Daniel S. Archuleta Daily Lobo The bulldozers are back. Three starters returned to the Lobo offensive line coming off a successful 2003 campaign. Robert Turner, First Team All-Mountain West performer Ryan Cook and 2003 All-American Claude Terrell are set for another season.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The UNM women's soccer team ended the first road trip of the season with a hard-fought 3-0 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers on Sunday. The score was far from indicative of the fight the Lobos put up against a Purdue team that made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last season.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The UNM men's soccer team remained undefeated in its exhibition schedule with a 1-0 win against the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks on Saturday night. The Lobos peppered the Skyhawks' goal, outshooting them 14-4 before freshman Blake Danaher, Texas Gatorade Player of the Year, scored the game winner in the 74th minute.
by Riley Bauling Daily Lobo The UNM women's soccer team started the season off on the right foot Friday with a 2-0 win against the Cincinnati Bearcats. After a scoreless first half, the Lobos didn't take long to strike after intermission. In the 53rd minute, freshman Jordan Johnson headed in a corner kick from sophomore Eryn Paetz to get the Lobos on the board.
by Kristie Boudwin Daily Lobo With the season starting in less than a week, Lobo star running back DonTrell Moore is primed for his best year yet in what has already been an amazing career at UNM. If Moore never rushed another yard for the Lobos, he would be in fourth place for the most rushing yards in UNM history with 2,584.
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