by Ketan Dhawan Daily Lobo This weekend UNM head track and field coach Matt Henry took his best athletes to the nation's biggest track meet of the year, the Mt. SAC (San Antonio College) relays in Walnut, Calif. Henry took with him 11 of UNM's finest track athletes.
Joe Salas Baseball Senior Salas scored five times and had three RBI in the Lobos' 31-11 massacre of the Air Force Falcons on Saturday in Colorado Springs. In the series finale, Salas blasted two home runs with three hits and three runs. Sunday was Salas' third career multi-homer game.
It was a preposterous, record-breaking weekend for the Lobo baseball team, which scored a total of 59 runs in a three-game series at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., this weekend. UNM recorded two school records and two Mountain West Conference records in its 31-11 rout of the Falcons on Saturday afternoon.
Staff Report The Lobo men's and women's tennis teams clinched the Mountain West Conference regular-season titles this weekend. The men defeated Brigham Young on Saturday in Provo, Utah, to finish the conference undefeated and the women wrapped up their conference season against Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The UNM softball team returns home this weekend and will pull for its first conference victory when the Lobos host Utah and BYU Friday and Saturday at Lobo Field. The Lobos got conference play off to a crummy start after their home-opener against Colorado State was cancelled.
Staff Report Tony Danridge averaged 29.6 points and nine rebounds a game last season and three steals and 2.3 blocks. UNM men's head basketball coach Ritchie McKay announced Wednesday that Danridge signed a national letter of intent to attend UNM in the fall.
by Ketan Dhawan Daily Lobo Easter weekend was good for the UNM men's tennis team. The Lobo men managed to win their first three conference matches - all at home - and are now leading the Mountain West. Two conference matches remain before the MWC tournament.
Maja Kovacek Sophomore Tennis Kovacek went undefeated this weekend and led the No. 33 Lobos to an upset win over the No. 19 Brigham Young Cougars on Friday and a sweep of the Utah Utes on Saturday. The No. 73 Kovacek defeated the nation's No. 37 singles player from BYU and later beat the No.
Staff Report The UNM women's tennis team remains undefeated in the Mountain West Conference after picking up two key victories this weekend in Utah. The Lobos upset the 19th-ranked Brigham Young Cougars 5-2 on Friday in Provo and then went on to sweep the Utah Utes 7-0 in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
by Landon Dyksterhouse Daily Lobo Sophomore Kole McKamey and junior Hank Baskett led the Cherry team to a convincing 19-3 lead before the annual Cherry/Silver game was called off due to bad weather with more than seven minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The Lobos plowed the Utes Thursday in Salt Lake City, overpowering their pitching for a nine-run third inning and coasting to a 15-4 rout. UNM scored early with two unearned runs in the first inning. After an infield error by the Utes, the score was 2-0.
by Landon Dyksterhouse Daily Lobo Imagine having to be at campus at 8 a.m. and not leaving until 12 a.m. Junior Hank Baskett does not imagine this lifestyle - he lives it. Baskett personifies the words student athlete. In the fall, he plays wide receiver.
In the Olympics, the winner of the decathlon is considered the best athlete in the world. If that adage holds true for college athletics, UNM senior Mark Johnson might be the best athlete in the Mountain West. Johnson is the reigning 2004 Indoor Heptathlon Champion, and he set five personal records last week in Austin, Texas, for a career-best score of 7,141 in the decathlon competition.
The Lobo softball team finally emerged Tuesday afternoon after a nine-day slumber, and though members were still a bit groggy, they managed a 1-0 win over the Eastern New Mexico Zias at Lobo Field. UNM had not been in action since March 28 when the Lobos lost to Northern Colorado and North Texas at the Mean Green/Wells Fargo Classic in Denton, Texas.
Knight Ridder SAN ANTONIO - The buzz from Saturday's first game, Georgia Tech's last-second victory against Oklahoma State, had yet to fade when Duke and Connecticut ran onto the court. The buzz from the second game still might be hanging in the Alamodome air when Georgia Tech and Connecticut return Monday to play for the national championship.
Sandy Lukowski Senior Tennis In her last match at Lobo Tennis Club, Lukowski led UNM to a 7-0 sweep of conference foe Colorado State on Sunday. Partnered with sophomore Maja Kovacek, Lukowski stunned the No. 1 Rams doubles team 8-0 and went on to beat Alexandra Paganetti 6-3, 6-3 in singles competition.
Knight Ridder WASHINGTON - The fans began chanting his name in the 50th minute, "Freddy, Freddy, Freddy," exhorting D.C. United coach Peter Nowak to insert the player they had all come to see. The last time an RFK Stadium crowd got so charged up for a substitute wearing No.
The UNM women's tennis team capped a perfect 7-0 home season Sunday at the Lobo Tennis Club with a 7-0 sweep of the Colorado State Rams - but the Lobos were not cheering. It was their first weekend of Mountain West Conference competition, and the last home match for three Lobo seniors.
Albuquerque Isotopes shortstop Wilson Valdez stole the show Sunday before a packed house in a 9-1 drubbing of the world champion Florida Marlins. In an exhibition game that meant little to the Marlins, who start their regular season Tuesday, and much to the Isotopes, Valdez singled twice, stole four bases and scored in each of the first two innings for Albuquerque.
A rock-solid start from Jason Hernandez and some timely home runs by Ryan Barba and Joe Salas were key in Thursday night's 9-3 win over BYU at Isotopes Park. A taut pitching dual between Hernandez and Cougar starter Patrick Wells was transformed in the fifth when Barba cracked a two-run homer over left-center field to break the game open for the Lobos.
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