Chris Garofola Track and Field Senior Garofola clocked two personal records and helped two Lobo relay teams set records this weekend at the Triton Invitational in San Diego, Calif. Garofola placed eighth in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 10.
It was a bittersweet weekend for the Lobo softball team. After a devastating losses on Friday afternoon, UNM was able to recover and sweep its first doubleheader of the season - just in time to bid farewell to five Lobo seniors. UNM nearly shutout the UNLV Rebels on Sunday, but allowed two runs in the seventh inning of the first game for a 6-2, 3-0 win at Lobo Field.
by Landon Dyksterhouse Daily Lobo Maja Kovacek and Iva Gersic helped win the first Mountain West Conference championship in the 26-year history of the women's tennis program. But winning in straight sets is easy compared to growing up in a country fighting for freedom.
The Lobos will look to continue their phenomenal play this weekend when they head to Las Vegas, Nev., to take on the UNLV Rebels. The Rebels are in first place in the Mountain West Conference, entering the series with an 11-3 conference record. The Lobos hope to change that as they stand at 11-4 - good enough for second.
For the second year in a row, the Lobo men's tennis team is Mountain West Conference regular season champs. The only difference is the last time around, UNM shared the title with San Diego State and Brigham Young. This year, with a perfect 5-0 record, the Lobos sit at the top alone.
The funny thing is, senior Jennifer Delich never won the giant slalom event in her entire collegiate skiing career - until the 2004 national championships. Delich has always excelled in the slalom. She said the GS was her weakest event when she came to UNM, but she gradually got better at it because she had to work at it harder than she had to work at anything else.
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.
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