The UNM women's tennis team will open its season in Las Vegas, Nev., at the annual UNLV Women's Tennis Fall Invitational this weekend. Head coach Kathy Kolankiewicz said the invitational will be especially competitive because all six of the participating teams were nationally ranked last year.
Rival New Mexico State comes to Albuquerque this weekend to take on the Lobos at University Stadium. UNM is 1-3 with losses in three straight games. The team will look to end its slide against a 1-2 Aggie team that is coming off a loss to Oregon State on Sept.
The battle of I-25 officially kicked off last weekend, when the UNM men's tennis team traveled south to take part in the New Mexico State Invitational in Las Cruces. Playing most impressively was senior standout Divan Coetzee.
No team has ever won the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational three straight times, but that's exactly what the UNM women's golf team will be trying to do this weekend. A home-course advantage will be one factor weighing heavily in the Lobos' favor - the tournament, now in its 25th year, will be played at the UNM Championship Course Thursday through Sunday.
The Lobo volleyball team lost three matches this weekend to take fourth place at the Albuquerque Marriott Lobo Tournament in Johnson Arena. Even though UNM was swept by Ohio, Sacramento State and Kentucky, head coach Kelly Sliva McKee said the home team played better in this tournament than they did at the Comcast Lobo Invitational, where the Lobos were undefeated.
Jeff Rowland Sophomore Soccer Rowland was named Offensive Most Valuable Player of the Crescent Financial Solutions Invitational this weekend against UC-Irvine and Southwest Missouri State. Rowland scored two of the Lobos' five goals this weekend, scoring a goal in each match.
Staff Report The Lobos once again failed to put together two productive halves of football Saturday and fell to No. 24 Washington State 23-13. The loss dropped UNM's record to 1-3. "Washington State is a great football team," UNM head coach Rocky Long said in a news release.
The UNM men's golf team's chance of winning the Inverness Intercollegiate was blown away by what was left of hurricane Isabel Friday afternoon in Toledo, Ohio. "The wind was blowing 30 to 40 miles per hour out there," head coach Glen Millican said. "In those kinds of conditions, on a U.
Staff Report The UNM men's tennis team started its season in Las Cruces at the Aggie Invitational this weekend. Tournament play opened on Friday at NMSU, where three Lobos went undefeated in singles competition against NMSU, Texas Tech and Northern Arizona University.
The UNM men's rugby club is coming off possibly its best season ever and is hoping to use that momentum to become a national championship contender, coach Shannon Robinson said. "We have a very special team that can really surprise some people," Robinson said.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo The Lobos will look to end a two-game losing streak this weekend when they head to Washington State for a non-conference game against the 24th-ranked Cougars. UNM will also try to avoid starting 1-3 for the fourth time in the last five years.
Aside from a bad hole here and a mental mistake there, the UNM women's golf team grabbed a credible 9th-place finish at the elite NCAA Fall Preview last weekend in Opelika, Ala. Duke University edged out host Auburn University in a playoff for the title.
When senior Ian Medlock found out he would be playing on the junior varsity squad in the William H. Tucker Invitational, he set a goal for himself: to win his last home tournament as a Lobo. With scores of 72-69-70-211 on the ultra-demanding, windswept UNM Championship Course Sept.
Despite four UNM team leaders red-shirting this season, the men's cross country team managed to snag a fourth-place win and the Lobo women took fifth place at the Lobo Invitational. The cross country team opened up the first of three running seasons at home this weekend.
Riann Lucy Cross Country Freshman Lucy led the women's cross country team to a 5th place finish this weekend at the Lobo Invitational. Lucy ran the 6K race in 23:56, coming in 27th out of 103 runners. Ian Medlock Golf Senior Medlock is a captain of the golf team.
Lobo fans were silent and teammates fell to their knees at the sight of senior team captain Jason Lenzmeier lying motionless on the field. It took two trainers to help him to the sidelines and onto a cart that took him to the locker room where he would undergo examinations and x-rays.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo The Lobos fell to BYU 10-7 in a tightly-contested game of field position Saturday night at University Stadium. The loss marked the 21st defeat in the last 23 meetings between UNM and the Cougars. Trouble started for the Lobos on the third series of the game.
Staff Report The UNM men's soccer team lost two close games against ranked opponents over the weekend in the Mi Cocina Classic in Dallas. Friday night the Lobos fell to 19th-ranked Tulsa 3-2. The game opened with an early score by Tulsa's Ryan Pore.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo UNM welcomes BYU to Albuquerque this weekend for the first conference game of the season. The Lobos are looking to bounce back from a tough loss to Texas Tech a week ago. Senior linebacker Billy Strother said the early season match-up is important for both teams.
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