by Lee Cornell Daily Lobo Overshadowing the annual Cherry-Silver game on Saturday was a high ankle sprain sustained by sophomore running back DonTrell Moore. Moore injured the same ankle in the Las Vegas Bowl against UCLA in the Lobos' last game.
by Rick Bustos Daily Lobo The UNM women's tennis team beat the Texas Tech Lady Raiders 6-1 at the UNM Tennis Club on Saturday. The Lobos lost out on the doubles point, with defeats in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, but bounced back to sweep all six points from the singles matches.
Keren Sari-Bentzur of the women's track team and Adrian Boyd of the football team are this week's New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week. Sari-Bentzur finished sixth, second among collegiate competitors, in the heptathlon at the prestigious Mt. SAC College relays this weekend.
by Todd Burns Daily Lobo A group of 20 athletes from the UNM men's and women's track teams are competing at the Mount San Antonio College Relays this week. Mt. SAC is one of the premier track meets in the Southwest. All athletes must qualify in their respective event and receive an invitation to compete.
Women's Golf Sophomore Kailin Downs has been named the Mountain West Conference women's golfer of the month on the strength of a fourth-place finish at the Ping/ASU Invitational April 4-6. Downs fired rounds of 71-76-69-216 at the Karsten Course to grab her fifth top-five in eight starts this season.
Staff Report The Lobos look to continue their hot play this weekend in a three-game series against BYU in Provo, Utah. This is an important series for both baseball teams as the season begins to wind down. With identical 9-6 records in the Mountain West Conference, UNM and BYU are tied for second place along with San Diego State, behind front-runner UNLV.
UNM tradition continues this weekend when the old meets the new in the annual Cherry-Silver football game at University Stadium Saturday. The contest is the last practice for the football team in the spring season and a chance for newcomers and veterans alike to display their skills in front of the UNM fans.
UNM baseball player Josh Jezek and Ashley VanBoxmeer of the softball team are this week's New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week. Jezek delivered a game-winning single in the final contest of the series with San Diego State University Sunday for a 5-4 comeback victory.
Subpar scoring and plenty of birdies ruled at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational March 11-12, where the UNM men's golf team could manage only an 8-under-par total - for a disappointing 14th-place finish. With temperatures in the low 90s, little to no wind and a course in perfect condition, low scores were to be expected, Lobo head coach Glen Millican said.
Staff Report A 4-3 win over the Air Force Falcons gave the UNM men's tennis team a second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference by virtue of a tie-breaker Sunday. The Lobos finished 4-1 in the MWC, which tied them with San Diego State and Brigham Young universities.
UNM, 3, Utah, 7 The UNM softball team looked to improve its conference record with a win in game one of Sunday's doubleheader with the University of Utah Utes at the UNM Softball Complex. Going into Sunday's games, Lobos head coach Kim Newbern felt the two teams were evenly matched, giving UNM a small edge with regards to speed and power.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo After a streak of blown leads cost the Lobo baseball team five of its last six games, it was finally UNM's turn to come from behind Sunday at Lobo Field. Timely hitting, key defensive and baserunning plays enabled UNM to pull out a tight 5-4, 10-inning win against the San Diego State Aztecs.
Staff Report The UNM men's mile relay team nearly shocked Louisiana State University at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday. The mile team of Matt Bishop, Chris Garofola, David Lloyd and Nick Lott shattered their previous best time by nearly two seconds at 3:10.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo The Lobos look to end a tough four-game losing streak when San Diego State University comes to Albuquerque this weekend for an important three-game series. After three narrow losses to Mountain West Conference leader UNLV, followed by another close defeat at the hands of New Mexico State University on Wednesday, the series against the Aztecs is suddenly crucial for a team looking to boost itself back to the top of the MWC.
by Todd Burns Daily Lobo UNM head track coach Matt Henry will face off against his brother - Pat Henry, head track coach at Louisiana State University, this weekend. The Lobo men's and women's track teams will travel to Baton Rouge, La. to face returning NCAA champions LSU on Saturday.
Ashley Shartzer delivered a clutch two-run homer that sent the UNM softball team to a 4-2 victory over BYU at Lobo Field Thursday. After the Cougars tied the game 2-2 in the top of the fifth inning, freshman shortstop Ashley VanBoxmeer led off the bottom of the sixth with a base hit through the left side of the infield.
The UNM softball team aims to get back on the winning track when it plays host to the BYU Cougars for a doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Lobo Field. UNM (16-26-1, 1-5 Mountain West Conference) is coming off a pair of losses to league rival Colorado State University, Saturday.
by Todd Burns Daily Lobo Imagine running 90 to 100 miles a week during summer vacation; think about purchasing eight to 10 pairs of running shoes a year - that is what it takes for UNM's Matt Gonzales to be ranked first in the nation. Gonzales, a junior on the UNM men's track team, qualified for the NCAA national track championships at a meet in Stanford earlier this year.
The Grand Canyon State has been the site of two top-10 finishes for the UNM men's golf team this spring - a trend it hopes to continue with a trip to the ASU Thunderbird Intercollegiate in Tempe, Ariz., April 11-12. The Lobos, who moved up four spots to No.
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