The Lobo softball team used a clutch two-out RBI triple by Stephanie Kennedy and a dominating performance by Amy Dumas on the mound to beat league leading San Diego State 2-1 Sunday afternoon at Lobo Field. "She has the ability to hit for power," head coach Kim Newbern said of Kennedy.
Michael Letzig of the golf team and softball player Amy Dumas are this week's New Mexico Daily Lobo Athletes of the Week. Letzig won the MWC Tournament with rounds of 69-72-69-210 and helped propel the Lobos to a conference crown and an automatic bid to regionals.
Men's Tennis The UNM men's tennis team got the word Thursday that three Lobos have been invited to the NCAA tournament. Junior Divan Coetzee has been invited as a singles player while Brent Salazar and Ryan Stotland will play as a doubles team. Coetzee will be making his second consecutive appearance in the tournament.
Staff Report The Lobo track team heads south to El Paso for the second time this year to compete in the Miners' UTEP Twilight track meet on Saturday. The meet will mark the end of regular season competition for UNM. The Lobos will face in-state rival, New Mexico State University and a host of unattached athletes.
Senior center fielder Kelly Glass will play her final home games in a Lobo uniform this weekend when the Lobos conclude their home schedule with doubleheaders against San Diego State University and UNLV. Glass has started every game in her four-year career and has been a solid presence in the field and at the plate throughout.
Spring 2003 has been a sink or swim season for the UNM men's golf team, which hit the water with both legs kicking at the Mountain West Conference Championship Thursday in Sunriver, Ore. The Lobos, who have finished second twice, sixth once and outside the top-12 three times in an up-and-down '03 campaign, dismantled the 7,273-yard, par-72 Crosswater Course, shooting a 12-under-par 276 in the first round of the MWC's grand finale.
Lloyd bolted to a first-place finish in the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.90 at the Jack Christiansen Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo. The senior also helped the 4x100-meter relay team to a gold medal finish. Leckovic played outstanding golf in tough conditions to win the individual title at the MWC championships in Sunriver, Ore.
If it seems like UNM has dominated women's golf in the Mountain West Conference for nearly half a decade, it's because they have - the 2003 MWC Conference Championship was no different. UNM not only waltzed away with an elusive four-peat in stunning fashion April 24-26, it also grabbed several top conference honors at Saturday night's awards banquet.
Staff Report Men's Tennis The UNM men's tennis team came up short in the Mountain West Conference championship match Saturday. The San Diego State Aztecs downed the Lobos 4-0, giving them an automatic NCAA bid. UNM was awaiting word from the NCAA selection committee Sunday.
by Todd Burns Daily Lobo FORT COLLINS, Colo. -Many UNM track athletes stayed home this weekend - while many others, who had not competed for two weeks, rose to the challenge in Fort Collins, Colo. Freshman RaShawn Jackson was one individual who answered the call of his team with a strong performance.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo In a game of big plays, none was bigger than Lawson Burnat's pinch-hit, walk-off homerun that gave the Lobos a 12-11 win and capped an important three-game sweep of Utah on Sunday. With the score tied 11-11 in the bottom of the ninth, head coach Rich Alday sent Burnat and his left-handed bat to the plate against Brady Martinez, a right-handed, side-arm pitcher who had been effective in relief to that point.
Maybe it was junior Katrina Leckovic's par at the 54th and final hole of the Mountain West Conference women's golf championship Saturday. Maybe it was the 4-under-par 280 posted by the UNM squad Friday in a second round marked by wind, sleet and snow - a round head coach Jackie Booth called "one of the best I've ever watched in those kinds of conditions.
by Phil Parker Daily Lobo UNM welcomes Utah to Lobo field this weekend for an important three-game series. As the season winds down, the Lobos are looking to claw their way back to the top of the Mountain West standings. After a series loss to BYU in Provo, Utah, last weekend, the Lobos (10-8 MWC) are fourth in the conference standings.
by Arthur Simoni and Lee Cornell Daily Lobo The Lobo men's tennis team, recently crowned regular season Mountain West Conference co-champions, heads to Provo, Utah today to try and win the MWC tournament and grab an automatic NCAA bid. "We want to win it," head coach Alan Dils said.
Staff Report The UNM track and field team travels to Fort Collins, Colo., today to compete in the Jack Christiansen Invitational Saturday. For many of the 45 athletes heading north, this weekend marks the first competition in several weeks. The Lobos are coming off trips to Austin, Texas, in the Texas Relays and the Mt.
Despite two inches of snow in Sunriver, Ore., that caused a change of venue and delayed starting time for the Mountain West Conference women's golf championship, the Lobos are poised for a true rarity in sports - a four-peat. The fate of Thursday's first round was still up in the air at about 11 a.
The New Mexico State University Aggies beat the Lobos 16-14 in a slugfest at Lobo Field Tuesday afternoon. NMSU used six homers on a day when winds were blowing 35 miles an hour straight out to left field. One of those home runs came off the bat of the Aggies' Billy Becher on the second pitch from Robert Lacheur in the fifth inning to put NMSU up 15-12.
Staff Report The UNM women's tennis team heads to California today for the Mountain West Conference tournament in San Diego. Seven women will try to conquer the MWC tennis championship for the Lobos, but they will have some stiff competition. The University of Nevada-Las Vegas is the favorite going into the tournament and San Diego State University will also pose a challenge to UNM.
Despite promising performances from the Lobos' two young quarterbacks in Saturday's Cherry-Silver game, UNM head football coach Rocky Long says the starting job still belongs to incumbent senior Casey Kelly. "Neither one of the other quarterbacks have proved they're better than Casey," Long said.
Solutions by The State News
