“UNM, hell yeah, UNM, hell yeah,” echoes through the Tow Diehm Facility. Is it the UNM football team getting energized before a practice? Nope.
It’s not that the north end of the stadium has yet to be completed or that the LoboVision screen waits to be fired up; making University Stadium into a bowl-like atmosphere.
The UNM men’s soccer team is holding a free youth skills clinic on Aug. 19 at Winrock Center.
For Keren Sari, a future with the UNM track and field team was just an e-mail away. In 1999, Sari, who is from Omer, Israel, sent e-mails to several coaches at universities in the United States inquiring about their programs. Former UNM assistant coach Susan Vigil-Belcher kept in touch with Sari, and she eventually signed with the Lobos.
As football season nears, so, too, does the end of construction to the newly expanded University Stadium. The expansion and renovation of the stadium, which began in November, is almost complete and includes new end zone seats on the north end and a state-of-the-art video scoreboard, called “LoboVision.” The additional seating increases University Stadium’s capacity to 37,164 seats and connects the east and west stands.
When UNM cross-country runner Ben Ortega lines up to run, he not only expects to win, he knows he is going to win. With a confident attitude, he is not afraid to say what he has done and what he is going to do as a runner.
Fans of the UNM men’s basketball team will be able to pack The Pit many times this season because of a schedule filled with home games. The Lobos’ 2001-2002 schedule has them playing 19 of their 28 games at home, including 15 of their first 17 games.
It was all driving, slashing and rebounding in UNM’s Johnson Gym Wednesday, as high school basketball teams from around the region battled each other as part of the 2001 Fran Fraschilla Lobo Boys Team Basketball Camp.
Watching former UNM football player Brian Urlacher during his youth football camp in mid-June, it was clear that the current NFL star is just one big kid.
The UNM men’s golf program turned to a familiar face when looking for a new head coach. Athletics Director Rudy Davalos promoted UNM assistant golf coach Glen Millican on Monday.
Fans of the UNM athletic program usually look at the win-loss column to determine if it had a successful season, but the Lobos also are improving in the classroom.
Football players of all ages had a busy week as the UNM football team and former UNM player and current NFL star Brian Urlacher held football camps in Albuquerque.
Monique Harris wakes up, her knee aching and throbbing with pain. She does not want to go to training today. She looks over to a paper taped up on her wall at home. Covered with goals she has set for herself, she knows to accomplish them she has to ignore the pain and train to get better.
In March, Carolyn Donnelly read about the accounts of the UNM women’s basketball team’s attempt to earn the first team national championship in school history and thought it was wrong. She knew of one program that had competed under the University’s umbrella and earned a team championship — the Lobo Cycling Club.
Chris Cooper’s baseball journey has mimicked a journeyman minor leaguer’s in many ways. His ventures have placed him in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bowie, Md.; Georgetown, Del.; and finally Albuquerque, and that’s only during his high school and college days. Now, Cooper’s traveling show hits the big time: Major League Baseball.
UNM men’s basketball program has had a busy week, with the departure of one player and a departure of sorts for two others. Sophomore guard Ruben Douglas was invited to try out for the United States World University Games team in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 1-3. The games are a multi-sport event and are held every two years. Tryouts were open to men between the ages of 17-28 who have, within the last year, been a student at a college or university.
UNM men’s golf coach J.T. Higgins has helped continue the Lobos’ strong golf program throughout his tenure and now will take his success to Texas A&M University. Higgins was hired Tuesday afternoon to take over the Aggie program. He replaces Bob Ellis, who retired after 27 years as Aggie head coach.
Although the UNM men’s tennis team’s season ended with a third-place finish at the Mountain West Conference Tournament and no postseason bid, its number one player, senior Takeshi Itoh, had a busy end to his year.
While the UNM baseball team’s season was filled with difficulties, it still found itself one game away from playing for the Mountain West Conference championship.
The UNM softball team could not take advantage of the home field in the Mountain West Conference Tournament, held May 10-12 at Lobo Field, due mainly to its lack of offensive power and inability to come up with clutch hits.
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