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Football: UNM announces 30-day suspension of head coach Bob Davie

Robert Maler | February 9

Recent investigations into the University of New Mexico football program and UNM Athletics could not definitively substantiate key allegations of wrongdoing, but the University is still taking action to address concerns in its findings. The University of New Mexico announced Thursday that it will be suspending head football coach Bob Davie for a period of 30 days without pay. In addition to the suspension, it was announced that the Athletics Department would be required to receive mandatory Title IX and sensitivity training as some of the recommendations being implemented by an investigation.

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Sports

Softball: Season preview, Lobos open with Kajikawa Classic

Cameron Goeldner | February 9

The University of New Mexico softball team opens the season Friday morning at 9:15 a.m. against No. 15/16 University of Utah and at 11:45 a.m. against Saint Mary’s College of California in the first two games of Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Arizona. The Classic will feature 28 teams with the Lobos playing a total of five games over three days. On Saturday, the Lobos will face off against Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m.. Challenging games against No. 3 Oregon and No. 7 Arizona at 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday will wrap up the weekend. Friday marks new coach Paula Congleton’s first game in charge of her alma mater after taking over for Erika Beach last June. Congleton came to UNM from Santa Barbara Community College, where she went 354-322 in 19 years. She was a three time All-American at first base during her playing career at New Mexico.

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Sports

Men's Soccer: Lobos add 12 on signing day

Cameron Goeldner | February 8

The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team announced the signing of 12 new recruits for the 2018 recruiting class, including five players from New Mexico. With this class, the Lobos add three players with US youth national team experience. "I want to thank Coach Graczyk and Coach Altman for their tireless efforts in bringing in an incredible class, all the credit goes to them," head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. "These players share the values of our program and are all great students from wonderful families. They will mature into impactful leaders in their communities. In sharing the values of our program: academic, community and athletic excellence, these players represent what our state, university and athletic department stand for." The class is headlined by midfielder Erik “Gallo” Virgen, defender Glademir “Pichu” Mendoza and goalie Alex Fetterly as all three have represented the United States at the youth level.

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Sports

Football: National Letter of Intent signing day additions

Cameron Goeldner | February 8

Filling in the pieces of the puzzle. According to New Mexico head football coach Bob Davie, that was the focus for him and his staff during the 2018 recruiting class. The University of New Mexico football program announced the signings of 22 new players on Wednesday as part of National Signing Day, the first day when athletes are able to sign letters of intent, binding them to the school that they previously committed to. Because of the new early signing period, 12 members of this year’s recruiting class signed their letters of intent in December.

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Sports

Women’s Basketball: Lobos fall at Boise State

Matthew Narvaiz | February 8

The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team could have taken one step closer toward making it back to the top of the Mountain West by trying to take down Boise State on Wednesday in hopes of extending its winning streak to three games. But despite having three players — senior guards Cherise Beynon and Tesha Buck and junior post Jaisa Nunn score over 20 points each against the Broncos — the win didn’t come as hoped. Instead, the two teams duked it out and BSU got the end result they wanted—a 91-85 victory at Taco Bell Arena.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Joe Furstinger suspended for one game by MW

Cameron Goeldner | February 8

Joe Furstinger of the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team has been suspended for one game by the Mountain West conference for his actions at the end of Tuesday night’s matchup against Boise State. He will miss Saturday’s game at the Air Force Academy. “The student-athletes and support personnel from both institutions have been admonished with regard to their leaving the bench area to participate in the altercation,” the Mountain West said in a press release. “This action could have resulted in a much more serious incident. The game officials correctly determined that time had expired and were thus unable to employ applicable NCAA playing rules.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos lose composure and lead late in game

Robert Maler | February 7

It's not how you start—it's how you finish. The University of New Mexico men's basketball team led nearly wire-to-wire against Boise State on Tuesday evening, but failed to execute down the stretch—making critical errors and surrendering the final eight points at the end of the game on the way to a 73-71 loss. It was the first loss at home in Mountain West conference place for New Mexico (12-13, 7-5 MW), which tumbled all the way to fifth in the conference standings after it entered the game sitting in third place. And if blowing a late-game lead wasn't bad enough, the team also lost senior Joe Furstinger for his actions toward the end of the game. Boise State's Marcus Dickinson rebounded a missed layup as time expired—but took a shot from Furstinger, who extended his arms up around the head and neck area of Dickinson. Furstinger was presumably trying to commit a foul to extend the game, but the Broncos took exception and the benches cleared before order was restored.

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Sports

Women’s Basketball: Winners of two straight, Lobos head to Boise State

Matthew Narvaiz | February 6

The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team is sitting on a cloud of momentum, after winning two straight (both at home) against the likes of Utah State and San Jose State. On Wednesday when they face Boise State on the road — who they beat in early January at Dreamstyle Arena — a win can continue that streak. Against the Spartans on Sunday and against Utah State last Wednesday, the Lobos had a huge defensive resurgence in the second quarters of each game. The Lobos held USU to four points, and outscored the Spartans 22-6 in the second quarter en route to a 92-62 victory.

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Men's Basketball: Lobos looking forward to rematch as they host Boise State

Robert Maler | February 6

The Lobos lost big against Boise State in Idaho earlier in the season, but hope to return the favor as they welcome the Broncos into Dreamstyle Arena aka The Pit on Tuesday evening. Boise State (19-4, 9-2 MW) punished the University of New Mexico men's basketball team when the two teams hooked up on Jan. 3—blowing out the Lobos by a score of 90-62. But New Mexico (12-12, 7-4 MW) has looked like a different team since that game, posting wins in six of its last eight matchups and sit alone in third place in the Mountain West standings.

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Culture

Club offers outlet for South Asian sports

Ariel Lutnesky | February 5

With Superbowl Sunday just behind us, American football is huge this time of the year. But for those of you who prefer sports from South Asia, there’s a club on campus that might be perfect for you: the Bengal Brothers Sports Club. Muntasir Al Kabir, the president of BBSC, said the club has sports teams for all sorts of games popular in South Asia, like cricket, volleyball, soccer, badminton and table tennis.

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Sports

Career Issue: Lobo point guard Hunter Greene transitions from basketball to business

Aaron Cowan | February 5

At 6 feet, 7 inches, former Lobo point guard Hunter Greene is hard to miss. Greene played basketball at UNM from 1983 to 1988, under head coach Gary Colson, getting redshirted in the 1985-1986 season. “It definitely helps to have the height,” Greene said. “I think that’s probably what got me attracted to basketball was my height.” Greene did well on UNM’s team, and said that he thoroughly enjoyed his time there. “I wanted basketball to last longer,” he said. “I graduated as the all-time leading scorer.” From there Greene said he felt that he had to give the NBA a shot and tried out for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Sports

Career Issue: Former Daily Lobo sports writer and IFDM student on to new things

Matthieu Cartron | February 5

Offering several hundred academic programs, the University of New Mexico produces graduates that enter all sorts of different fields—but what do students who have worked at the Daily Lobo go on to do? Not all journalists at the Daily Lobo go on to pursue careers in journalism. And those who do don’t always know where they might end up or what they might cover. Although still in the budding stages of her career, UNM 2017 graduate Isabel Gonzalez could not have imagined being where she is now. Gonzalez majored in multimedia through the Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media program (IFDM), and is now the digital media coordinator for the Lobo Lair. The Lobo Lair is a website that allows UNM fans to interact with one another and connect with Lobo athletics. The website is essentially a group of forums—monitored by modulators—for UNM’s most popular sports, including men’s and women’s basketball.

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Opinion

Career Issue: Column — Jobs in sports for non-athletes

Cameron Goeldner | February 4

For most young athletes, there’s a moment when they realize that they don’t have the athletic ability to play their sport professionally someday. For many, this is where their hopes of someday working in sports comes to an end — and that’s fine, but that doesn’t have to be the case. There are many careers for those of us who may not be athletically gifted enough to play beyond our youngest years (anyone else get cut from the high school golf team? No? Just me?), so let's start with the obvious ones.

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Sports

Career Issue: Lobo alum went from pro football to mentoring youth

Sherri Barth | February 4

“Football kinda chose me.” That is what UNM alum and former New Mexico football running back DonTrell Moore said, stating his favorite sport wasn’t football, but basketball and then soccer. Moore said it was his mother who encouraged him to play football. A native of Roswell, New Mexico, Moore was able to efficiently balance playing a sport and achieving in the classroom. According to golobos.com, he had over 6,000 rushing yards during his high school years, all while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average. Moore played for the Lobos from 2002 to 2005 and was named Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year — the first Lobo rookie ever voted first team all-conference, according to the team’s website.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Logwood comes up big late in game to hold off San José State

Robert Maler | February 4

The University of New Mexico men's basketball team got all it could handle on the road at San José State, but held on to escape with a victory. San José State (3-19, 0-11 MW) experienced turnover woes early and often, committing nine of them in the first eight minutes of the game. The shaky start was a recipe for digging a double-digit deficit as the Spartan fell behind 21-8 by the midway point of the first half. The Lobos probably didn't cash in as many of the mistakes into points as they would've like, but things seemed to be trending in the right direction for an easy victory.

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Women’s Basketball: Lobos defeat San José State at the Pit

Matthew Narvaiz | February 4

A stout defensive effort in the second quarter and beyond, and a 30-point double-double performance from junior post Jaisa Nunn helped the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team defeat the visiting San José State Spartans, 92-62, on Saturday afternoon at Dreamstyle Arena in front of an announced 5,403 fans. The win marked the Lobos’ second straight after they defeated Utah State on Wednesday, 80-47, at home in a game that also saw them put on a defensive performance for the ages, when they allowed the Aggies to score just four points. The two recent wins are also a shift for UNM (18-6, 6-5 MW), as they had dropped five of their last six games in the Mountain West prior to Wednesday, including a loss on the road to SJSU (6-16, 3-8 MW), 95-86, on Jan. 6. — the team they just beat. Head coach Mike Bradbury praised his team after Saturday’s win, saying that they never gave up even during the Lobos’ recent skid. “Our kids have been great. They've never got down and never were going to throw in the towel when we went through that little mess,” Bradbury said, according to a UNM press release. “They continued to work and I think some things are starting to pay off.”

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Lobos in search of road win against San Jose State

Robert Maler | February 3

The Lobos will look to notch their second road victory of the season and even its overall record again on Saturday afternoon when they travel to square off against conference for San José State. Despite missing four key players, The University of New Mexico men's basketball team (11-12, 6-4 MW) mounted a late comeback against Utah State Wednesday night, but didn't quite have enough juice to get over the hump. After erasing most of a 15-point deficit to make it a single-possession game late, the Lobos fell 89-80 to the Aggies.

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Men's Tennis: UNM loses first home game in tight contest

Matthieu Cartron | February 1

In the first home game and third match of the season, the University of New Mexico fell to Northern Arizona University 4-3 at the McKinnon Family Tennis Center. In the early stages of the match, it was UNM that struck first. The doubles pair, sophomore Ricky Hernandez-Tong and sophomore Dominic West, beat senior Felix Schumann and senior Sebastian Eguez 6-1 on court 2, and soon after, UNM seniors Bart Van Leijsen and Jorge Escutia gifted UNM the doubles point with a narrow 7-6 (7-2) victory on court 1 over juniors Tim Handel and Ruben Montano.

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Men's Basketball: Lobos challenge late, but fall to Utah State on the road

Robert Maler | January 31

A late charge wasn't quite enough for the University of New Mexico men's basketball team as it came up short on the road Wednesday night against Utah State. The Lobos fell back under .500 for the season and snapped their three-game winning streak. The 89-80 loss dropped UNM to 11-12 overall and 6-4 in Mountain West play. While Utah State improved to 6-5 in conference and are now 13-11 on the season. New Mexico was without the services of four players who collectively had accounted for nearly 39 percent of the team's offensive output. Despite missing some major contributors, UNM was able to battle back from double-digit deficits on multiple occasions to makes things interesting.

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Women's Basketball: UNM returns to .500 in conference play

Matthew Narvaiz | January 31

The University of New Mexico women’s basketball team won in decisive fashion over Utah State Wednesday evening, marking the team’s third win this January, after they dropped five of their last six games. UNM’s 80-47 win was well-rounded, too, as the team saw a plethora of scoring from recently stagnant players, like senior guards Tesha Buck and Alex Lapeyrolerie, as well as bench players, such as senior guard Laneah Bryan and freshman guard Madi Washington.