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Bradbury adds familiar face to roster
May 31Head coach Mike Bradbury is bringing in yet another familiar face to the New Mexico women’s basketball program.
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Baseball: Lobos draw Dallas Baptist for regional opener
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 30New Mexico head coach Ray Birmingham got his wish. Following Saturday evening’s 14-4 victory over Nevada for the conference tournament title, Birmingham said he wanted to play somewhere that suited UNM baseball. He said he didn’t want to venture to a ballpark that didn’t allow the Lobos to swing for the fences.
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Track and Field: New Mexico sends double-digits to compete in the National Championships
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 29Six more Lobos punched their ticket to the NCAA Championships on Saturday, totaling 10 athletes that will head to Eugene Oregon for a shot at collegiate gold at the western preliminaries. Sophie Connor, Emily Hosker-Thornhill, Calli Thackery, Aasha Marler and Janell Hadnot and Josh Kerr will all join Alice Wright, Courtney Frerichs, Allan Hamilton, and Elmar Engholm who qualified for the NCAAs on Friday.
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Baseball: Nevada advances to play New Mexico for MW title after blowing out Air Force
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 28Nevada cruised to the Mountain West tournament championship game with a 12-1 win over Air Force in seven innings Saturday at Santa Ana Star Field. The third-seeded Wolf Pack will play No. 2 seed New Mexico at 5 p.m. and will have to secure a victory to force a sudden death game for the tournament title Sunday afternoon. UNM already beat Nevada 3-0 on Wednesday.
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Track and Field: Four Lobos headed to national championships
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 28Four Lobos will represent New Mexico on the big stage for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 8-11. Though inclement weather prevented teams from competing on Thursday, Courtney Frerichs, Alice Wright, Elmar Engholm and Allan Hamilton have all punched their ticket after placing in the top 12 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas on Friday.
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Baseball: Rocky start smooths out as Lobos head to championship
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 27New Mexico head coach Ray Birmingham had to call for time in the first inning to calm the nerves of his young club. After the conference on the hill, though, it was smooth sailing for the Lobos.
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Baseball: Wolf Pack rout Bulldogs
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 27Make that two wins in two games. Less than two hours after knocking out sixth-seeded San Diego State, No. 3 seed Nevada routed No. 1 seed Fresno State 25-6 in eight innings Friday at Santa Ana Star Field.
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Baseball: Nevada holds on to beat SDSU
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 27Despite a late rally from sixth-seeded San Diego State, No. 3 Nevada held on to a 5-3 win Friday at Santa Ana Star Field to advance in the Mountain West tournament. With the win, the Wolf Pack will play No. 1 seed Fresno State at 3 p.m.
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Baseball: Lobos take down Wolfpack behind Thomson's gem
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 26Colton Thomson said he wanted to give his team seven quality innings to put New Mexico in a position to win. The senior lefty did much more than that. Thomson chose UNM’s first appearance in the 2016 Mountain West Baseball Championships to throw his first career complete game, a shutout nonetheless. His career day would not stop there as the southpaw also fanned nine batters, tying Thomson’s career best.
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Baseball: Air Force upsets No. 1 seed Fresno State
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 26Mike Kazlausky believes in the old adage that it’s hard for one team to beat another group seven times in a row. Now that isn’t exactly how the saying goes, but that didn’t matter to the Air Force head coach as the fifth-seeded Falcons upset No. 1 seed and regular season champion Fresno State 9-7 on Thursday at the Mountain West tournament.
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Baseball: SDSU keeps elimination game winning streak alive
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 26San Diego State is more than accustomed to elimination games in the Mountain West tournament. In fact, the sixth-seeded Aztecs pushed their winning streak to 14 in elimination contests when they beat No. 4 seed UNLV 18-8 Thursday at Santa Ana Star Field. The Aztecs (21-37) have won the past three Mountain West tournaments.
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Track and Field: Three Lobos appointed to Academic All-District team
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 26More accolades continue to pour in for Alice Wright and Sophie Connor. Along with a national championship in the 2015-2016 cross country season, the pair have recently been added to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country District 7 Teams, released on Thursday.
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Baseball: Stajduhar's triple crown earns MW Player of the Year
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 26A heated regular season race brought about many standouts on the UNM roster, none bigger than Lobo third baseman Carl Stajduhar’s finish as the player of the year. The Mountain West announced the postseason accolades on Wednesday morning, and along with Stajduhar, second baseman Jared Holley, DH Chris DeVito, and pitcher Tyler Stevens were all appointed as first team all-conference players. Centerfielder Luis Gonzalez was appointed to the All-Mountain West Second Team.
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Baseball: New Mexico will look to cool down Nevada
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 26A grand slam walk-off, an upset, and a route highlighted the first day of the Mountain West Baseball Championships on Wednesday. Six teams remain in the hunt for a postseason crown, with two teams already possessing blemishes on their records.
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Baseball: Nevada beats down San Diego State
Thomas Romero-Salas | May 26Nevada cruised in its opening game against San Diego State with a 13-5 win at Santa Ana Star Field Wednesday night. The sixth-seeded Aztecs took an early 3-0 lead after the top of the first inning, but the Wolf Pack came roaring back with six runs of their own in the bottom of the inning.
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Football: Lobos ink new tailback
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 25The University of New Mexico announced on Wednesday morning the signing of its newest tailback. Kentrail Moran was listed as the number one running back in the state of Illinois has signed to join UNM’s well-established running attack for the 2016 season.
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Men's Tennis: UNM acquires Lawrence Perrin
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 24New Mexico announced on Tuesday morning its newest member of the men’s tennis team. Hailing from Great Britain, Lawrence Perrin has signed his National Letter of Intent and will cross the Atlantic Sea in order to join the Lobo roster. Perrin will be joining a roster returning all nine of its members from the 2015-2016 campaign, a team that garnered an at-large bid to the NCAAs.
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Baseball: Lobos gear up for 2016 Baseball Championship
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 24The sun was well above the Sandia Mountains while New Mexico was taking in its final practice at Santa Ana Star Field before the Mountain West Tournament. Media representatives, conference sponsors, players and coaches were all putting in the final touches before the gun sets off for the postseason.
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Baseball: Lobos finish as MW runner-up
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 24New Mexico juinior lefty Carson Schenieder has given the Lobos a free pass for the first round of the Mountain West tournament via UNM’s 11-2 route over Air Force on Saturday.
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Baseball: Lobos swing for a shot at number one seed
Liam Cary-Eaves | May 24Postseason facial hair has begun to grow for many New Mexico players, but a massive series against Air Force looms to shape how the postseason will be played out. In UNM’s last series of the regular season, the Lobos will have to garner a sweep, for a shot at a piece of the conference crown and the number one seed in the Mountain West Tournament.
