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Beach Volleyball: Lobos split weekend at Stetson Beach Invite

Bo Yu | March 19

The New Mexico beach volleyball team evened its performance at Stetson Beach Invite with a pair of wins and one defeat on Saturday in Tavares, Florida. The Lobos (6-8) went 3-3 overall over the weekend, dominating some of their opponents for falling to the nationally ranked ones. New Mexico dominated Jacksonville State (2-14) with a 5-0 sweep in its first match on Saturday. Then, New Mexico challenged tournament host No. 14 (DiG)/No. 12 (AVCA) Stetson (5-8), but fell 4-1. Though the team was able to rebound to end its east coast journey with a 5-0 victory over Lincoln Memorial (0-3).

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos drop another one-run decision, losing 5-4 to CS Fullerton

Matthew Narvaiz | March 19

A seventh inning lead for the University of New Mexico wasn't enough to stop Cal State Fullerton from pushing its way back into the game. After the Lobos (11-7, 6-0 MW) acquired a 4-2 lead, the Titans rallied its way back to a win on Saturday evening at Goodwin Field, 5-4, marking the second straight game in as many days that UNM lost to the opponent by a single run. Head coach Ray Birmingham said the players weren’t necessarily to blame for the loss, adding that some difficult fielding conditions played a role as well.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos lose third straight game, falling 2-1 to Cal State Fullerton

Matthew Narvaiz | March 18

Pitching was the prowess in Friday evening’s game between the University of New Mexico and Cal State Fullerton. But, despite a strong effort by the Lobos, they fell to the Titans, 2-1, at Goodwin Field in Fullerton, California. Despite another loss on the ledger, head coach Ray Birmingham said he was pleased with his team’s performance, especially that of his starting pitcher Tyler Stevens and his team’s best hitter Luis Gonzalez. “That was a very competitive college baseball game,” Birmingham said in a press release.

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News

Beach Volleyball: Lobos drop heartbreakers to Florida Atlantic, Georgia State, but win Morehead State

Bo Yu | March 18

Struggling with close matches, the Lobo beach volleyball team could not pull out two tight games against nationally ranked teams, finishing its debut on the east coast with a sweep over Morehead State. “We lost two heartbreakers today,” New Mexico head coach Jeff Nelson said in a release. “They were both matches we could have won, but we just didn’t stay in the moment.” The only win of the Lobos (4-7) on Friday at the Stetson Beach Invitational in Tavares, Florida came from a 5-0 sweep against Morehead State (0-3).

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Sports

Beach Volleyball: Lobos get another shot to win against top-ranked teams in Florida

Bo Yu | March 16

The Lobo beach volleyball team will travel to Tavares, Florida to compete in the Stetson Beach Invitational on Friday and Saturday. New Mexico (3-5) one just one of its three matches last week, but made some strides in closing the gap against a pair of nationally-ranked teams on Sunday. The Lobos were narrowly defeated 3-2 against Arizona State and fell to Arizona by a score of 4-1 on Sunday. In the newest DiG Magazine poll, the Lobos were ranked 22nd, as well as 23rd in the AVCA poll.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos suffer second consecutive shutout loss to Oklahoma State

Matthew Narvaiz | March 16

It would be safe to say that the bats for New Mexico bats were quiet against Oklahoma State as the team suffered another loss on Wednesday afternoon. New Mexico (11-5, 6-0 MW) mustered just three hits in the second of a two-game series, losing a second consecutive game to the Oklahoma State as the Cowboys improved to 11-6 on the season. The Cowboys pounded out 16 hits and lit up the scoreboard, in a lopsided 13-0 victory at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

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Sports

Men’s Tennis: Lobos back on track after strong 5-2 home win

Matthieu Cartron | March 16

The Lobo men’s tennis team was desperate for a win after dropping its last four decisions and got one by grinding out a hard-fought match at home on Tuesday over Northern Arizona. After losing to UC Santa Barbara on Friday, the Lobos were desperate for a victory. Before the Mountain-Pacific Invitational Tournament in California, the Lobos were in fine form, having won five matches in a row. But the Lobos played a handful of matches in California, though one would up being canceled. New Mexico lost both matches in the tournament and the California curse continued as it lost to UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara as well.

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Opinion

Letter: Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations are hurting New Mexico

Daily Lobo Readers | March 16

On Saturday night, March 11, 2017, I started a long overdue conversation on the floor of the House. For the past 14 years, New Mexico tried an experiment – we cut personal and corporate income taxes to see if jobs would flow into the state. The experiment failed. Jobs and people left the state. Revenues tumbled. Schools, public safety and infrastructure were decimated. And the tax burden rose sharply on lower and middle class wage earners.

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Sports

Baseball: UNM held to one hit in 3-0 loss at Oklahoma State

Matthew Narvaiz | March 15

The University of New Mexico baseball team suffered a rare loss as the team was shut out in game one against No. 23 Oklahoma State Tuesday in Stillwater, Oklahoma. New Mexico (11-4) was almost no-hit in the game, picking up its lone hit in the seventh inning. Oklahoma State, the 23rd ranked team in the Baseball America poll, didn’t generate much more offense, but h

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News

Study: New Mexico has work to do with woman-friendliness

Elizabeth Sanchez | March 14

In the midst of Women’s History Month, WalletHub began ranking how women fare in each state, and New Mexico came in at 43rd — ninth worst in the nation. The study compared each state and Washington D.C. across 19 metrics. Area in which New Mexico is notably poor: unemployment rate for women, share of women in poverty, high school dropout rate for women, female uninsured rate, quality of women’s hospitals and women’s preventive healthcare. Associate history professor Cathleen Cahill said the statistics are not surprising, due to the state’s extensive history of a “rural population, poverty and isolation, resulting in difficulties for women and children."

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Sports

Women's Tennis: Lobo notch first double point of season, but fall in home opener

Robert Maler | March 14

The Lobo women’s tennis team broke through to win its first doubles point of the season in the home opener, but it wasn’t enough as Minnesota came from behind to ruin the homecoming. New Mexico (1-10) opened the spring season playing 10 straight matches on the road, but came away with just one team victory despite getting close several times. The team returned to host Minnesota (9-4) and hoped to continue its dominance at home, where UNM went undefeated last season.

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Sports

Women's Basketball: Team announces three players set to part ways with Lobo basketball

Matthew Narvaiz | March 13

Three Lobo women's basketball players have apparently played their last game in the cherry and silver, with the trio expected to transfer prior to the start of next season. A release named junior guard Jayda Bovero and freshmen Brittany Panetti and Hannah Sjerven as the student-athletes that will be leaving the program. Panetti and Sjerven were used sparingly, with both players averaging well under 10 minutes of playing time per game. Though it was a small sample size, Panetti scored 21 points in just 41 minutes of playing time, going 7-of-9 from the floor and securing 10 rebounds. But the 6’1” forward only played in eight games during the season, averaging just over five minutes per game. Head coach Mike Bradbury said Panetti made the decision to transfer to a place where she might see more playing team and have a bigger role on the team.

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Sports

Baseball: UNM gets multiple MW Player of the Week prior to facing Oklahoma State

Matthew Narvaiz | March 13

The Lobo baseball team took two coveted Mountain West accolades after sweeping San Jose State over the weekend. Senior first baseman Jack Zoellner took home Mountain West Player of the Week – his second this season—and junior Tyler Stevens joined his teammate earning Mountain West Pitcher of the Week honors. Zoellner played a big part in the Lobo offense during a game in El Paso, Texas against New Mexico State as well as their three-game series sweep at home against San Jose State over the weekend. The Lobo first baseman hit a healthy .529 during the four-game stretch, racking up three doubles, two home runs, four runs scored and eight RBI.

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Sports

Beach Volleyball: Lobos fall to both Arizona State and Arizona in Sun Devil Challenge

Bo Yu | March 13

The New Mexico volleyball team continued to show improvement against some of the top programs in the nation, but could not pull out a victory. The Lobos (3-5) lost a 3-2 heartbreaker to the Arizona State Sun Devils (3-2), and fell later in the day by a score of 4-1 to the Arizona Wildcats (3-2) in Tempe, Arizona on Sunday. “We’re still getting better with each match,” head coach Jeff Nelson said in a release. “It was an exciting day...The level was really high.”

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Sports

Men’s Soccer: Lawrence double gives UNM first win of the 2017 spring season

Matthieu Cartron | March 13

The Lobo’s spring season kicked off last week in dramatic fashion, with UNM losing 2-1 in overtime to Southern Methodist University. While the first game may not have gone the way the Lobos intended, the spring season is less about the results and more about player development and experience. Young players get a chance to adapt and exhibit their abilities on the field. "Spring games are a great opportunity for our young players to test themselves in preparation for the fall,” UNM head coach Jeremy Fishbein said in a release.

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Sports

Baseball: Lobos perfect in MW play after completing a three-game sweep of San Jose State

Matthew Narvaiz | March 12

The Lobo baseball team may have racked up fewer hits than San Jose State on Sunday afternoon, but they were still able to scrounge up a win. New Mexico took home an 8-3 victory in its final chapter of a three-game series with the San Jose State Spartans, completing the sweep to improve its record to 11-3 overall and an unblemished 6-0 in the Mountain West. Meanwhile, after losing three straight to the Lobos, the Spartans have dropped to 6-8 on the season with a 2-4 record in conference play. UNM was uncharacteristically outhit in the game, as the Spartan bats put plenty of balls in play. But they weren't able to translate those hits into runs, scoring just three times on 15 hits for the game.

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Sports

Men's Soccer: Former Lobo Chris Wehan goes pro, signing with Reno 1868 FC

Isabel Gonzalez | March 12

Former Lobo Chris Wehan recently became the third member of the 2016 UNM men’s soccer squad to be inked to a professional contract. Reno 1868 FC announced on Wednesday that the team offered Wehan a professional contract, as the UNM alum moves into the next level in his soccer career.

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Sports

Men's Basketball: Nevada emerges as 2017 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Champions

Isabel Gonzalez | March 12

Another Mountain West basketball season is in the books. The Nevada Wolf Pack became the 2017 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Champions after taking down the second-seeded Colorado State Rams by a score of 79-71 on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Sports

Track and field: Josh Kerr caps Lobos’ indoor season with NCAA title

Bo Yu | March 12

Perhaps no one could have guessed the destination for Josh Kerr, but the talented redshirt freshman left his mark by ending up with an individual NCAA championship on Saturday in College Station, Texas. The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships did not witness Kerr repeat his sterling triple performance at the Mountain West Championships (he ran three times in three minutes 58 seconds), but his time of 4:03.32 was more than enough to claim his first NCAA title. Kerr entered the men’s one-mile run ranked as the seventh seed, but stunned No. 1 ranked Oregon senior Edward Cheserek in the race to win by over two seconds.

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Sports

Beach Volleyball: UNM sweeps Texas A&M-Kingsville to even season record

Bo Yu | March 12

The New Mexico beach volleyball team evened its season record with an easy 5-0 win over Division II-opponent Texas A&M-Kingsville in Tempe, Ariz on Saturday. “It was nice to play one of the weaker teams and prep for tomorrow,” assistant coach Pauline Manser said in a release. “It was good for us to work on the things that we worked on during the week and focused on after last weekend.” The Lobos (3-3) did not meet many challenges in the first-ever encounter with the Javelinas (4-2).