UNM played host to a unique sight on Saturday: geeks dressed to the nines with their pocket-protectors and horn rimmed glasses dashing around the campus.
New Mexico State started slow in both halves of the game, but relied on strong finishes to earn its first win over New Mexico since 2011. Early in the contest, the Lobos offense was rolling and the defense tightening up anytime the Aggies got near the red zone, forcing NMSU to settle for field goals.
New Mexico will play host to some of the best teams of the country in the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, which opens on Monday morning. Despite heavy competition, head coach Jill Trujillo has no shortage of expectations for her team, and expects to hoist the trophy in her four seniors’ final tournament at home.
New Mexico ended the NAU Mountain Classic and its grueling seven game road trip with a 0-0 tie against Northern Arizona on Saturday night. The Lobos (3-2-2) played the Lumberjacks in a tight and equal match on paper
UNM took down the Grand Canyon Lopes 1-0 thanks to another goal by senior forward Niko Hansen and shutdown defense on Sunday night. The lone goal gave the Lobos (4-2-0) their second win of the Grange and Ashwill Memorial Tournament weekend, and their fourth straight overall. All four wins have been shutouts under junior goalkeeper Jason Beaulieu.
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An opportunity to get better or a chance to play in an electric postseason atmosphere? Either way, New Mexico did not back down against the number one team in the nation in front of 4,473 fans, the fourth largest crowd in program history.
Last season, New Mexico State controlled the first half before blowing a lead in the second. On Saturday night at Aggie Memorial Stadium, New Mexico State returned the favor en route to a 32-21 loss in the Rio Grande Rivalry. It’s the first time NMSU has beaten UNM since 2011. The Lobos controlled the action for most of the game, but the Aggies made big plays on offense, defense, and special teams to scrap its way back and score the go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
As they close a rigorous stretch of road matches, the Lobos opened the NAU Mountain Classic with a 2-0 victory over Grand Canyon University at Lumberjack Stadium. After a quiet first half by both clubs, New Mexico announced its arrival in after the break, sparked by junior midfielder Casey Murphy’s goal in the 51st minute.
It took 109 minutes and 32 seconds, but the grinding paid off. The Lobos took a 1-0 victory over the Colorado State University, Bakersfield Roadrunners on Friday, the first night of the Grange and Ashwill Memorial Tournament. The win came with 28 seconds remaining in the second period of overtime.
The past two nights, teams have not been able to master its serves. In both contests UNM has played in, the Lobos and opponents have combined for 42 service errors, 21 each night. New Mexico (6-2) would eventually find its groove and complete a 3-0 sweep over Montreal in an exhibition match on Saturday night.
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On Thursday afternoon, Kiva Club members held a demonstration on campus protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline on campus and saying it would hurt the communities the pipeline would run through. Hundreds gathered outside the SUB in a show of solidarity with the protesters who have amassed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota over the past few months in protest.
Have you ever wondered what happens to unclaimed items at UNM’s lost and found? A bulletin board full of keys, organized by car model, hangs in a small room where textbooks, documents, mail, electronics, clothing, backpacks and thermoses are stored at UNM Police Department’s Lost and Found on the first floor of Hokona Hall.
UNM Athletics and other organizations around New Mexico are providing sports fans of a certain age with a new way to enjoy the game, with the start of alcohol sales at home games for various sports. The decision comes amid a national trend as many schools are adopting the policy of alcohol sales at college sporting events, with New Mexico State University having started sales last season.
New Mexico will be looking for two more wins at home this weekend. The Lobos will be hosting the Grange and Ashwill Memorial Invitational this weekend, where they will once again face two teams.
New Mexico opened up the Lobo Classic with a bang on Thursday night, defeating Arkansas 3-1 behind senior Julia Warren’s career mark at WisePies Arena. Head coach Jeff Nelson said going into the match that he wanted to see some major production from his senior pin hitters, and all three tallied double-digit kills on the night.
This weekend, the All Kinds Festival is taking over downtown Albuquerque with a kaleidoscope of local artistic talents. Josh Stuyvesant, UNM alum and co-organizer of the event, said the team behind it has designed this festival to be innovative from the start. “We don’t mean to just set up a horseshoe of booths, that people walk the circuit and call that a festival,” Stuyvesant said.
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On Tuesday afternoon, the Latin American and Iberian Institute of UNM held a lecture, where journalist and author Alex Cuadros discussed international media coverage of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil leading up to the 2016 Olympic games. Cuadros, an Albuquerque native, is the author of “Brazillionaires: Wealth, Power, Decadence, and Hope in an American Country.”
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