The urgency in Ty Singleton’s voice makes it clear: The UNM softball team’s head coach is acutely aware of the pressure to win. Coming off a disappointing 13-35 third season for Singleton and the Lobos, the need to win has never been higher. “It’s very important,” Singleton said.
Sophomore James Erkenbeck has taken eight years to make his interest in playing golf into more than just a fun hobby — now he’s looking to go professional.
If the UNM women’s first conference game is any indication, the Lobos might soon prove to the rest of the Mountain West Conference that their 8-1-2 nonconference start wasn’t just for show. In UNM’s conference opener, the Lobos hosted Texas Christian University Saturday at the UNM Soccer Complex and bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 1-0 win.
Long stockings couldn’t cover up the UNM women’s soccer team’s Achilles’ heel Friday. The Lobos’ weakness — an inability to capitalize on offensive opportunities — had gone unexposed until Northern Arizona University entered the UNM Soccer Complex. The Lumberjacks became the second team this season to score twice on the Lobos — and the first to hand them a loss, 2-1. On paper, UNM held the advantage in nearly every category against NAU.
The record-shattering UNM women’s soccer team’s historic ride continues. UNM remains perfect at 6-0-1 and has tied the school record for most matches without a loss after battling Tulsa to a tie at the UNM Soccer Complex on Sunday. The Lobos played through two tough overtimes, but in the end neither team could find the back of the net.
The UNM women’s soccer team is nearing its first major challenge of the season, and fans will soon find out how the Lobos handle playing on the road. Today, UNM kicks off a four-game road trip.
At times it looked like the UNM women’s soccer team was playing a pick-up game on Johnson Field… But it’s what head coach Kit Vela expected out of a season opener.
As a child, Nick Geyer was given a slew of sporting options. On his sixth birthday, Geyer’s father, David, gave him a baseball glove, a hockey stick, a tennis racket, a basketball and a golf club.
As a child, Nick Geyer was given a slew of sporting options. On his sixth birthday, Geyer's father, David, gave him a baseball glove, a hockey stick, a tennis racket, a basketball and a golf club. "We just started to go through all of them, and golf is the one that ended up sticking," Geyer said.
Ty Singleton employed a not-so-common agricultural technique to softball this season. The UNM head coach slashed and burned much of the Lobos' roster at the beginning of the year. He knew it had to be done - even if it risked the immediate future of Lobo softball.
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