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Basketball: JaQuan Lyle ruptures Achilles

Cameron Goeldner | September 30

JaQuan Lyle ruptured his Achilles tendon during the University of New Mexico Men’s Basketball team’s second practice of the season on Saturday, the team confirmed. The story was initially reported by Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal. “I am going into this process trying to get 1% better every day, both physically and mentally, to be ready to compete next season,” Lyle said in a release. “I am so thankful to everyone for their thoughts and considerations. Go Lobos!”

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Women's Soccer: Lobos build early lead, snare first road win of the season

Robert Maler | September 30

University of New Mexico women's soccer had not held a lead on the road at any point this season entering Friday's matchup with the Fresno State Bulldogs, but quickly built a first-half lead that helped the team snag its first road win on the season. New Mexico (6-4, 2-1 MW) scored just one goal through its first three road matches, but took just under two and a half minutes to put up a goal against the Bulldogs after Jessica Nelson set up sophomore forward Gwen Maly placed the ball just over goalkeeper Nicole Theroux. The goal, which was Maly's third of the season, gave New Mexico a 1-0 lead and but the Lobos in the unfamiliar role of playing from ahead. That luxury is something that probably helped UNM withstand being outshot 23-16 overall in the game and getting doubled up on shots in the second half.

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Football: Lobos lose Tuioti for the year

Cameron Goeldner | September 30

The New Mexico Football team lost to Liberty 52-43 on Saturday night at Dreamstyle Stadium, but what could be the biggest loss for the team occurred in the second quarter when Tevaka Tuioti, in his first game back after suffering a concussion in the game against Wisconsin, broke his left clavicle at the end of a 24-yard scramble. Head coach Bob Davie said that Tuioti will have surgery on it Monday and that he is “probably” out for the year. In his place, Sheriron Jones, who started the game against New Mexico State, will be the starting quarterback.

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Men's soccer: Second half mistakes doom Lobos against Florida International

Cameron Goeldner | September 29

It was a tale of two halves for the University of New Mexico Men’s Soccer team (3-7-0, 1-2-0 C-USA) on Saturday against Florida International University (4-5-0, 3-0-0 C-USA), as three second half goals for the Panthers resulted in a 4-2 win for FIU. “Pretty disappointing,” head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. “Made a mistake and gave up an early goal. (We) came back and I thought we closed out the first half really well with two goals and had a good grip on the game. We talked at halftime that the first ten minutes was crucial and that that was going to be their opportunity to get momentum back. ...You’re not going to win games when you give up goals in those key moments.”

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Men's soccer: Lobos loses late to St. Mary's

Cameron Goeldner | September 27

The New Mexico Men’s Soccer team was 21 seconds away from forcing overtime with the No. 10 team in the nation when St. Mary’s caught Lobo keeper Alex Fetterly out of the box and capitalized to seal a 1-0 win. “That’s about as tough as it comes,” Lobos head coach Jeremy Fishbein said. “I thought we had good sequences in the game and I thought as the second half picked up we were quite good, and that we had the majority of play. Little mistakes where we gave the ball away. That’s a team that is very good in transition, they had some dangerous attacking guys that we gave too many opportunities, we were not disciplined enough with the ball.” The game began with the Lobos controlling the possession and holding the ball in the final third, but failing to generate many shots or chances. They only managed to put one shot on goal both in the half and in the game and it came off the foot of Matt Puig in the first half.

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Volleyball: Lobos defeat UNLV in four sets

Matthew Narvaiz | September 27

It wasn’t perfect, but after a shaky second set from the University of New Mexico volleyball team, the Lobos rallied to win the final two sets to defeat the visiting UNLV Rebels on Wednesday evening at Johnson Gym. UNLV entered the contest at 11-3 and a perfect 2-0 in the Mountain West, while New Mexico was a mediocre .500 and coming off of a loss to the Boise State Broncos. Now, with the win, UNM (8-7) stands at 2-1 in conference play -- and is tied with UNLV in the Mountain West, respectively.

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Football: Lobos to start Tuioti on Saturday

Cameron Goeldner | September 27

Tevaka Tuioti will start at quarterback for the Lobos on Saturday, head coach Bob Davie announced after practice on Tuesday. “I’m excited to get back on the field,” Tuioti said. It’s a different feeling when gametime comes, you’ve got the adrenaline coming and I don’t worry about (getting hurt) though, I’m just here to play football and have fun.” Tuioti, who suffered a concussion in the first quarter of the Lobos matchup against Wisconsin, missed two weeks of practice and returned to practice on Monday. He had to earn the starting job back after a rusty return to the field Monday and a week of strong practices from Sheriron Jones, who started for the Lobos against New Mexico State.

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Football: Lobos prepare for tough test against Liberty

Matthew Narvaiz | September 27

It will be no easy test, University of New Mexico head football coach Bob Davie said, when his Lobo team hosts the Liberty Flames on Saturday for its homecoming game. Liberty, an independent FBS program, is coming off of a loss to North Texas, in which it was routed 47-7 at home. Prior to that the Flames lost on the road to Army, but won their season opener over Old Dominion, 52-10. It was Liberty’s dominating victory to start the season that impressed Davie, especially because Old Dominion recently defeated a much bigger program in Virginia Tech. Last year, Liberty went into Waco, Texas and defeated Baylor on the road in its season opener.

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Men's Soccer: Lobos prepare to face undefeated St. Mary's

Cameron Goeldner | September 26

The New Mexico Men’s Soccer team will look to build off its first win of the conference season against the No. 10 team in the country, St. Mary’s College (Calif.) on Wednesday night before resuming Conference-USA play on Saturday morning against Florida International University. St. Mary’s comes into the matchup at 9-0-0, one of two teams in the country that has yet to record a result other than a win. The Gaels are coming off of a 1-0 victory over then No. 13 UC Davis and recorded their sixth shutout of the season in the process. SMC has only given up four goals to opponents all season, and have one of the most potent offenses in the country, averaging three goals per game so far this season.

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Men's Soccer: Lobos bounce back to beat Florida Atlantic

Cameron Goeldner | September 23

The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team secured its first shutout of the season and snapped a three game losing streak in a 2-0 win over Florida Atlantic University, with both goals coming from players who hadn’t scored yet this season. Simon Spangenberg and Billy Jones were the goal scorers for the Lobos (3-5-0, 1-1-0 C-USA) and were able to give the Lobos an offensive boost on a night when the team’s two leading scorers, Matt Puig and Omar Grey combined for only one shot on goal.

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Volleyball: Lobos fall to .500 after straight-set loss to Boise State

Alanie Rael | September 23

The Boise State Broncos defeated the University of New Mexico volleyball team, playing host to the Lobos on Saturday in Idaho. The Lobos (7-7, 1-1 MW) won its conference opener against Utah State on Wednesday, but fell to the Broncos in straight sets, looking like they were steps behind in each of them as they tried to compete. Boise State opened by scoring six of the first seven points to gain an early five-point advantage. That lead swelled to seven as the match progressed, but the Lobos were able to close the gap with a 6-0 run — one that included three kills from outside hitter Lauren Twitty and an ace from libber Mercedes Pacheco to pull with 14-13.

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Women's Soccer: Late goal halts UNM's home unbeaten streak

Robert Maler | September 23

The Lobos scored first and didn't trail for the nearly the entirety of the match — but when they finally did fall behind by surrendering a late goal to the Wyoming Cowgirls, there simply wasn't enough time to even the score. It was the 84th minute. With the match in the waning stages, things seemed to be trending toward overtime until the Wyoming Cowgirls stunned the University of New Mexico women's soccer team — knocking through a goal in the 84th minute to garner its first lead of the day. Wyoming (6-2-2, 1-1 MW) went up 3-2 on the scoreboard and the score held as it handed UNM its first loss at home this season. The three goals allowed by the Lobos on Sunday afternoon equaled the total number of goals they had given up in the previous five home matches combined.

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Women's Soccer: Lobos run home win streak to five with 3-0 victory in conference opener

Robert Maler and Cameron Goeldner | September 23

The University of New Mexico women's soccer team remained perfect at home, dispatching of the Colorado State Rams in a 3-0 shutout at the UNM Soccer Complex on Friday night. New Mexico (5-3, 1-0 MW) was aggressive from the outset and applied early pressure on the opposing goalkeeper. CSU junior Hunter Peifer entered Friday night with a 79 percent save rate, giving up just five goals this season en route to putting up two clean sheets. But the Lobo attack put Peifer on her heels — registering four shots and two corner kicks within the first nine minutes. Freshman Alesia Garcia narrowly missed opening the scoring with an attempt that hit the crossbar, but sophomore midfielder Cami Floth broke through about a minute later with a goal at the 8:54 mark to make it 1-0 in favor of the Lobos.

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Men's soccer: Lobos on the road, looking to end losing skid

Cameron Goeldner | September 22

The University of New Mexico men’s soccer team (2-5-0, 0-1-0 C-USA) will look to snap a three-game losing skid on Saturday against Florida Atlantic University (2-3-0, 1-0-0 C-USA) in Boca Raton, Florida.

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Women's Soccer: Lobos open conference play hoping to extend home winning streak

Robert Maler | September 21

Home is what you make it. And the University of New Mexico women's soccer team has made the UNM Soccer Complex a workshop where it manufactures one thing — wins. New Mexico (4-3) is winless on the road, but has gone undefeated so far on its home field. That should be good news since the team is in Albuquerque again to host the Colorado State Rams — a team that is 0-5 all-time against the UNM — in the Lobos' Mountain West conference opener. The match is also the conference opener for Colorado State, which has posted a 3-3-2 record so far this season. The Rams have only scored two goals over their last five matches, but have managed to win two of the last three to get back to a .500 record. The most record win came on Sunday, Sept. 16 — a 1-0 shutout over the Southern Methodist Mustangs.

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Football: Marcus Hayes named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week

Matthew Narvaiz | September 17

Marcus Hayes, a redshirt freshman safety who had two interceptions against New Mexico State — including one for a touchdown with less than a minute left that ultimately sealed the game — was named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. He’s the first UNM player to be honored this season. Hayes, who hails from really Rockford, Illinois, was key in the Lobos’ win over in-stage rival NMSU on Saturday.

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Men's Soccer: New Mexico loses 2-1 in C-USA opener to Old Dominion

Robert Maler | September 17

New Mexico (2-5, 0-1 C-USA) lost its third straight match and seemed to be caught off guard as the visiting team landed a quick point when senior forward Max Wilschrey went top shelf just 1:51 into the match for the early 1-0 lead. The goal scored seemed to stun the crowd and was a rough start for UNM goalkeeper Alex Fetterly, who got his first start for the Lobos on Saturday evening. Fetterly had seemed to settle down despite being under a constant barrage of pressure from the Monarchs. Over the next several minutes, he recorded a trio of saves and saw an ODU header narrowly miss the mark, bouncing off the post.

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Football: Lobos flip script, use turnovers to defeat Aggies

Matthew Narvaiz | September 16

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Forced turnovers and a stout rushing attack willed the University of New Mexico Lobos to its first win over the New Mexico State Aggies since 2015, as the Lobos defeated NMSU 42-25 in Las Cruces on Saturday evening. New Mexico (2-1) was also able to get its rushing attack going on offense, with junior running back Ahmari Davis rushing for three touchdowns and redshirt senior running back Tyrone Owens going for 110 yards and a touchdown. The Lobos were the recipient of five interceptions against the Aggies, one of which was a pick-six. It was the most interceptions forced by a UNM defense.

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Hockey: New Mexico earns a draw and a win in season's opening series

Robert Maler and Alanie Rael | September 16

The University of New Mexico hockey team returned to its home ice at the Outpost Ice Arena over the weekend and seemed to pick up where it left off last season, despite having fewer players on the roster. New Mexico (1-0-1) earned a draw on Friday night in the season opener, followed by a gritty performance in a physical matchup and Saturday that yielded a 3-2 victory over the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers. Head coach Grant Harvey said he was pleased with the team’s overall effort and thought the players responded well given the circumstances.

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Football: Dream come true for De'John Rogers and Lobo secondary

Cameron Goeldner | September 16

LAS CRUCES-- For Lobos defensive back De’John Rogers, dreams do come true. Behind five interceptions, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished since 2003, hauled in by the University of New Mexico defense, including that interception from Rogers in the second quarter that resulted in an easy touchdown to pull UNM within three, the Lobos were able to win a sloppy game over the New Mexico State University Aggies.