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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women’s basketball team stormed back from down 10 in the fourth but dropped a 60-58 contest to UC Riverside on opening night at the Pan American Center.

“You can’t turn the ball over 18 times in close games and be successful,” said head coach Brooke Atkinson. “Our fight was really good. We drew from our defense to get us going offensively. We just have to be able to play better with the lead and get good shots down the stretch.”

The Highlanders (1-0, 0-0 Big West) took an early 6-2 lead before Gia Pack capped an Aggie run with a three and a layup off a steal to give the Aggies (0-1, 0-0 WAC) a 9-6 lead. After the two teams traded baskets, Aaliyah Prince finished off a three-point play for a 16-12 NM State lead with 18 seconds to go in the period. However, UC Riverside hit a three at the horn to trim the lead to 16-15.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men’s basketball team opened up its 2019-20 campaign inside the Pan American Center versus Western New Mexico on Tuesday night. After scoring the first 16 points of the game, the Aggies never looked back en route to a decisive 92-46 win over the Mustangs at home.

Following the lopsided season-opening victory head coach Chris Jans said, “Obviously they were outmanned and we anticipated that as coaches, but we kept telling the guys to play against the game and play to get better. We didn’t want them to get caught up in the score and that’s probably the brightest spot for me that they handled that in a mature way.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

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DENVER, CO - Sophomore Corey Kizer was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week after an offensive explosion, the league announced Monday.

The Placitas, N.M. native was unstoppable in a 3-1 win at UT Rio Grande Valley, scoring two goals on just three shots. Her first goal of the match came in the eighth minute when she received a cross from Emma Smith and beat a charging UTRGV keeper. Kizer struck again in the 73rd minute, finishing off a cross from Hannah Leitner. This was the first multi-goal game of Kizer’s career.

Kizer wraps up the season as the Aggies’ leader in goals (5) and points (11). The forward scored four of her five goals during conference play, including the game-winner in overtime against CSU Bakersfield on Oct. 18.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State volleyball team erased a 2-0 deficit and survived an upset bid from California Baptist with a 23-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 16-14 victory to push its winning streak to 12 matches and remain undefeated in Western Athletic Conference play on Monday night at the Pan American Center.

After Natalie Mikels opened the match with a service ace for the Aggies, (20-3, 11-0 WAC), it was all Lancers (10-13, 4-6) for the first two sets. With NM States serve-receive and passing struggling, the Lancers were able to steal the first sets, 25-23 and 25-22.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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DENVER, CO – After a monster weekend that saw the Aggies win their 11th-straight match, outside hitter Savannah Davison was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week the league announced Monday.

The native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crushed 33 kills and hit .306 in a pair of wins over Utah Valley and Seattle U. Against the Wolverines, she posted her team-high seventh double-double of the season with 17 kills and 18 digs. She added 16 kills while hitting .414 in a sweep of the Redhawks on Oct. 26.

The redshirt sophomore has recorded eight-straight matches with double-digit kills as the Aggies have won 11-straight matches overall and are unbeaten in WAC play this season.

The Aggies return to the court tonight, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. (MT) when they host California Baptist in a WAC match. As always, students receive free entry to all Aggie home matches with a valid student I.D.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Cat Kelly and Savannah Davison combined for 29 kills and the New Mexico State Volleyball team ran its winning streak to 11 games with a 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 sweep over Western Athletic Conference rival Seattle U on Saturday afternoon.

The Aggies (19-3, 9-0) got off to a fast start, opening a 16-8 lead on Seattle U (10-14, 1-9) midway through the first set. After the media timeout, the Redhwaks scored two-straight points before kills from Lia Mosher and Davison sparked an 8-1 NM State run for a 24-11 lead. However, Seattle U went on a 5-0 run of its own to cut the Aggie lead to 24-16. Then, Kelly crushed a kill to put the set away, 25-16.

In the second set, NM State led 10-7 after a kill from Davison but the Redhwaks stormed back to take an 11-10. It was all Aggies from there, as they stepped on the gas and ended the set on a 14-6 run for a 25-16 win in set two.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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STATESBORO, GA - The NM State football team was upended by Georgia Southern, 41-7, on a rain-soaked Saturday afternoon inside Allen E. Paulson Stadium.

Senior running back Jason Huntley had a career day, rushing for a career-high 133 yards and NM State's lone touchdown. Redshirt senior tailback Christian Gibson also broke loose against the Eagles, running for 98 yards, as the Aggies gained 209 total rushing yards in the contest.

Redshirt senior linebacker Javahn Fergurson and junior linebacker Rashie Hodge Jr. paced the Aggie defense, as each racked up 2.0 tackles for loss. Fergurson carded a team-high 13 tackles, his sixth consecutive game in double-digits.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Savannah Davison recorded 17 kills and the New Mexico State volleyball team won its 10th-straight match 27-25, 26-28, 25-19, 25-13 to stay unbeaten in Western Athletic Conference play at the Pan American Center on Thursday night.

Both teams showed up ready to battle with Cat Kelly only scoring the first point after a long rally from both teams. After the Aggies (18-3, 9-0 WAC) opened the set with a 6-1 lead, UVU (8-13, 5-4) came roaring back to take a 13-9 lead. The two teams continued to battle until the Aggie deficit was 21-19. It looked like the Aggies would go on a run to end the set from after kills from Megan Hart, Kelly and Brigette Lowe gave NM State a 23-21 advantage.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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DENVER, CO - Sophomore Lece Aviles was named Defensive Player of the Week by the Western Athletic Conference on Monday morning. This is the first weekly award for an Aggie this season and the first of Aviles’ career.

The Aztec, N.M., played every minute at center back as NM State allowed just one goal in two overtime conference wins over the weekend. She anchored the back line in a 1-0 shutout win over CSU Bakersfield in Las Cruces on Oct. 18, the Aggies’ first shutout of the season. The converted forward totaled 192:05 of time on the backline over the weekend.

Currently, Aviles, a converted forward, has played every minute at center back in 13 of New Mexico State’s 16 matches on the year. She leads the squad in minutes played at 1,456 minutes.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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CHICAGO, IL - Eliudth Gonzalez scored the golden goal in overtime to give the New Mexico State women’s soccer team a 2-1 win over Western Athletic Conference foe Chicago State in Chicago on Sunday afternoon.

“We got the win, enough said,” head coach Rob Baarts said. “It wasn’t pretty but sometimes you have to on the road and battle for a win. That’s a team that played on emotion, they attacked us hard, got the goal and once they got the goal it was a problem. Once they started getting tired, it was only a matter of time and we got the win.”

The first half passed uneventfully with neither side able to break through while the Cougars (0-16-0, 0-5-0 WAC) ability to pack the box gave the Aggies (3-11-2, 2-4-0) fits. Then, after the half, Chicago State got on the board in the 46th minute to take a 1-0 lead.  Continue Reading This Post >>