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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State baseball team (22-18) moved above .500 in Western Athletic Conference play after defeating Louisiana Tech 5-1 in game one of a doubleheader at J.C. Love Field in Ruston, La., Sunday, April 21. The Aggies are now 8-7 in WAC play.

NM State scored its five runs on nine hits as the Aggie defense played clean baseball without committing an error. The Bulldogs tallied one run on nine hits and left multiple runners on base. Starting pitcher Ryan Beck earned the win after he worked 6.0 innings and allowed just one run. He is now 5-3 on the year with 60 K’s on the year. Beck joins senior right-hander Adam Mott as the only Aggie pitchers with 60-plus strikeouts on the year.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State baseball team defeated Louisiana Tech 6-4, Saturday, April 20 at J.C. Love Field in Ruston, La. With the win Aggies move to 21-18 on the year and 7-7 in Western Athletic Conference play.

The Aggies jumped on top early scoring two runs in the top of the first inning with a sacrifice fly from junior Tanner Rust and an RBI double from senior Bobby Lecount. After a three-run second inning gave Louisiana Tech a 3-2 lead, senior Parker Hipp hammered a three-run home run in the top of the third. It was Hipp’s eighth homer of the year and RBIs No. 34, 35 and 36 in 2013.

Starting pitcher Casey Collins worked 4.1 innings while striking out two batters and allowing four runs, just one of them earned. Junior Christopher Bradley entered the game in the bottom of the fifth and got through 2.2 innings without giving up a run.   Continue Reading This Post >>

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- Finishing the weekend 2-1, the New Mexico state softball team defeated the Texas State Bobcats 3-2 in eight innings on Saturday afternoon, April 20, at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas. NM State now sits on a 32-15 record with a 13-2 record in Western athletic Conference play.

A solo home run by Malena Padilla, a single by sophomore Staci Rodriguez and four singles in the top of the eighth inning made the difference for the Aggies to win their 12th conference game this season.

Senior Alex Newman worked the first five innings in the circle with two strikeouts and just two walks. She allowed one earned run before freshman Makayla McAdams came in to finish the game with three complete innings and three strikeouts. She worked for her final strikeout to end the extra-inning battle for the Aggies.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State men’s basketball head coach Marvin Menzies has signed DK Eldridge to a National Letter of Intent. The 6-2 guard joins the Aggies for the 2013-14 season.

Eldridge is 6-2 guard from Dallas, Texas, that has spent the last three seasons at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, N.M. With the Thunderbirds, he averaged 11.1 points per game this season en route to helping NMJC to a 27-7 overall record and their first regional crown and national tournament appearance since 1996.

"We welcome DK to the Aggie family," Menzies said. "DK brings needed athleticism and versatility to next year's backcourt. He's able to play multiple positions and having experience will only benefit an already talented team returning next year."  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State baseball team used an six-run ninth inning to defeat Louisiana Tech 10-4 in Ruston, La., Friday, April 19.

The Aggies improve to 20-18 on the year and 6-7 in Western Athletic Conference play and La. Tech falls to 13-25 and 2-11 in league play. This is the sixth straight year NM State has posted 20 or more wins in a season.

The Aggie offense produced 10 runs on 14 hits including an RBI triple from junior Michael Medina, an RBI single from and a three-run home run from senior Parker Hipp in the top of the ninth. The NM State defense posted three double plays on the evening and just one error while starting pitcher Adam Mott got the win working seven innings and striking out seven batters. Mott is now 5-3 on the year with 64 K’s in 68.2 innings of work.  Continue Reading This Post >>

SAN MARCOS, TX - The New Mexico State Aggies split the doubleheader on Friday evening against the Texas State Bobcats with a 1-0 win in game one and a 5-4 loss in the second game of the day. NM State moves to 31-15 this season and 12-2 in Western Athletic Conference play.

The day was highlighted by a nine-inning battle in game one and a grand slam by sophomore Staci Rodriguez in game two. The Aggie finished the day with 11 hits on the day, five in the first game and six in the second of the double bill.

“Today was definitely a battle in both games,” head coach Kathy Rodolph said. “I thought Alex (Newman) pitched well in the first game and the defense did a great job behind both our pitchers today. I would have liked to see our offense step up a little sooner, but that grand slam by Staci was key for us in game two.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

DENVER, CO - The 2012-13 Academic All-WAC men's and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, women’s swimming and diving and gymnastics teams have been announced. A total of 346 winter student-athletes were named to the list including 37 New Mexico State student athletes representing four sports (men's and women's basketball, women's indoor track and field and swimming and diving). The women's indoor track and field team led the way with 19 members earning academic honors.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests. The following is a list of the winter sport honorees:  Continue Reading This Post >>

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COLUMBIA, S.C. - The National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) and The Chronicle of the Horse have announced this year’s top horses in collegiate equestrian. New Mexico State landed two horses on this list; Equitation over Fences horse Aridus, donated by Phil & Megan Dawson and Horsemanship horse Totally Bodacious, donated by Bonnie Elber were honored.

The top ten horses were selected from each of the four events that the NCEA competes in – Reining, Horsemanship, Equitation on the Flat, and Equitation Over Fences.

“We take pride in having quality equine athletes as part of our team because in our sport having quality horses is just as important as having quality student-athletes,” head coach Robin Morris-Walters said.  Continue Reading This Post >>

On this week's episode Sam and Teddy discuss Aggie football player Miles Washington's injury, Aggie baseball, Aggie softball (and the WAC) and hand out our top performer award for the week.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico State baseball team (19-18) fell 13-6 to in-state rival New Mexico (20-17) on a cold and extremely windy day in Albuquerque, Wednesday, April 17. NM State split the series with the Rio Grande Rivals this year and is now 4-2 against the Lobos in the last two years.

The Aggies opened the game with a solo home run by junior catcher Tanner Rust to take an early 1-0 lead but UNM crossed the plate twice in the bottom of the inning. NM State would not regain the lead again as the Lobos scored two more runs in the bottom of the second to take a 4-1 lead.

Another solo-shot by Rust in the top of the third made it a 4-2 game but UNM scored two more in the bottom of the third going up by the score of 6-2. NM State went into the fifth inning down 7-2 but a two-RBI single by senior Kyle Phillips squeezed the Lobo lead to 7-4.  Continue Reading This Post >>