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CATHEDRAL CITY, CA - New Mexico State softball continued the Mary Nutter Classic with games against California and Missouri on Saturday. The Aggies topped the Bears 6-5 in 10 innings but were unable to produce a hit against the Tigers, falling 15-0 in just five innings..

GAME ONE

NM State (9-4) fell behind early when a single and a double led to the Cal (7-7) bringing home a run in the bottom of the third. In the top of the next frame, the Aggies countered with a rally when Kayla Bowen posted a two-out double to centerfield. Fellow freshmen Mya Felder followed her teammate with a home run out over the fence in center to give New Mexico State the 2-1 lead.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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EDINBURG, TX - The New Mexico State women’s basketball team outlasted UT Rio Grande Valley, 70-67, in Edinburg on Saturday night for its 11th-straight win and clinched the #1 seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament for the fifth-straight year.

The Aggies (20-6, 12-1) fell behind 4-0 early before a Monique Mills three with 8:42 in the first got NM State on the board. UTRGV (14-12, 8-5) then went a 7-2 run to lead 11-5 with 4:32 on the clock. The two sides then went back-and-forth, with an Adenike Aderinto layup with 47 seconds trimming the Aggies’ deficit to 14-11 heading into the second.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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NAMPA, ID - New Mexico State track and field competed at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at the Ford Idaho Center on Saturday. The Aggies placed second as a team at the conference meet.

Keosha Sanders set a new program record when she ran 7.42 in the 60m. The sprinter previously set the school record in the team's first meet of the season. Brooke Wallace also competed in the race and took eighth with a time of 7.80.

Asjah Wallace won the 60m hurdles title when she ran 8.45 for a program record and a personal best. Arneisha Mitchell took seventh at 8.93.

In the 200m race. B. Wallace took the crown when she ran 24.32. She was followed closely behind by A. Wallace, who ran 24.34 to take second in the event.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men’s basketball clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and a share of the regular-season title after its 88-79 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley Saturday evening in a raucous Pan American Center.

Saturday’s win secured NM State the top-seed in the conference tournament for the second-consecutive year and fourth time in five years.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State football team and the Akron have signed a home-and-home series for the 2020 and 2022 seasons Director of Athletics Mario Moccia announced.

The first meeting between the Aggies and Zips is scheduled for Sept. 12, 2020, at Aggie Memorial Stadium. NM State then makes the return trip to InfoCision Stadium in 2022 for an Oct. 1 battle.

New Mexico State trails the all-time series 1-0 with the only lone meeting occurring in 1988 in favor of Akron.

New Mexico State is set to open its 2019 schedule with a pair of road contests. The Aggies kick-off the 2019 season in Pullman, Wash., against Washington State followed by the defending National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide on Sept. 7.

To purchase or renew your NM State Football season tickets, visit the Pan American Center ticket office or by calling the Aggie Athletic Club at 575-646-5151.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men’s basketball recorded its 12th-straight victory Tuesday night with an 80-42 victory over Texas A&M International in the Pan American Center.

“Obviously we got off to a great start, and then about the second media we were talking about ‘this is about us’, trying to execute, play better, compete better and compete smarter,” Aggie head coach Chris Jans said. “[We’re] kind of playing against the game at that point and try to use it to try and get better and work on us.”

New Mexico State (23-4, 11-1 WAC) got off to a quick 2-0 start after winning the tip and never looked back, jumping out to an 11-3 lead at the 15:41 media break. After their first bucket with 19:15 on the clock, the Dustdevils were held without a field-goal until the 11:34 mark when Danny Spinuzza hit his second three of the night to make it 25-6 in favor of the Aggies.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Aggie Athletic Club has seen a tremendous increase in the last four years since the new athletic administration arrived to the tune of 1,000 members, up from the 671 members in 2014-15.

“Eclipsing the 1,000 member number in the Aggie Athletic Club is a very satisfying milestone to hit for NM State athletics,” Director of Athletics Mario Moccia said. “Four years ago we had significantly less members with a total dollar amount of only $168,000 generated.

The largest increase in AAC cash donations came between 2016-17 and 2017-18, checking in at $196,069. Meanwhile, the 224 member increase from last year brought the membership total to 783, which made the 1,000 member mark attainable for the athletic department.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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DENVER, CO - NM State’s Nick Gonzales has been named Western Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week for Feb. 11 – Feb. 17.

Gonzales, a sophomore infielder from Vail, Ariz. (Cienega HS), was in midseason form on opening weekend, going 16-of-22 from the plate with four home runs and 16 RBIs in an Aggie sweep of defending SWAC champion Texas Southern. The 2018 WAC Freshman of the Year had a perfect 5-for-5 night on Friday, driving in six RBIs with a pair of home runs in a 20-2 win. On Saturday, he went 8-for-12 with seven runs scored and five RBIs in a doubleheader sweep that saw NM State outscore TSU, 62-14. He followed that up with a 3-for-5 day on Sunday, driving in five RBIs in a seven-inning 16-3 win to clinch the sweep.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men’s basketball team rallied back from a 13-point deficit Saturday night in front of 11,889 Aggie fans and defeated Seattle U 59-53 for its 11th-straight win.

The win mark head coach Chris Jans’ 50th at the helm since taking over the Aggie basketball program in April 17, 2017, making him the fastest head coach to 50 wins in program history. Saturday’s victory was also the program’s 15th-straight home conference victory.

With the house that Lou Henson built packed, NM State (22-4, 11-1 WAC) had a tough time finding the bottom of the net the first 12-plus minutes of action and shot just 14.3-percent (2-of-14) from the field at the 7:02 media break. To make matters worse, Seattle U (13-12, 1-9 WAC) converted on all six Aggie turnovers into 12 points for the 20-8 lead at that moment.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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SEATTLE, WA - The New Mexico State women’s basketball team trailed for much of the first three quarters at the Redhawk Center Saturday afternoon before outscoring Seattle 29-12 in the fourth for an 83-72 win, its 10th in a row.

Seattle U (1-23, 1-10) started the scoring with a three just 18 seconds into the contest. Monique Mills then responded with a three of her own to tie it up before Gia Pack bullied her way to the basket to give the Aggies (19-6, 11-1) a 5-3 lead. The two sides traded baskets with the Redhawks leading 11-10 at the media timeout midway through the quarter. The two sides continued to go back-and-forth with NM State taking a 16-15 lead after one.  Continue Reading This Post >>