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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State head women’s soccer coach Rob Baarts unveiled the 2019 schedule on Thursday morning, which features 12 home fixtures, seven road matches and one neutral site contest.

“Our 2019 schedule starts us off with two home games in Abilene Christian and Wyoming, who are both very organized and hard-working teams,” said Baarts. “We follow up those home games with a challenging road trip to Boise State and Idaho State.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The 2019 outdoor track and field campaign continues for six individuals from New Mexico State who have officially qualified to compete at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, the NCAA announced on Thursday. Lashira Tremble, Keosha Sanders, Camira Haughton, Crissey Amberg, Hannah Smith and Taniya Mitchell represent the Crimson and White at the postseason meet taking place at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif., from May 23-25.

Tremble and Sanders are set to compete in the 100m dash. Tremble took home the Western Athletic Conference title in the event, posting a personal-best time of 11.58 when she took home the gold. Sanders also recorded a personal-best time during the event finals, running 11.65 when she placed second in the race.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State men’s tennis senior Enrique Asmar was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Team for District 7 as selected by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA).

This is the third-straight year that Asmar has been honored by the long-time national organization every year he has been eligible and recently graduated with a 3.96 in civil engineering. The Barranquilla, Colombia, product is now headed to The Farm where he’ll be pursuing a master’s degree at Stanford University.

The Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Teams are nominated and voted on by members of the CoSIDA and has been recognizing student-athletes for their academic achievements since 1952.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LOUISVILLE, KY - New Mexico State softball's Samaria Diaz and Nikki Butler were named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Pacific Region Third Team on Thursday. This is the first honor from the NFCA for both Diaz and Butler.

After a stellar season in the circle, Diaz was named the Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, She led the league in strikeouts (100), batters struck out looking (24) wins (7) and saves (3) during conference games. The junior's 228 strikeouts paced the WAC this season and currently puts Diaz in 21stnationally. The pitcher broke NM State's single-season record for saves with seven and her 11 career saves tied Celisha Walker's record at New Mexico State. Diaz closed out the season with a 16-9 record and a 2.10 ERA.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State football team and the UAB have signed a home-and-home series for the 2020 and 2025 seasons Director of Athletics Mario Moccia announced.

The first meeting between the Aggies and Blazers is scheduled for Sept. 3, 2020, at Legion Field. UAB then makes the return trip to Aggie Memorial Stadium in 2025 for a Sept. 6 battle. NM State and UAB’s meeting in 2020 will be the first time both programs take the field against one another.

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 (Aug. 31) followed by the Alabama Crimson Tide on Sept. 7.

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PHOENIX, AZ - New Mexico State closed its run at the Western Athletic Conference Softball Tournament at GCU Softball Stadium on Saturday. The second-seeded Aggies fell to the top-seeded Redhawks 3-2, ending their 2019 campaign,

NM State (33-22) fell behind early when starting pitcher Analise De La Roca allowed a single and a pair of doubles, scoring two runs for SU (39-15) to start the game. The bats went quiet for both teams through the next three innings, but Seattle U added to its advantage in the fifth when De La Roca allowed a single before an RBI double drove the runner home.

Trailing 3-0, Mya Felder hit a two-out single in the bottom of the fifth for the Aggies first hit of the day. However, a strikeout followed for New Mexico State, stranding the runner to end the frame.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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PHOENIX, AZ - New Mexico State softball continued its run at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament with a game against third-seeded Grand Canyon on Friday night. The Aggies eliminated the Lopes with a 6-4 walk-off victory when Kelsey Horton hit her fifth home run of the tournament.

NM State (33-21) struck trouble in the top of the first when an error by Kelsey Horton put the leadoff batter for GCU (33-24) on second base, A triple brought the runner home, leaving the Aggies behind 1-0 before their first at-bat.

In the bottom of the frame, Horton launched a ball over the left-field fence, the senior's fourth homer of the tournament, tying the game. During the following frame, Casie Roberto reached on a single before Shelby Shultes broke up the stalemate when she hit a home run to centerfield, putting the Aggies ahead 3-1.  Continue Reading This Post >>

WATCH | WALKOFF HOME RUN!!!! Horton hits a BOOM to give NM State the 1-0 victory!!#AggieUp | #WreckingCrew212 pic.twitter.com/lqPYUG5zOI  Continue Reading This Post >>

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PHOENIX – The Western Athletic Conference announced its 2019 All-WAC softball teams and major award winners, as voted on by the leagues head coaches, on Tuesday night. Five players from New Mexico State were named to the first team. Additionally, NM State swept the major awards including Kathy Rodolph taking home WAC Coach of the Year honors.

Nikki Butler was named the WAC Player of the Year for the first time in her career and the junior also received her third-straight first team bid. The catcher led the conference with four home runs against league opponents while also placing fifth for hits (22) and on-base percentage (.453). She ranked sixth in total bases (36), seventh in slugging percentage (.632) and eighth in batting average (.386). Butler posted six multi-hit games during WAC play.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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DENVER, CO - New Mexico State softball’s Mya Felder was named the Western Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week, the league announced on Monday. This is the second-straight honor for the freshman and the third of her career as an Aggie.

Felder hit .706 with a 1.235 slugging percentage and a .700 on-base percentage when NM State went 4-1 last week, including a win over No. 17 Texas Tech in the team's final home game of the season. The freshman posted multiple hits in four of the last five games and recorded a hit every contest last week. Felder was 12-of-17 with three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs. In the win over the ranked Red Raiders, she went 3-for-4 with a solo homer. During the series opener at CSU Bakersfield, Felder recorded six of her 11 RBIs for the week when she went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a home run.  Continue Reading This Post >>