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LAWRENCE, KS - New Mexico State women's track and field closed competition at the Western Athletic Conference Championships at Rock Chalk Park on Saturday. NM State posted its best team finish at the championship meet when the squad came away with third place. Multiple Aggies took home gold in their events including Katara Nelson, who was named the meet's Outstanding Track Performer and High Point Award winner.

Nelson finished first in the 100m (11.41) and 200m (23.45) races. Lashira Tremble also competed in the sprint finals and finished in second in the 100m when she clocked in at 11.50 and third in the 200m when she posted a time of 24.15.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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PALO ALTO, CA - The New Mexico State men’s tennis team saw its banner season come to a conclusion Saturday afternoon at the Taube Family Tennis Center after its 4-0 loss to No. 4 Stanford in the opening round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Tournament.

The loss ends an era of Aggie men’s tennis for Christofer Goncalves and Sergi Espias as the two seniors played their final match in the Crimson & White.

Doubles action was tight for most of the time with the Aggie No. 2 and No. 2 tandems taking a lead at one point or another. However, Stanford took court No. 3 first with a 6-0 victory before claiming the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court No. 2.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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SPOKANE, WA - The New Mexico State baseball team looked to even the series with Gonzaga on Saturday night at the Patterson Baseball Complex. The Aggies put up a pair of runs over the first two innings and strong pitching held the lead to take down the Bulldogs 2-1.

NM State (34-17) was able to get out to their quickest offensive start of the season when leadoff hitter Logan Bottrell had a full count and turned on the next pitch that traveled well over the fence in right field. This solo home run put the Crimson & White on top of Gonzaga (25-21) 1-0 through one inning.

This lead for the Aggies then expanded in the top of the second with solid contact at the plate. David Bellamy led off the frame with an infield single to get things going. Two batters later, Joey Ortiz was able to lace an RBI triple to the right field corner and put NM State ahead 2-0.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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SPOKANE, WA - The New Mexico State baseball team opened a three-game weekend series out of conference against Gonzaga at Patterson Baseball Complex on Friday night. The Aggies held a one-run lead into the seventh before a two-run home run for the Bulldogs proved to be the winner with the Crimson & White falling 2-1.

NM State (33-17) ace Kyle Bradish squared off on the mound against the 6-8 right-hander Daniel Bies for Gonzaga (25-20). In a true pitcher’s duel on the night, the hurlers allowed a few baserunners over the first two innings but were able to hold the sides scoreless.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State softball team continued its run at the 2018 Western Athletic Conference tournament at the NM State Softball Complex with a contest against sixth-seeded UMKC on Friday. The Aggies took down the Roos 14-3 to advance to their sixth-straight championship game.

"Offensively, the team attacked the situation and did their job," head coach Kathy Rodolph said. "Analise and Kayla did a phenomenal job in the circle and I think we played pretty clean on defense. We're excited to advance to another championship on Saturday, whoever we're going to play. There is going to be another team in the other dugout and we're going to come out and play."

NM State (28-22, 11-4 WAC) got off to a slow start when starting pitcher Kayla Green allowed a leadoff triple and a single up the middle to Kansas City (15-40, 2-13) to put New Mexico State behind 1-0 in the first.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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- The New Mexico State softball team opened the 2018 Western Athletic Conference Tournament at the NM State Softball Complex with a contest against fourth-seeded Grand Canyon on Thursday. The Aggies hit four home runs against in the 10-2 run-rule victory over the Lopes. Kelsey Horton launched a pair of long balls in the contest, including her 24th of the season, tying the NM State single-season record.

"Kennedy Johnson did a great job as our designated player," head coach Kathy Rodolph said. "Fahren Glackin absolutely stepped up after GCU made the decision to walk Kelsey (Horton) and that's what we needed her to do. It was a great overall team contribution and we’re excited to play another day."  Continue Reading This Post >>

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A stolen base from Logan Ehnes with two outs in the top of the seventh, who eventually scored the game-winning run, gave the New Mexico State baseball team the 4-3 victory over Battle of I-25 rival New Mexico Tuesday night at Santa Ana Star Field.

The win gave NM State (33-16) its first-ever three-game sweep of the Lobos (16-31-1) in a single-season. Aggies previously had two-game sweeps of UNM in 2011 and 1995. It was also the fifth-consecutive win for NM State.

Despite getting a runner in scoring position to start the game thanks to some mistakes from the Lobos, NM State couldn’t take advantage. That gave way to New Mexico in its home half of the frame after a two-out RBI single from Jeff Deimling scored Connor Mang – who ripped a double down the first-base line prior.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Western Athletic Conference announced the 2018 All-WAC softball teams and major awards as selected by the league's head coaches on Tuesday night. New Mexico State had four members on the All-WAC First Team and two players on the All-WAC Second Team. Kelsey Horton took home the coveted WAC Player of the Year award for the second-straight season.

Horton dominated the diamond during her junior campaign as she led the league in batting average (.458) and slugging percentage (1.146) during conference play. The Aggies second baseman also slugged her way to the top of the WAC leaderboards for home runs (10) runs scored (20), hits (22), RBI (21), and total bases (55).  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Freshman infielder Nick Gonzales sent the New Mexico State baseball seniors off with a bang Sunday afternoon at Presley Askew Field, 17-7, with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the seventh and completed the sweep of Utah Valley.

The victory came on the heels of a six-run seventh that was capped off by Gonzales’ grand slam. David Bellamy was pegged in the lead-off spot for NM State (32-16, 15-6 WAC) and advanced to second on a wild pitch before scoring on a hard double to right center from Joey Ortiz – who finished 3-of-3 with seven RBI and four runs scored thanks to a pair of 3-run jacks.

Senior Trey Stine plated Ortiz for the second run of the inning before Gonzales’ walk-off moonshot over the right-field wall.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State baseball team took on Western Athletic Conference foe Utah Valley in game two of a weekend series on Saturday at Presley Askew Field. The Aggies took the lead in the second inning and never let go defeating the Wolverines 6-2 for the series victory.

Utah Valley (14-30, 5-12 WAC) threatened early getting a runner on third in the top of the first, but NM State (31-16, 14-6 WAC) starter Jonathan Groff fanned the final two batters to hold the opposition scoreless.

The Aggies struck first in the bottom of the second when Nick Gonzales started his strong day at the plate. With two outs, Gonzales sent a solo home run over the left field wall to put NM State ahead 1-0 heading to the third.  Continue Reading This Post >>