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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Tobin Echo-Hawk, the longtime Division I softball head coach with stints at Portland State and UTEP, is joining NM State as a volunteer assistant coach.

Aggie softball head coach Kathy Rodolph announced her addition to the coaching staff Wednesday. Echo-Hawk joins associate head coach Cat Heifner and assistant coach Karysta Donisthorpe on staff.

Echo-Hawk has 11 seasons of head coaching experience, including 250 career victories, under her belt. She was most recently head coach of the UTEP softball program, leading the Miners for six seasons (2014-19) and advancing to the Conference USA Tournament twice.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RIVERSIDE, CA - One of the only low points of the New Mexico State's 2018-19 season came when California Baptist - one of the nation's newest NCAA Division I squads - shocked the basketball fans around the WAC (and the nation) by handing their Aggies what would wind up being their lone league loss of the season inside the CBU Events Center.

A little over one year later - with that disappointing setback fresh in their minds - the Aggies made sure to show the Lancers who the class of the league is.

Ivan Aurrecoecha turned in his best single-game performance of the season so far by racking up a team-high 20 points, Jonny McCants and Trevelin Queen combined for 28 of the Aggies' 50 second-half points and New Mexico State started WAC play by avenging its only league setback of last season by hammering California Baptist, 86-71 Saturday night.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Gia Pack made the game-winning layup with 1.4 seconds left and the New Mexico State women's basketball team stifled a potent California Baptist offense as it started its Western Athletic Conference title defense with a 57-56 win at the Pan American Center on Thursday night. This was NM State's 23rd-straight WAC win at home.

After the Lancers (8-7, 0-1 WAC) started the game on a 5-0 run, New Mexico State (4-10, 1-0 WAC) settled down and took a 6-5 lead with 6:29 to play after an Amanda Soderqvist three. The Lancers then took an 11-8 lead but Rodrea Echols converted a three-point play to start a run that saw the Aggies take a 15-11 lead. CBU clawed back and took a 19-17 lead before a pair of Adrianna Henderson free throws tied the game up heading into the second quarter.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Up through the first 13 games of its 2019-20 season, the New Mexico State men's basketball team had sometimes been judged by what could have been rather than what was.

After seeing two of its expected key contributors miss a combined 27 games due to injury, New Mexico State was - for the first time this season - fully healthy and operating with a complete contingent of players headed into their non-conference finale. With everyone in uniform, the Aggies showed their fans in Pan Am Center Sunday a glimpse of just how potent the they can be when operating at full strength.

Trevelin Queen netted a game-high 17 points, all 12 Aggies who took the floor registered points and New Mexico State put the finishing touches on its regular season non-conference schedule by eviscerating Northern New Mexico, 104-30, Sunday afternoon inside the Pan Am Center.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women's basketball team fell in its final non-conference game, 67-54, at Abilene Christian on Saturday afternoon at Moody Coliseum. The Wildcats made 10 threes to five for the Aggies.

NM State (3-10, 0-0 WAC) started slow, with ACU (10-1, 0-0 Southland) building a 14-6 lead after five minutes. However, a jumper from Rodrea Echols started an Aggie run that saw them close to 18-13 at the end of the quarter.

The two teams traded buckets to start the second quarter before a pair of ree throws and a three gave ACU an 11-point lead, 28-17, at the 6:35 mark. After the Wildcats opened their lead to 33-19, Amanda Soderqvist hit a three, followed by a Gia Pack jumper with eight seconds left, and NM State trailed 35-24 at the half.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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JACKSON, MS - Nearly a quarter-century had elapsed since the New Mexico State men's basketball team's last victory over a foe from the SEC. Heading into Sunday's tilt with Mississippi State, it was clear that in order to beat the Bulldogs New Mexico State would need to be better than it had been in order to capitalize on its last chance for a marquee non-conference victory.

Thanks largely to a kid from Las Cruces, an Aggie newbie from the Windy City and a well-timed return by one of their on-court leaders, New Mexico State sent a clear message to the rest of the WAC - and the nation, for that matter.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Between the interior play of senior Ivan Aurrecoechea, the inaugural appearance of Evan Gilyard II in a New Mexico State uniform and a shot by Bryce Rewalt that sent the Aggies - and their fans - into hysterics - there were not too many things to feel bad about in the Pan Am Center Wednesday night.

Getting a win merely represented putting a bow on the entire package.

Back on their home floor after a tough game up in Albuquerque, the Aggies got back in the win column by receiving 19 points and nine rebounds from Aurrecoechea and outscored Arkansas-Pine Bluff 25-9 through the last 10 minutes to pick up a 65-40 victory over the Golden Lions.   Continue Reading This Post >>

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Gia Pack moved into ninth on the NM State all-time scoring list but the Aggies dropped a 70-47 contest to Arizona State on Wednesday at the Pan American Center. Pack now sits at 1,482 points after scoring 20 on 8-17 shooting from the field.

NM State (3-9) jumped out to a 4-0 lead over the Sun Devils (9-2) after buckets from Rodrea Echols and Aaliyah Prince. ASU jumped in front 5-4 before the Aggies scored five quick points to go up 9-5 with 6:31 in the quarter. However, Arizona State closed the first on a 9-2 run to lead 14-11 at the end of one quarter.

The Sun Devils clamped down defensively in the second quarter as they built a 32-15 lead at the half. The third quarter was much of the same, with the ASU offense coming alive, and the Aggies trailed 53-21 heading into the fourth.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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PITTSBURGH, PA - After being named Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, WAC Tournament MVP and AVCA All-Region, Megan Hart was named an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, the AVCA announced on Wednesday.

“We are all very happy for Megan,” said head coach Mike Jordan. “What a great way to finish your senior season. She earned it.”

The redshirt senior had a stellar senior season in which her .382 hitting percentage on 589 swings led the squad. She ranked second in the WAC for hitting percentage, 5th in blocks per set (1.03) and eighth in points per set (3.40).

Hart hit over .350 21 times this season and over .400 16 times. She smashed 10 or more kills 16 times including a career-high 19 in a sweep over Grand Canyon on Oct. 12. The Kelowna, B.C., Canada, native finished second on the squad in kills (300) and kills per set (2.80) as a middle blocker.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico State women’s basketball team fell to New Mexico 107-53 in Albuquerque on Monday night.

The game started off a defensive struggle with neither side scoring a bucket until the Lobos (8-4) broke through at the 7:29 mark. After Aaliyah Prince got the Aggies (3-8) on the board, New Mexico closed out the quarter on a 17-4 run to lead 21-6 through one period.  Continue Reading This Post >>