The Lobos Women’s soccer team will kick off their Mountain West Conference schedule this weekend, as they hit the road to face Utah State on Friday and Boise State on Sunday. While the Lobos record doesn’t look great right now, they played well in all but one of the games, including three 1-0 losses. The Lobos look to start the conference season off well today when they face a very solid Utah State team Friday afternoon. Utah State won the match last year 2-0 in Albuquerque, so the Lobos are certainly looking for a better result. The Lobos are also looking to continue the success on the road in conference play from last year, where they didn’t lose a single road conference game, going 4-0-1.
Football Game 4 Preview: Wyoming
After a tough loss to a good Arizona State team, the Lobos head up to Laramie, WY to take on the Wyoming Cowboys in a must-win game. This is the part of the schedule that could either get UNM back on track in their quest for a bowl game, or dash those hopes completely.
Weekly Roundup (9/23/15)
This is our weekly round up which will look at what happened in Lobo Sports in the last week and look ahead to the games and events that the week ahead will have for Lobo Sports. This will not be game previews or game recaps instead it will look at awards awarded to Lobo players, the outcome of games, as well as giving you a one-post location for the week ahead.
Quest for a Bowl Game: End of the First Quarter
It seems fair to say that Lobo football fans aren’t thrilled about the team’s 1-2 start. After a considerable buildup in hype in the preseason that this could be the year UNM returns to a bowl game, the losses to ASU and, mostly, Tulsa have deflated expectations and are causing some to already begin looking towards next year. However, it’s worth keeping in mind that we are now only a quarter of the way through the season and that the Lobos still have nine chances to win five more games. If they were playing in the SEC, it would be difficult to even feign optimism. Luckily, the Lobos are in the Mountain West.
Men’s Soccer TLC Invitational Recap
It was a great return home for the Lobo Men’s Soccer team, as they won both of their matches at the TLC Pluming & Utility Invitational, winning against Missouri State and nationally-ranked American University. With the two wins this weekend, the Lobos improve to 5-1-1 on the season and have won their last five matches. The Lobos will start Conference USA play Friday at South Carolina, who is coming off their CUSA opener with a win on the road against UAB.
UNM vs. American Game Preview
After facing a defensive-minded Missouri State side Friday night that was looking for a 0-0 draw, the Lobos will play a team with a very different philosophy in the American University Eagles. Both teams are coming off 1-0 wins Friday and both sides have very strong starts to their seasons. With both sides winning their first match, this will effectively be the championship match of the TLC Pluming & Utility Invitational. Of course, because this was an invitational instead of a tournament, all of the matches were already in place. It’s nice it worked out that way.
UNM Scorched by the Sun Devils
UNM came into Tempe last night to face ASU as longshots to win, but also with the knowledge that ASU was not unbeatable and that a win would bring an excitement about the program that hasn’t been seen for the better part of a decade. They came out hard, showing the ability to move the ball and the ability to stop the Sun Devils. Unfortunately, the talent difference ended up being just too much for the Lobos to make up, as they lost 34-10 to drop to 1-2 on the season. However, their effort left me feeling a lot more confident about the season than I was before last night.
Weekly Roundup (9/18/15)
This is our weekly round up which will look at what happened in Lobo Sports in the last week and look ahead to the games and events that the week ahead will have for Lobo Sports. This will not be game previews or game recaps instead it will look at awards awarded to Lobo players, the outcome of games, as well as giving you a one post location for the week ahead.
Friendly Confines
Beginning tonight, the UNM Women’s Volleyball team returns to the friendly confines of home…well, almost. They will be playing at “The Pit” (Wise Pies Arena) for the Days Inn & Suites Lobo Invitational and will be hosting Cal State Northridge, LIU Brooklyn, and LSU. The Lobo volleyball team currently owns a 5-4 record but have played an incredibly challenging non-conference schedule. Last weekend, that challenge included a hard fought three set loss to the nation’s third-ranked Southern California Women of Troy (USC). While UNM will bring the best record of all four teams into the tournament this weekend, the three other schools that they are hosting have also all played more than one ranked opponent, so this weekend of volleyball should be highly competitive as all four teams want to improve on the results that they have had thus far.
UNM vs Missouri State Game Preview
After going 2-0-0 last weekend in California, the Lobo Men’s Soccer team returns home to host the TLC Plumbing & Utility Invitational, where it will face Missouri State on Friday night at 7pm and face #21 American on Sunday at 6pm. Last Sunday’s opponent LMU rounds out the field, also playing Missouri State and American this weekend. This is a very important weekend for the Lobos, as they have a three match win streak on the line and start Conference USA play next week. If the Lobos can find wins in both matches, they could climb into the top 10 next week and could build the momentum to start strong in conference play.