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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Lobos eke out 91-90 win over UNLV

By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler

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Joe Furstinger celebrates with superfan Mark “Snake” Tichenor after a close, 91-90, win over the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at Dreamstyle Stadium on Feb. 25, 2018.

It is not accustomed to playing games on Sunday, but the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team could use a win any way it could get it — and it came up big in crunch time to do just that.

New Mexico (15-14, 10-6 MW) won its third straight game to elevate its overall record to above .500 for the first time since the opening games of the season, gutting out a 91-90 victory over UNLV on Sunday afternoon.

Things went back and forth throughout the game, and things got chippy at times as the referee’s whistle began to blow with more frequency as both teams seemed to give everything they had to hold on to their place in the conference standings.

The win moved New Mexico into a tie with conference rival Fresno State for third place in the

Mountain West standings. And those two schools could have a lot on the line when the Lobos host the Bulldogs in the regular season finale Saturday.

Head coach Paul Weir used the word “unusual” to describe the game but said UNLV played really well. The Lobos missed out on some opportunities, but just when it may have seemed like things were not going the Lobos’ way, the tide turned and a freshman stepped up to play the role of hero.

“We missed a lot of stuff — a lot of layups around the rim, a lot of loose balls just ended up in their hands,” Weir said. “Just seemed like we couldn’t catch a break in that second half, but fortunately we were able to close the game obviously come out with a big win.”

UNLV opened the scoring in the contest with a quick steal and layup

by Tervell Beck, but the Lobos responded with an 11-1 run.

Senior forward Joe Furstinger capped the run by towering over a

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TRACK AND FIELD

Lobos set new school How NCAA scandal could affect UNM record in DMR relay

By Cameron Goeldner @goeldfinger

By Cameron Goeldner @goeldfinger

The first day of the Mountain West Track and Field Championships proved to be a record breaking one for the University of New Mexico distance medley relay teams.

The men’s DMR , led by the NCAA defending mile champion Josh Kerr, finished in first with a time of 9 minutes, 33.41 seconds.

Per NCAA protocol, the time was converted for altitude, coming in at 9:24.73. This time would be good for the NCAA record, which currently stands at 9:25.97 and was set by Texas in 2008. However, altitude conversions don’t count towards official records, so the record will stand as unofficial.

“Every person on that start line and every person on our team did exactly what they were supposed to do,” Kerr said in a release. “That definitely made my position easier to really anchor us well.”

It breaks the UNM record of 9:30.07, which the Lobos set at last year’s Mountain West Championships. For the men, the win marks

back-to-back DMR titles, becoming the first team to do so since Colorado State won three in a row from 2013-2015.

The women’s DMR team set a new UNM record en route to a second place finish in the event. Led

by Ednah Kurgat, the team finished in 11:07.88 (10:57.78 converted), setting a new school record. The time was also faster than the previous Mountain West record, but first place Boise State was just a little bit faster, finishing in 11:05.39 (10:55.32 converted).

The relay begins with a 1200-meter leg, followed by an 400-meter leg, an 800-meter leg and then finally a 1600-meter leg. Kerr and Kurgat anchored their teams running the final and longest leg. Both teams seem likely to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

Cameron Goeldner is a sports beat reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s soccer and softball but also contributes content for baseball, basketball, football and track and field. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @goeldfinger.

In September, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was pursuing criminal cases against some of the most powerful people in major college basketball. It was a bombshell that shook the landscape just before practice for the new season underway.

One of the first, and still one of the biggest dominoes to fall, was Louisville head coach Rick Pitino, who was fired following the revelation that an Adidas executive, the school’s official provider of athletic apparel, had conspired to pay $100,000 dollars to the family of an elite recruit to get him to play for Louisville and represent Adidas following the conclusion of his college career.

Despite the national prevalence of this story, its effects weren’t felt by the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team. However, this week the investigation reached the Lobos’ corner of the basketball universe, as San Diego State’s Malik Pope and former UNLV player Patrick McCaw were linked to the latest round of players who had allegedly received improper benefits from agents — specifically the agency, ASM Sports, in a story released by Yahoo! Sports last week.

The report includes photos of

ASM Sports balance sheets which list “loans” made to current and former collegiate basketball players and includes many of college basketball’s biggest names.

So, how does this affect UNM basketball in the short term?

As of right now, it doesn’t, and unless the Lobos should find themselves playing the Aztecs in the Mountain West Tournament in a few weeks time, and Pope is still not suiting, it won’t.

However, the end of the scandal is far from over, and we won’t know just how big of an impact it will have on New Mexico, or if the Lobos will face NCAA sanctions, for quite some time.

Head basketball coach Paul Weir, who is in his first year at New Mexico, doesn’t expect that there will be anything in future reports about his program.

“I don’t want to comment too much on it, because I’m not fully up-to-date on the teams you’re discussing; I know there’s an article out there,” Weir said during a press conference. “All I can say is internally, when all that went down in August, our compliance office did a thorough vetting of all of our student athletes and their backgrounds, and as far as I know we were all clear and good to go.

“I’m not aware of anything that’s gone on in this program here that would be included in any of that stuff, I guess if for whatever

reason if something is, we’ll deal with it then. At this point all I can say is I know nothing about any of that going on here.”

The NCAA, which has fought back against calls from the public for players to be paid for years, issued the following statement by NCAA President Mark Emmert: “These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America.

“Simply put, people who engage in this kind of behavior have no place in college sports. They are an affront to all those who play by the rules. Following the Southern District of New York’s indictments last year, the NCAA Board of Governors and I formed the independent Commission on College Basketball, chaired by Condoleezza Rice, to provide recommendations on how to clean up the sport.”

On the surface, many of these allegations appear to just be standard NCAA rules violations, so why is the FBI involved? All of the coaches who were involved in the first round of indictments in September will face charges as “agents of federally funded organizations,” which allows the Justice Department to use broader anti-corruption laws to target coaches for helping arrange these

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Jordan Johnson shot attempt, emphatically rejecting the attempt for his 100th career block — moving him into eighth place on the team’s all-time list.

The swat led to a transition 3-point basket off the hands of Dane Kuiper to put UNM up 11-3, and it looked like the Lobos were primed to blow things open early.

But the Runnin’ Rebels stayed true to their namesake and went on a 9-0 run to regain their composure and the lead at the 13:25 mark.

New Mexico made its first two 3-pointers of the game, but then went cold from the outside. Somehow the team was still able to score inside amongst UNLV’s tree-like frontcourt and drew two early fouls on 7-foot Brandon McCoy, sending him to the bench with 11:33 remaining.

In his absence, the Lobos were able to build a seven-point lead.

But they found themselves looking up at the scoreboard and trailing 37-32 with about three and a half minutes left before halftime.

UNM went to work, attacking the rim and drawing contact to get to the free throw line, where the team made 17 of its 19 first half attempts — seven more makes and attempts than UNLV was able to garner.

But that free throw disparity was made up for, and then some, in the second half.

The Rebels seemed to live at the charity stripe over the final 20 minutes, attempting 28 foul shots, compared to just 10 by New Mexico.

The Lobos were able to increase their cushion to 11 points in a hurry when the teams returned to the floor for the second half, knocking down three quick 3-pointers to snag a 57-46 advantage.

The teams continued to trade baskets before UNLV guard Johnson started to heat up. The Rebels

went on an 8-0 scoring spurt — all of which came from Johnson — as he sliced into the Lobo lead to pull UNLV within 63-60 just past the midway point of the second half.

Junior guard Anthony Mathis missed his first two 3-pointers of the game but rebounded to knock down three from long range after halftime. He actually converted a 4-point play after he was fouled while making a corner 3 to quell the Rebel run.

The Lobos were still able to maintain a comfortable margin as the clock ticked inside the five minute mark after junior guard Troy Simons stuck another 3-pointer to lift his team to an 8176 lead.

But UNLV made another run and got a big call on a block/charge.

McCoy was initially whistled for a charge and his fourth personal, waving off a made basket that would have tied the game. That gave the ball back to the Lobos with 3:48 to play with a two-point lead.

However, the referees elected to go to the replay monitor — presumably to check if the Lobo defender, Furstinger, was outside the restricted circle under the hoop.

They determined he was not and reversed the call, which inside sent Furstinger to the bench — ending his day after picking up foul number five. The McCoy basket was put back on the board, and his subsequent free throw gave UNLV an 82-81 lead.

Weir said he contemplated going big at that point but realized the need to score points and decided instead to go with freshman Makuach Maluach — good call.

Maluach responded with a monster dunk to regain the lead for the Lobos, as he began to assume his role as closer.

Johnson buried a 3-pointer at the other end to put UNLV back

on top 85-83, but Maluach struck again a few minutes later with a shot to tie the score at 88-88 with 44 seconds remaining.

UNLV’s Javon Mooring drew a foul call while in the process of shooting a 3-pointer on the next possession but made just two of his three free throw attempts, leaving the door open for New Mexico.

And when the ball wound up in the hands of Maluach again, the freshman never hesitated — rising and swishing a shot from downtown that would prove to be the game-winning bucket.

But the Lobos still had to play defense to protect its slim 91-90 advantage as the Rebels took a timeout with 10.5 seconds to play.

Johnson had torched the Lobos for 25 points and the goal appeared to be for UNM to force the guard to give up the rock and make someone else make a play.

Johnson drove and kicked to set up his teammate for a wide open 3-point attempt, but the shot was off the mark. There was a lot of contact on a put back attempt, but the referees swallowed the whistle in that instance as the buzzer sounded with the Lobos still clinging to that one-point lead.

Mathis said the team showed a lot of poise down the stretch when it counted, and he credited Maluach for stepping up in a big way. The freshman scored eight of the team’s final 10 points to help UNM escape with the 91-90 win.

Johnson led all scorers with his 25-point effort, but it wasn’t quite enough for UNLV. The Rebels will probably look back at the 12 missed free throw attempts and wonder what could have been if they had done better at the charity stripe.

Maluach wound up with 13 points, though it was Mathis who led the Lobos with 18 points, as

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Chris McNeal shoots a basket during a game against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at Dreamstyle Stadium on Feb. 25, 2018.

five Lobos reached double figures in scoring.

The Lobos will travel to Colorado State and try to pick up another crucial conference win against the Rams Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Robert Maler is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers basketball, football and tennis. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @Robert_Maler.

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Lobo players reveal inspirations for walk-up songs

By Matthew Narvaiz @matt_narvaiz For the players, it is one of the most important parts of the game.

Some do it to hype themselves up.

Others do it to calm their nerves and relax.

But for just about every player, walk-up songs give insight into who they are and what they listen to.

For the University of New Mexico baseball team, it’s no different.

The Lobos, this season, have a wide variety of music choices from classic rock to old school hip-hop, to old Kanye and much more.

In fact, hitters are allowed up to four songs to choose. So some play a different song for each game in a series. Others stick to the same song.

Danny Collier, a senior who plays both outfield and DH, has a taste in music that might not be expected. He has three walk-up songs in total, which include: “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” by Bone Thugs n Harmony, “Homicide” by Kevin Gates and “Knockin Doorz Down”

by Pimp C. Collier says there’s no superstition behind what song he chooses on what day. Instead, he said he looks for music that “slaps” while also paying homage to his brother by walking up to the Pimp C song.

“I just love music,” Collier said.

“I’ll hear a song, and I’m like, ‘Yeah, that slaps a little bit.’ And then ‘Knockin Doors Down’ — that’s what my brother walked out to in high school. So, you know, pay a little tribute to my boy.”

But not all UNM baseball players choose their walk-up songs just because they like it.

Jared Mang, a junior outfielder who’s currently out of the Lobos’ lineup with an injury to his fingers after being hit by a pitch, says he chooses his walk-up music to get him in the right mood.

“When the song has a certain feel to it, and you feel good when you’re walking up there,” Mang said. “Just something to get you in the right frame of mind to go hit.”

Like Collier, Mang’s music is very hip-hop influenced. On Friday games, he chose “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” by Kanye West. Mang made it clear, though, that he’s strictly an old Kanye admirer and that he doesn’t necessarily care for his new stuff.

Mang also chose “Never Better” by P.O.S to play on Saturday games and also some music from Blue Scholars.

Hayden Schilling, too, has his share of songs. Though hitters are

allowed up to four songs, he opted for just two. Like Mang and Collier, he likes some older rap and hiphop too, leading to his choice of “No Diggity” by Blackstreet.

But batters aren’t the only only players in baseball who get walk-up songs either. Pitchers do, too.

Mariano Rivera, who was a closer for the Yankees and one of the best of all-time, used to walk up to the mound from the bullpen to the song, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica.

Christian Tripp, UNM’s closing pitcher, has one too. For Tripp, finding the best walk-up song is all about the energy it brings.

To him, he needs music that will pump him up.

Tripp’s walk-up song is “Kickstart My Heart” by the Mötley Crüe. But Tripp, if he could, said he would play “Enter Sandman” by Metallica if it didn’t cause bad juju.

“One of the songs I’ve always wanted to do, but it’s kind of like a cardinal sin is ‘Enter Sandman,’” he said. “Mariano Rivera is like the best closer of all-time. So if you play that song, you’re bound to not pitch very well.”

With all these songs, and different tastes in artists and music, the Lobos have created an identity not only for themselves but for the team, too. Walk-up music has different effects on different players, but the added bonus of personalizing the game with individuality could make the game better in the end.

Matthew Narvaiz is a senior sports reporter for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @matt_narvaiz.

Men’s soccer

Sam Gleadle signs pro contract with Reno

By Cameron Goeldner @goeldfinger Sam Gleadle has signed a professional contract with Reno 1868 of the USL, the club announced on Monday. Gleadle graduated from the University of New Mexico in December following a four year career with the Lobos.

During his final season at New Mexico, he started 14 games for the Lobos, scoring three goals and adding two assists, including

two game winning goals. He was named to the All-Conference USA Third Team in November. For his career, he appeared in 70 games for the Lobos, including 31 starts, and scored five goals while adding 12 assists. He becomes the second former Lobo in as many years to sign for Reno, joining Chris Wehan, who spent one year with the club before signing with San Jose Earthquakes earlier this offseason.

“This is something I’ve been working towards my entire life and if feels great to sign my first contract,” Gleadle said in a UNM release. “I’m

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looking forward to being part of a team again, working for something bigger than myself and putting the team-first mentality back into my play. Tryouts are tough but this reward makes it all worth it. I’ve had a lot of support from my family and friends, in the US and England, and they have never stopped believing in me so I owe a lot to them!”

Gleadle is one of four preseason trialists who saw their hard work result in a permanent contract with the club, and he’ll look to get some minutes when the club opens its season, according to Reno head

coach Ian Russell.

“Sam is a diligent worker who developed into one of the best attacking talents in the country his senior season,” New Mexico head coach Jeremy Fishbein said in a release. “He has electric pace and one-vs-one ability which will translate into much success at the professional level. He is extremely deserving of this opportunity and it will be a pleasure following his success.”

Gleadle becomes the fourth Lobo from last year’s team to sign a professional contract, joining

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LETTERS Laws don’t help to reduce gun violence Editor, The following letter is addressed to Students Demand Action.

Dear Students Demand Action, I understand. You’ve witnessed — far too often at first hand and in the most terrifying circumstances — the violent deaths of your fellow students. You refuse to accept that’s just how it has to be. You’re organizing for change. You deserve to be heard. Don’t let anyone talk down to you or minimize your concerns.

You want action. I don’t blame you. But it’s important to consider what kind of action you want, how to go about getting it, and what it will accomplish.

With respect to gun control laws, it’s worth considering how well those have worked in the past at preventing school shootings.

Article 18, Section 922 of the United States Code deems it “unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person...has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been com-

Mass shootings can stop with gun control Editor, We know that the latest mass shooting in Parkland, Florida is not the last. It stands in an endless series of past and future massacres that will continue to plague this country as long as politicians are permitted to define “freedom” in the antiquated terms of the anachronistic Second Amendment. The so-called sacred “right to bear arms” is perverted to an infamous “imperative to get armed.”

A country like this, driven to its own downfall by the decadent impulses of capitalist impunities, is bound to distort freedom to unrestricted recklessness.

The pathological urge for absolute self-protection is bred by the gluttonous promise that it be conducive to lucrative business.

Business let loose is lethal. It knows no ethics. Its love of money is brute immorality. Consequently,

mitted to any mental institution.”

Nikolas Cruz was, according to Florida’s Department of Children & Family Services (which had investigated prior violent incidents in which he was involved) “classified as a vulnerable adult due to mental illness.”

But he got a gun anyway.

Another part of that U.S. Code section, usually referred to as the “Gun-Free School Zones Act,” deems it “unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.”

But Nikolas Kruz came to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida with his rifle and killed 14 students and three staff members anyway.

Nikolas Cruz was, in theory, bound up in a web of laws intended to prevent him from getting a gun or using it to commit murder.

Those laws didn’t stop him.

Starting with the National Firearms Act of 1934, the U.S. government has, with increasing stringency, regulated the ownership, carriage and use of guns for nearly a century.

What have we learned?

Among other things, we’ve learned that these regulations don’t work, at least if the goal is to reduce violence. Any list of the most dangerous cities in the United States will heavily overlap a list of the cities with the most draconian gun control laws.

The numbers are hard to pin down, but at a minimum there are more than 100 million gun owners and more than 300 million guns, in

America. The Gun Violence Archive claims 15,593 gun deaths in 2017.

That’s 15,593 too many. But it’s also one death for every 6,400 gun owners and one for every 18,000 guns, and that includes police shootings, self-defense and suicide.

I’m writing to you as one of more than 100 million American gun owners who has never entered a school with the intent to kill. We and our guns are clearly

not the problem as such.

What is the problem? How to solve it?

I wish you luck in doing a better job than your elders of figuring that out.

the “land of the free” swims in arms and drowns in the blood of its hapless victims. We have long reached the abysmal point where more arms can no longer satisfy the sick need for self-defense. The obsession with total security seeks “better” — deadlier — weapons. Semi-automatic assault weapons have replaced the handgun and hunting rifle.

The country lingers in a state of war.

Thus, the vicious circle of deadly violence keeps spinning out of control to the delight of the gun lobby and the politicians they pay to do their bidding. As the mass graves grow, so will the fear to fall into them. The fallout is an anxious desire for more madness.

The addiction of America’s primal religion is displayed in the arms race on the business altars of the global and domestic economy.

Weapons are addictive and contagious. They trigger the need for more. We have reached the fateful juncture of anticipatory self-defense where the need for self-protection is tantamount to the readiness to imminent ag-

gression. A country armed to its teeth is at war with itself. No one can be trusted, since everyone could be (h)armed. This dreadful suspicion is explosive. It eats up the nation’s soul.

If the only — wretched — response offered by politicians are hypocritical “thoughts and prayers” — a mindless mantra and devious rhetorical device for willful inaction — the latest mass shooting simply forebodes the next. Donald Trump and Congress are the accused, and in their irresponsible inaction rightfully so.

It takes the righteous anger of hapless students of a shattered high school to bring the truth of national guilt to the fore of a wounded nation. Donald Trump finds himself cornered against the wall of his irresponsible and reckless rhetorical actions. A 30-million-dollar puppet of the NRA, he has fought and eased gun restrictions for greater access to guns. He has openly contemplated killing journalists and hinted at the assassination of Hillary Clinton, should she, as president, restrict

gun laws. His vainglorious words, where in his typical megalomania he boasted, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose voters,” are telling.

Now that he is (still) “president” they are symptomatic of the decadent state of a desolate nation.

“Guns don’t kill people, people do,” shout the voices of depraved devils.

“Then don’t let them have guns.

Abolish them. Guns don’t have human rights,” Reason responds.

But the question is not, “How can we prevent deranged people from getting their hands on guns?”

The real question is, “Who in their right mind wants (anyone) to get their hands on weapons, such as an AR-15?”

The real madmen sit in Washington, their “leader” in the Oval Office.

As long as this enabler-in-chief, chief advocate and perpetrator of physical and sexual violence keeps occupying the White House, his Republican backers prove Trump right. He won’t lose the voters who to this bloody day still back him.

As for the rest, the vast major-

ity, left out, left behind, victimized and traumatized by America’s gory politics, it means: this government is the enemy of the people.

Madmen do anything to stay in power. The blood of Las Vegas, Parkland, Orlando, San Bernardino, Newtown and countless other slaughterhouses is dripping from their hands.

“What shall we do?” the people asked John the Baptist.

The answer is as simple as it is urgent — then and now: “Political repentance.”

Vote and kick these madmen out before it’s too late lest one day worse happens — a mushroom cloud envelop planet Earth.

Madmen will do anything. They will wreck the planet just to save their bloodstained skin.

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payments to players.

For now, the University of New Mexico has avoided becoming entangled in this case, which current-

ly includes 20 Division I schools and 25 or more players, but this is something the FBI has been investigating for years, and with no end

in sight, it’s too early to tell how, or if, the Lobos will be affected.

Cameron Goeldner is a sports

beat reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s soccer and softball but also contributes content for base-

ball, basketball, football and track and field. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @goeldfinger.

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Why I fell in love with sports reporting

By Matthew Narvaiz @matt_narvaiz

Growing up I was always into sports. Playing them, watching them but, most of all, talking about them.

I remember in my younger days watching “College Gameday” with Lee Corso and always looking forward to waking up at 9 a.m. to hear him and his crew’s predictions on the upcoming college football games.

To me, that’s where the real fun was.

Growing up, for most of my elementary and middle school years, I had dreams and aspirations of being on “SportsCenter” and talking about the day’s highlights.

But like time, change in myself — and my interests — was always inevitable. I was still just a young boy, learning new things about myself each and every day. Being on “SportsCenter,” being an anchor on set, wasn’t for me.

What was for me, though, was still being involved in sports somehow and someway.

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year in high school.

I was at a new school, a new place — something far different than I was accustomed to before.

I had joined the football team and spoken to the coach. I had to attend summer practices, which meant morning drives to and from the football field on the campus.

My uncle, Michael, offered to drive me to practice on some mornings, since my parents were at work.

On those drives I discovered a new interest: sports talk radio. He listened to “Mike & Mike” on the drive there, and I found it interesting.

Hearing long, thought out criticisms on certain things in the world of sports and listening to interviews with coaches, players and other analysts gave me an insight that I found exciting.

And even better? I didn’t have to be on T.V. with the world seeing my every move — and by extension, my every mistake.

On radio it was just my voice — a place I thought I could master.

Who knows, maybe I still can?

But just like the time and interests changed once, they changed again.

I was never an English nut, but I didn’t mind writing. And,

after some time, I grew a love for reading websites like Grantland.

Reading the occasional Bill Simmons mailbag was a must after some time, and hearing thought provoking breakdowns of basketball from Zach Lowe was fun to me.

Reading long-form writing and watching sports at the same time, was the absolute perfect mixture.

And after much thought, I finally knew what I wanted to do — I wanted to write about sports.

My love for sports, and knowing I wanted to be a sports writer in my high school years shortly before college meant a budding love for journalism too.

I started to read pieces on politics, tech, business, among others and gained a respect for the people who had the jobs of going out there and reporting on these things. I wanted to do it too.

Fast forward to 2015 when I got my first start at the Daily Lobo.

At the time, I knew what I wanted. I was interviewed by the thennews editor, David Lynch, scared out of my mind. He had asked if I knew what an inverted pyramid was — and, of course, I didn’t. I was clueless outside of wanting

to fulfill my hopes and aspirations of maybe becoming a sports journalist.

And even though I knew nothing, he hired me.

I didn’t start on the sports desk, but rather on the news desk. Starting off with something even more foreign than sports helped me in the end. Through that process, I learned how to write for a newspaper, I learned how to interview people and I learned how to be timely.

With those tools, I soon moved to the sports desk.

I wasn’t assigned the big sports at first — instead I started with covering the UNM ski team. Doing that humbled me, though. Again, I learned new things that I would later apply to the skill set I have now.

In 2016, I started on the women’s basketball beat. With that, I had more stories to write, more interviews to do and, at the same time, had to be timely. That meant putting in more work. It was hard, but eventually I adapted.

After the women’s basketball season, I had an even bigger task: covering baseball. That meant, in essence, a story every day. That, in itself, I admit was — and still

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is — a challenge. But it’s one I embrace.

Fast forward to 2018, and I’m still writing for the sports desk at the Lobo.

I still cover women’s basketball and baseball, though I now assist in men’s basketball coverage as well.

I no longer look at my work with as much frustration. And through the process of working on something I love, realized that this is something I want to — and can — do for the rest of my life.

Writing about sports? I love it.

And at this point, I don’t think I’ll ever stop loving it.

Working with athletes, coaches, as well as my editors at the newspaper is something that humbles me every day, and at the same time, puts a smile on my face.

I can’t lie, though. I still have a lot to learn about sports writing — and just about being a journalist in general. But it’s something that, in the end, I know I love.

Matthew Narvaiz is a senior sports reporter for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @matt_narvaiz.

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SOFTBALL

Lobos lose to Montana 4-2 at UCR Classic

By Cameron Goeldner @goeldfinger For the University of New Mexico softball team (2-11), Saturday’s game started off differently. With a lead. However, it wasn’t meant to be for the Lobos on the second day of the UC Riverside Classic, as the Lobos fell to Montana (2-10), as the Grizzlies used a three run sixth inning to take a lead they would hold until the final out.

A Chelsea Johnson double

gave New Mexico its first two runs and the early 2-0 lead. Cameryn O’Grady started the Lobos off with a leadoff walk and Sydney Townes followed her with another. A D’Andra DeFlora sacrifice bunt allowed the runners to advance into scoring position, and Johnson followed with the double to give the Lobos the lead.

Jensen Main got the start on the mound for the Lobos and had a strong outing, going three innings while allowing one run on four hits, three walks and a strikeout. Montana was able to get on the board

in the third inning, when Delene Colburn lead off with a solo shot to right-center field. That wasn’t the end of the Grizzlies threat, as they followed it up with a single from Maddy Stensby, followed by Main walking Dani Walker to give Montana two base runners with only one out. However, they were unable to capitalize as Main struck out the next two hitters looking to escape the inning.

Krissy Fortner came in to pitch for the Lobos in relief of Main, and things were scoreless for both sides until the bottom of the sixth, when

Montana struck again. With two outs and two Montana runners on base, Fortner intentionally walked Colburn to load the bases and set up a force out at every base. It appeared that she would get out of the jam, but a fielding error allowed two unearned runs to score and gave Montana a 3-2 lead before the Grizzlies added a fourth run on a single to center.

The Lobos attempted a comeback in the seventh, as O’Grady walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. However, no one was able to bring her home, as the next

two batters struck out and flew out, ending the game and giving the Grizzlies a 4-2 win.

Cameron Goeldner is a sports beat reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s soccer and softball, but also contributes content for baseball, basketball, football and track and field. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @goeldfinger.

HOCKEY

Lobos make their first bid for Nationals

By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler

For the first time in the history of the University of New Mexico hockey team, the Lobos have skated into postseason play and will compete in the ACHA National Championships.

New Mexico went undefeated in its first 11 games to start the season and never looked back, posting an impressive 20-4-1 record along the way.

Head coach Grant Harvey said the team was overlooked in the past and felt some politics kept New Mexico out of the postseason mix in previous seasons. But with the selection process, including an algorithm with defined criteria and the team’s impressive résumé, there was no question this season’s effort was good enough to warrant a bid to nationals.

“It’s meaningful in a sentimental value, man,” Harvey said.

“This is basically 10 years in the making — ever since I was a UNM captain and then stuck around to be the coach.”

Harvey said the notion of achieving a postseason berth seemed almost like a daydream, but the division was wide open this year — providing a prime opportunity to pursue that dream.

Team captain and left wingman

Austin Short said he remembered sitting down and discussing how close, but elusive, earning a postseason spot had been in the past and seemed vindicated that the moment finally arrived.

“It’s pretty surreal actually,” he said. “I do remember talking about that before our season even started. And here we are now. We made it.”

UNM Lobo Hockey released the draw for the 2018 ACHA Nationals Pool B through its Twitter page and appears to be facing some stiff competition. No. 1 seed Michigan State took the division crown in the North and will likely be the favorite to emerge from the group.

New Mexico, which finished second in the Pacific division, Central Florida and Quinnipiac University round out the pool and will all compete against each other for the right to advance to the next round.

Play will begin in Columbus, Ohio on March 13, which could present a challenge for the Lobos, considering the team hasn’t played a game since its 8-0 victory to close out the regular season back on Feb. 3.

Short said the layoff should not be an issue, as it is nothing new for the team. The squad had a lull in scheduling earlier in the season, endured another hiatus during winter break and didn’t miss a beat when play resumed.

Harvey said it is just one of the perils of playing so far into the season, and the main focus will be on keeping the team ready. He said the team has increased the number of practices to three times per week but acknowledged there is only so much practice can provide.

The break could also help players heal up and recover from any bumps and bruises. Short said he hopes to continue working on his stick handling and stay sharp on passing and shooting.

But the head coach said in order to be game ready, the players will have to play.

Harvey said he plans to organize an exhibition game or two in preparation for competing at nationals.

He has also called on some hockey friends, including some former New Mexico Scorpion players, to work with the players and share some experience, he said.

But don’t expect Harvey to “over-coach” the players on the team during the postseason when the stakes are at its highest. He said he’s learned some valuable lessons about himself and the team during this season.

“I’ve learned a lot about coaching this year,” he said. “I don’t need to tell them the gravity of the situation; I don’t need to lay upon (them) this huge burden of winning. I need to make them more comfortable.

Go play our game, and let’s see what settles at the end.”

Harvey said he feels that if the team plays its game, then it can take on anyone in the nation.

He said he will try to balance being a coach and a psychologist and strive to help the players have fun, because they play their best when they are not nervous.

That said, the Lobos will probably need everyone to play at a high level. Harvey said the team has a relatively slim rotation but feels comfortable knowing the players are up to the task, despite knowing they will have to log some heavy minutes.

He said the most critical aspect to the game will be how the Lobos can protect the net — admitting that the team cannot afford to have a bad game between the pipes.

UNM has been solid at goal tending this season, recording six shutout wins.

The team has shown the ability to generate some serious offense as well, scoring five or more goals in 18 of its 25 games played. And nobody has been more prolific on the team in scoring than Short, who has put 30 goals past opposing keepers so far.

UNM center Jaxson Farnholtz is the team’s leader in assists with 30 and overall points with 50, followed closely by Short, who has notched 49 points.

The team captain said the team has maintained a national top 10 ranking for pretty much the entire

season and has several things working in its favor heading into Ohio.

UNM has found a myriad of different ways to win games throughout the season, showing the ability to come from behind and keep its composure.

New Mexico won two of its three overtime matchups during the regular season — earning a draw in the other game — and notched five wins in games that were decided by a single goal.

Short said he’s just looking for everyone to skate and compete with 100 percent effort — saying that, and playing for the person next to you, is really all he can ask for.

Harvey said he and the players have felt embraced by the community, and the support they have received means everything. The team will be representing New Mexico well when it takes to the ice on March 13.

The games are expected to be streamed on the ACHA Twitter page, and results will be posted on the UNM Lobo Hockey team page.

Robert Maler is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers basketball, football and tennis. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @Robert_Maler.

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BASEBALL

Lobos tie Central Michigan in series finale

By Matthew Narvaiz @matt_narvaiz That’s right. On Sunday afternoon, the University of New Mexico baseball team and Central Michigan finished their fourth meeting this season in a 6-6 tie.

After nine whole innings of play, the game was tied. And in the tenth, neither team added another score. In the meantime, the Chippewas had a plane to catch and the game had reached its time limit all culminating to the tie.

The Lobos (4-3-1), however, won the first three matchups.

On Thursday in the series opener, UNM won 20-9 behind a big offensive outing from junior Hayden Schilling. On Friday, sophomore Justin Slaten allowed just three hits

and no runs starting on the mound for the Lobos in their second win.

And on Saturday, junior Christian Tripp struck out the side in the ninth inning to propel UNM to a close 8-7 win.

On Sunday, though, the game was as tight asswsw tight gets. Central Michigan scored in the top of the first on a fly out, with the runner on third getting there courtesy of a triple. It gave them a 1-0 lead early on.

But after sophomore Cody Dye escaped a second inning on the mound in which he left three runners on base, the Lobos’ offense started to get going.

In the bottom of the second inning, freshman Chris Dunn singled with one out. From there, eventually, Dunn reached second on a wild pitch. Shorty after, freshman Connor Mang was walked to put

runners on first and second. Then, senior Daniel Herrera singled to score Dunn. But a costly mistake from Central Michigan in the right field, scored Mang, too, to put UNM up 2-1.

The Chippewas, however, would have none of it. In the top of the third, they countered with a two run inning of their own, to take a 3-2 lead.

But in the bottom of the third, senior Danny Collier, who singled to lead off the inning, eventually scored later on a passed ball to tie thing up at three runs apiece.

Both teams pitched scoreless fourth and fifth innings, before the Lobos grabbed another two run inning in the bottom of the sixth.

After freshman Garrett Gouldsmith struck out swinging, a wild pitch eventually got him to first base. Then, freshman Brayden

Merritt homered to right field to put UNM up 5-3.

Junior Malachi Emond, who entered in as relief in the seventh, closed that inning out to keep the Lobos at a two run advantage. But in the eighth inning, Central Michigan added two runs, again, to tie the game up at five runs.

It came down to the wire in the ninth. But, quickly, Central Michigan (2-5-1) answered. And with a home run, to take a 6-5 lead.

But UNM didn’t shy away either.

Schilling led off the bottom of the ninth getting pelted by a pitch to get on first. And then, freshman Derek Marshall doubled to right center scoring Schilling in the process. That tied things up and six runs.

Then, extra innings.

But the tenth inning didn’t have the same offensive spark as the others. Instead, both teams pitched

three up, three down innings, which ended the game in a tie.

For UNM, Merritt and Schilling both had two hits and a run. Merritt, though, also had two RBI. In total, the Lobos had eight hits as a team compared to the Chippewas’ 11.

As far as pitching goes, no one picked up the win. In six innings on the mound, Dye allowed eight hits and three runs while also striking out five.

The Lobos will host Nevada Friday, in a three-game weekend series at Santa Ana Star Field.

Matthew Narvaiz is a senior sports reporter for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball. He can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @matt_narvaiz.

COLUMN

College sports should benefit students, not NCAA

By Christian Marquez @chrstn_marquez I really don’t care for sports.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my Lobos, but hear me out.

Student-athletes lay it all on the line for a chance to make professional sports their career. Some of them make it, but most of them do not. If we look to the numbers, it seems that only one party is guaranteed to profit from this relationship: the NCAA and their partners.

For example, according to the NCAA’s estimated probability of competing in professional sports,

out of the 18,684 student-athletes playing men’s basketball in 2017, 4,152 were draft eligible. There were 60 draft spots open, and only 44 players were drafted — making the probability of being drafted pro from NCAA men's basketball 1.1 percent.

If the employment rate for college graduates was 1.1 percent, would people still go to school?

I get that athletics help a lot of students who otherwise may not have been able to afford school.

Scholarships are great for students, and athletic scholarships are some of the best, but at what point do sports stop paying for school, and school starts paying for the sports?

Board of Regents President Rob Doughty, recently suggested that UNM forgive the $4.7 million deficit held by the athletics department. According to the most recent available information from the NCAA, revenue was at a modest $797 million per year in 2012.

Most of that revenue comes from a 14-year broadcast rights contract, signed in 2010, with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting to the tune of $10.8 billion. This allows CBS and Turner rights to broadcast games on television, like last year’s game against the University of Arizona Wildcats.

CBS and Turner are seeing a modest return on their deal, with

last year’s annual championship tournament, March Madness, selling over $1.2 billion in advertising, according to a report by Kantar Media. The NCAA, CBS Sports and Turner must be happy with its deal, as the companies have already begun inking an extension to the current contract, which does not expire until 2024.

That is only the advertising dollars. It does not include ticket sales, merchandising or the various other revenue streams made possible by the thousands of unpaid NCAA athletes. Our very own hardworking Lobos contribute to that revenue stream, unpaid.

While UNM debates the future

of athletics spending, and a $4.7 million debt, NCAA, CBS, Turner and other interests are stuffing their pockets. It won’t take long for the debate to end with another unrelated department facing cuts so that UNM can continue to support the NCAA. So what do you think NCAA, make it yours?

Christian Marquez is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. The views in this column are his own.

He can be contacted at multimedia@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @chrstn_marquez.

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“Free Throw Portraits” capture intensity of basketball

By Cameron Goeldner @goeldfinger

that these players show in the final minutes of an intense game during one of the few moments when all eyes in the arena are on them, when they step to the line, with teammates and opponents around them.

Cameron Goeldner is a sports beat reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s soccer and softball but also contributes content for baseball, basketball, football and track and field. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @goeldfinger.

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basketball

Troy Simons’ long road to New Mexico

By Robert Maler @Robert_Maler Fans of the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team probably know about the potential and the growth of junior guard Troy Simons throughout this season, but many may not know the path that landed him in a Lobo uniform.

Simons led the nation in NCJAA scoring during the 2016-17 season while playing for the Polk State Eagles, torching the nets with 26.3 points per game.

The 6-foot-3-inch guard said he wasn’t used to playing college basketball and learned a lot from his time as an Eagle.

UNM head basketball coach Paul Weir said he had been watching Simons for a while and made the junior college transfer one of the potential building blocks of his new Lobo squad.

“Obviously (Simons) was a tremendous scorer in junior college,” Weir said. “As soon as I got the job, I realized we needed a lot of help at the guard position and also 3-point shooting, and he fit the bill.”

Simons is a versatile player — good ball-handling skills, nice shooting ability and an explosive first step with a knack for finishing at the rim, though he seems to pride himself on being a defensive stopper.

But his upside apparently was not enough to keep away detractors, as Weir said there were some that didn’t think Simons could play Division I basketball.

“I think he’s overcome a lot in his life,” the head coach said. “I think he’s proved a lot of potential doubters wrong. I’m just thankful that he’s made that kind of step in his own individual growth process.”

Simons, who grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shared some of the challenges he’s had to overcome along the way — including not graduating high school on time and even the death of some close friends and family members.

“Some people thought I wouldn’t be able to get here,” Simons said. “But I had to dig down deep and fight through it. I had to do it for my family — and I’m here.”

Rushan Roberts, a close friend of the family, said he remembered first meeting Simons when they were both children on the football field.

Simons said he played wide receiver and safety in high school, though Roberts said he had natural ability on the football field and could play virtually any position.

Simons said football was actually his main sport — sharing that his time in high school on the basketball court was really limited to just one year as a junior.

On the hardwood, Simons might remind some of former NBA

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose — the young Rose before his career was ravaged by injuries.

“It’s actually funny you said Derek Rose, because that’s his favorite player,” Roberts said. “He plays just like (him). He just maybe shoots a little bit better than Derek Rose, because Troy can shoot the ball.”

Roberts recounted the death of his older brother, a loss that he and Simons both shared and were forced to help each other cope with. He said he recalled the support he received from Simons and eventually the time came for him to return the favor.

He said he remembered seeing how discouraged Simons was that he could not play during his senior year of high school and encouraged him, trying to keep his spirits high. Simons ended up finishing his education at a prep school and found his way to Polk State before eventually coming to New Mexico.

But things probably haven’t gotten any easier since his arrival in Albuquerque. He had to get acclimated to the altitude and endure a rigorous conditioning program in preparation for the season.

He said he had never flipped tires, pushed trucks or even tried yoga before, but seemed to welcome the challenge, saying his main objectives were to get better every day as an individual and see his team grow together during the season.

Things did not go smoothly at the outset, but the transfer has seemed to find his footing and blossom as the season has progressed. Simons recently matched his season high with a 24-point performance in a big road win at Wyoming as the team hits the home stretch leading up to the Mountain West Basketball Championship.

One of the things he wanted to continue to improve on was ball handing but said his main focus has been on the defensive end, where he has shown the ability to wreak havoc. Simons leads the team in steals with 41, despite missing five games — an average of 1.8 per game.

Weir said he could see early on how committed Simons was to “buying in” and dedicating himself to the program — which he said is sometimes rare to see, especially from a JUCO player.

The head coach said he hoped the biggest takeaways for Simons during his two years of eligibility at UNM would be the team culture and value system, saying the ultimate goal is for a player to commit to something bigger than himself.

That is something Simons already has going for him, according to Roberts.

He said Simons has a daughter he would do anything for. Roberts said Simons lost his grandfather a few years ago and wanted to honor his legacy.

“The way he looks at that little girl, you can tell he’ll do anything in his power to make sure she never wants for anything,” he said.

Roberts said he has high expectations for his childhood friend and sees good things continuing to come Simons’ way. He said Simons can be inspired by pretty much anything, and — even though he is normally quiet as he goes about his business — he definitely plays with a chip on his shoulder.

But above all the basketball aspirations, he said the first priority Simons shared with Roberts was a desire to make the Dean’s List — another goal that will require a lot of devotion. He said he knows his friend is a hard worker and wants people to know that Simons is a special and unique individual.

“This is about to be something special he’s about to do,” Roberts said. “I’ve seen Troy’s natural talent. Now that he’s added hard work and dedication to it, it’s about to be amazing to watch.”

Robert Maler is the sports editor for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers basketball, football and tennis. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @Robert_Maler.

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UNM announces seven additions to roster

By Matthieu Cartron @cartron_matt

As the University of New Mexico women’s soccer program prepares for its upcoming spring season, it announced the addition of seven new players to the roster for the 2018 fall season.

“This group of players is exceptionally talented and will fit in with our culture of hard work on and off the field immediately,” UNM head coach Heather Dyche said in a release. “They are excellent students, outstanding players and, most importantly, great people.”

Of the seven signees, three are local and the remaining four are from Washington and Colorado — states UNM has repeatedly dipped into for talent.

Last season the Lobos added 13 players to their roster. Among those, six were from New Mexico, coming from high schools in Rio Rancho and Albuquerque. Since the beginning of her tenure, Dyche has demonstrated her confidence in New Mexico-produced talent through heavy in-state recruitment. In the 2017 fall season, more than a third of the squad was local.

Below is a summary of the recently recruited players set to join the Lobos for the 2018 fall season.

Lexi Baca, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Forward: Graduating from Cibola High School this spring, Baca is a high school AllAmerican and was the 2016 New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year — and she has been nominated again this year. Baca won back-to-

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Jadyn Edwards, Mill Creek, Washington, Forward: Edwards played for Jackson High School and put up 18 goals and 17 assists her senior year. She was selected as the 2017 Everett Player of the Year and helped Jackson win both the District and Wesco championships between 2014 and 2017.

Alesia Garcia, Aurora, Colorado, Forward: Garcia played for Cherokee Trail High School and was the conference’s offensive player of the year in 2015. She played for the club Colorado Storm in the ‘00 age group. With the Storm, Garcia won a National Premier League title.

Mackenna Havenor, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Defender: Havenor was named 2017 all-district player of the year for Albuquerque High School and won the New Mexico State Cup in 2014 and 2016 with Rio Rapids Reign ’00.

Jaelyn Hendren, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Defender: Hendren helped Mountain Vista High School to a State Championship title in 2017 and was also named all-league and all-conference. She played for Colorado Storm and helped them win the Colorado State Cup and finish in the Elite Clubs National League final four.

Karlee Maes, Albuqerque, New Mexico, Defender: Maes played for La Cueva High School and won a state title in 2017 — putting up 26 goals that season — and was

named New Mexico’s Player of the Year. She was also named a 2017 high school All-American and won the New Mexico State Cup with Rio Rapids.

Kylie Russell, Kirkland, Washington, Defender: Russell attended Inglemoor High School and captained the high school team during her senior year. Russell won the Washington State Cup and the Farwest Regional Championships with Pacific Northwest Soccer Club in 2017. She won the Washington State Cup with the Northwest Nationals in 2012 and 2014.

Matthieu Cartron is a sports beat reporter for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers women’s soccer and men’s tennis. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @cartron_matt.

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By Catherine Stringam @cathey_stringam For the first time ever, the University of New Mexico’s allgirl cheerleading team will be playing STUNT during the Big 12 Meet, Friday through Sunday in Oklahoma City.

As a freshman on the UNM all-girl team, this is super exciting for me.

I have cheered for a long time and competed in a variety of competitions — both high school and all-star, at the state, national and international levels.

But I have never done anything like STUNT before.

STUNT is unlike traditional cheerleading seen on the sidelines.

This new sport takes the athletic and skill components from cheer and turns it into a game.

The thing I love about STUNT is that we are treated like athletes.

As cheerleaders, we are constantly undermined and told that we are not “real athletes,” but STUNT changes that. In STUNT, we are playing a game — an exhausting, four quarter, play-by-play game — just like everyone else.

Coach Amber Haggerty said she decided to enter the team in STUNT this year to give the athletes a chance to travel and compete.

The transition to STUNT, both for my teammates and myself, has not been an easy one.

Our whole team, including the coaches, are new to this. We have had to totally rewire our brains to

the way that STUNT works.

“As a coaching staff we are in uncharted waters,” Haggerty said.

“But we have learned something new nearly every week and are enjoying the challenge of figuring everything out and putting our best routines on the mat.”

Eryn Forrest, a third-year veteran on the team, said she was surprised at how much STUNT entailed.

“When I first heard about STUNT, it seemed like it would only be a couple of stunt sequences we would learn, then compete and it would be short and sweet and to the point. However, it has become so much more than that,” she said.

There is a total of 24 routines that teams must learn for a game of STUNT — that breaks down into six levels of routines for each quarter.

Quarter one is partner stunts, and quarter two is pyramids and basket tosses. Halftime is followed by quarter three, which is jumps and tumbling, and quarter four, which is team routines.

In a STUNT game, both teams go out on the mat and perform the same routine at the same time.

Game officials score the teams based on execution of the skills.

Whichever team executes the routine better gets the point and calls the next routine.

One of the great things about STUNT is that it makes cheerleading more fair.

You know where your team stands and why you did or did not earn the points. The rules of the game and the scoreboard make things clear. You know what you have to do to catch up and win.

“Each routine highlights different athletes and their strengths, and as a coach, I love the concept that everyone plays a vital role in each level and contributes to the team goal of winning each round,” Haggerty said.

STUNT is also a game of strategy.

“Each routine highlights different athletes and their strengths, and as a coach, I love the concept that everyone plays a vital role in each level and contributes to the team goal of winning each round,” Amber Haggerty UNM Cheerleading Coach While teams learn 24 routines, only 15 will be performed during a game (four routines are in quarters one, two and three, but there are three routines in quarter four).

The same way a football coach calls out plays, it is up to the cheer coaches to call which level rou-

tine they think will win their team points. Players have to be on their toes and ready to perform any level routine at any moment.

STUNT is exclusively for all-girl cheerleading teams and has both high school and college divisions.

Unlike most cheerleading uniforms, STUNT team members wear jerseys with numbers. Player statistics can be tracked for each cheerleader throughout the STUNT season.

Many people have asked me if STUNT is hard, and my answer is both yes and no.

The routines work up in difficulty — level one is basic high school skills, and level six is practically impossible. I cannot tell you the amount of late nights I have spent trying to learn my counts for each rswoutine. Every count is specific and when you make a mistake, it is pretty obvious. STUNT requires a ton of work.

Our team has been preparing year-round for this tournament.

Ysela Ross, a first year on the team, said the team has been working hard, adding extra early morning practices and workouts to make sure the athletes will be ready.

During the Big 12 Meet, we will compete against teams like Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, playing a total of six games throughout the weekend.

Our first game is against Davenport University, which won the STUNT National Championships for the last three years. If there was not a lot of pressure before, I can certainly feel it now.

Overall the team seems to be excited, but also nervous heading into the meet.

“I am excited to see how other teams compete and learn from them and also show how much we have improved as a team,” Forrest said.

“I feel as prepared, as we can be considering this is brand new to us.

We’re not 100 percent sure on what to expect,” Ross said. “It will be a learning experience for sure.”

While this is the first year the cheerleading team is participating in STUNT, coaches say it will certainly not be their last.

“STUNT will only get more popular over the years,” Haggerty said. “We hope to continue to grow with it, generate interest in it and educate our fans on this new up-and-coming concept.”

Looking forward to this weekend, I feel ready.

We have been working toward STUNT for so long, and it is time to finally show everyone what we can do. I am definitely nervous and stressed — I think most of the team is.

But I have grown confident in my team, and no matter the outcome of the tournament, I am glad to have experienced this journey with my cheer family.

Catherine Stringam is a freelance reporter with the Daily Lobo.

The views in this column are her own. She can be contacted by email at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @cathey_stringam.

Lobo LifeMonday-Wednesday, campus calendar of events February 26-28, 2018 Current Exhibits LOBOMANIA! UNM Sports through the Years 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Saturday Zimmerman Library, Frank Waters Room 105 This exhibit encompasses all the varieties of sports at UNM and explores the development of Lobo Athletics over time. The exhibit also spotlights well-known UNM athletes and coaches.

Long Enviromentalism in the Near North 9:00-5:00pm, Tuesday-Saturday University Art Museum The exhibition presents a selection of Subhankar Banerjee’s photographs, writing, lectures, interviews and other activist initiatives over the past sixteen years that collectively continue to contribute to the long environmentalism in Arctic North America.

People of the Southwest 9:00am-5:00pm, Tuesday-Friday Maxwell Museum of Anthropology The exhibition celebrates the cultural history of the Southwest, especially the close relationship southwestern people have had with the land around them.

Throughlines 9:00am-5:00pm, Tuesday-Friday Tamarind Institute A collection of Tamarind lithographs and monoprints, curated by Gallery Assistant Kylee Aragon.

Learning to Die 9:00am-4:45pm, Monday-Friday John Sommers Gallery UNM Art Building: 2nd floor, Room 2 “Learning to Die” An art exhibition

by Alivia Magaña.

New Releases 9:00am-5:00pm, Tuesday-Friday Tamarind Institute This exhibition includes most recent projects completed by artists who have been invited to collaborate with Tamarind master printers.

Food for Thought: Latin American Collections Exhibit 10:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday Zimmerman Library Herzstein Gallery The exhibition aims to portray different local and national scenarios within Latin American reality, through a set of powerful, varied images representing food and drink in Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Nicaragua. Foodways studies is an interdisciplinary field, combining anthropology, culinary art, history, business management, chemistry, and cultural studies.

Cross Currents: China Exports and the World Responds 10:00am-4:00pm, TuesdaySaturday Maxwell Museum of Anthropology In the early 1700s the Chinese reorganized their porcelain production to cater to Western demand. This exhibition highlights that history and its impact on cultural dynamics spanning hundreds of years and featuring dozens of ceramics from around

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Last Supper 10:00am-4:00pm TuesdaySaturday Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Last Supper is a site-specific conceptual installation pointing to the effects of how the food we consume is making a negative impact within our communities.

Stevens’ builds a visual narrative based on private and public memories and experiences to deal with the devastating effect of diabetes throughout native nations.

Entering Standing Rock: the Protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline 10:00am-4:00pm Maxwell Museum of Anthropology The exhibition features photographs, posters, film, music, news reporting and other works by artists, journalists and activists who have supported or participated and offers a glimpse into life at the camp and shows how artists and protestors use social media to spread the message of protest.

No Hate, No Fear: Responses to the Presidential Ban on Refugees and Immigrants 10:00am-4:00pm Maxwell Museum of Anthropology In this exhibition, which features both musical instruments from the countries singled out in the original ban and coverage of the protests at airports against the ban, we encourage visitors to contemplate the implications of the ban, as it continues to be debated, litigated, and revised.

Meridel Rubenstein, Eden Turned on its Side 10:00am-4:00pm, TuesdaySaturday University Art Museum Meridel Rubenstein, Eden Turned on Its Side is a major photographic artwork comprised of three parts: Photosynthesis, Volcano Cycle, and Eden in Iraq. The work is about human relationships to the environment on the scales of

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Ancestors 10:00am-4:00pm, Tuesday-Friday Maxwell Museum of Anthropology This exhibit introduces our ancestors and close relatives. These ancient relatives will take you through the story in which all of our ancestors had a role.

ARTE Faculty Invitational 11:00am-3:00pm, Monday-Friday Masley Gallery Art in Elementary with Gina Medina-Gay 11:00am-3:00pm, Monday-Friday Masley Gallery II

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Lectures & Readings Dissertation Presentation 10:00-11:00am Farris Engineering Center, Room 2550

Floren Rubio, Interdisciplinary Engineering, presents “Sonomechanical Enhanced Sparging Techniques for Advanced Reactor Applications.”

Look Good Feel Better 1:00-3:30pm UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, Room 1604 Workshop sponsored by American Cancer Society.

Dissertation Presentation 2:00-3:00pm Ferris Engineering Center, Room 1240 Philip Lafreniere, Engineering, presents “Development of a Novel Framework for the Application of SBS to Pyroprocessing Safeguards.”

The Self-hood Struggle: Identity & Coping in America Today Workshop 2:30-3:30pm African American Student Services Building Learn ways you can keep your stress level better managed.

CQuIC Seminars 3:30-4:30pm Physics & Astronomy, Room 190 Meenu Kumari, University of Waterloo, presents “Quantumclassical correspondence in a chaotic system.”

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Lobo LifeMonday-Wednesday, campus calendar of events February 26-28, 2018 Campus Calendar continued from pg 10 Building a Bibliography with Zotero 4:00-5:00pm Zimmerman Library, Room B30 In this session, learn how to download Zotero and the MS Word plug-in, collect citations, organize yourlibrary, and cite in MS. Word If you own a laptop, please bring it with you.Limited to 20 people.

Student Groups & Gov. UNM Entrepreneurs 7:30-9:00pm SUB Isleta

Meetings Conceptions Southwest 3:30-4:30pm Honors Forum Young Americans for Liberty Meeting 6:30-8:30pm SUB Amigo Young Americans for Liberty is a liberty based non-profit dedicated to identifying, educating, and empowering youth activists on the UNM campus.

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Lobo Coffee Festival 10:00am-3:00pm Cornell Mall, next to SUB Free coffee tasting! Discover your new caffeine fix from the free samples by locally owned coffee

shops: Breve Crepes & Coffee, Red Rock Roasters, Marie’s Teas, Moons Coffee & Tea, Humble Coffee Company, and Winning Coffee!

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Directed by Dr. Jorge PérezGómez. Tickets available at $15/10/5.

Rapid HIV Testing 10:00am-2:00pm LGBTQ Resource Center Free and anonymous HIV testing through the New Mexico Department of Health. Results are available twenty minutes after the test.

Justice League - Mid Week Movie Series 8:00-10:00pm SUB Theater Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. $2/$2.50/$3.

Fight for Fiestas Battle of the Bands 7:00-9:00pm SUB Ballrooms Judging will be part audience vote and part staff choice. The winner will have a spot at this year’s music and art festival, Fiestas– April 7th 2018.

Lectures & Readings Dissertation Presentation 11:00am-12:00pm Technology Building, Room 120 Mustafa Hersi, Language Literacy Sociocultural, presents “Teachers Professional Identity Construction: A narrative Inquiry of Non-native English Speaking Teachers in Saudi Arabia.”

The Lobo Reading Experience: Death Row Exoneree 11:00am-12:00pm SUB Acoma A & B Hear the incredible story of Juan Melendez, a man who spent over 17 years on Florida’s death row for a crime he did not commit.

Art & Music UNM Symphony Orchestra 7:30-9:00pm Popejoy Hall

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Lobo Day - UNM’s Birthday Celebration 11:30am-1:00pm SUB Atrium Lobo Day is UNM’s annual birthday celebration (and Mardi Gras this year)! The annual group picture will be at Noon and birthday cake will be served shortly after that.

Peace Circle 5:30-6:00pm Front of UNM Bookstore Silent prayer circle for peace.

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Biology Brown Bag Seminars 12:00-1:00pm Castetter Hall, Room 100 Nora Michell, UNM, presents “Harnessing Phylogenomics and Population Genomics to Understand an Evolutionary Radiation.”

Stress & Anxiety Toolbox Workshop 3:30-5:00pm Student Health and Counseling, Room 234 Learn how to identify situations that stress you out, and how to keep that stress from making you feel anxious and depressed.

Consulting Consortium 4:00-5:30pm SUB Alumni Discuss case studies and work with local businesses towards sustainable development.

Arts & Music Arts-in-Medicine Concert 12:00-1:00pm UNM Hospital, BBRP Cafe Danny “The Harp” Garcia will play Folk, Rock and New Mexican music.

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maintenance of office and landscaping. Reliable transportation, able to lift 30-40lbs, background check, diploma or GED required. $13/hr. M-F. Apply online at www.campfireabq.org.

MUSIC INSTRUCTOR NEEDED!

One of Albuquerque’s largest dance schools is looking for a PT guitar, piano and voice instructor for our music program. Candidates must have a university degree in music or currently be enrolled in such a program. Teaching hours are Monday and Wednesday afternoons with option for more. Please email resume/biography and references to jobs@dimensionsnm.com.

For more information please see www.danceandmusicnm.com

WANTED YOUNG FEMALE student for part-time nanny/mentor/role model/ companion for 20 year old female twins (special needs). Knowledge of sign language helpful. Send letter of interest to Eddie Ray at PO BOX 3176 Albuquerque, NM 87190

Looking to hire? Tap into UNM’s hardworking student population and advertise with the Daily Lobo! Call 277-5656 or email classifieds@dailylobo.com for more information.

Volunteers OLDER GENTLEMAN, FORMER book

dealer, longtime Spiritual Director wants searching individuals for conversation, etc. Inquire at Room 727, Princeton Place, 500 Louisiana Blvd NE. Bob Rakoczy.

BEFORE CLASS

ROOM NEAR UNM $360/mo. 505-4004852.

Register for the course prior to first day of class.

Class is $50.00.

Download American Red Cross CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE Lifeguard Manual. rescue mask for $15.00.

2018 CLASSES Purchase Go to www.redcross.org for class materials.

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1ST DAY

Computer Stuff CUSTOM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT!

We can create or modify software for you! C++, Python, Java, or web software running on Php, Drupal or Wordpress.505-750-1169.

Vehicles For Sale 2015 CHRYSLER 200. Only 38,300

miles. Excellent condition. Bluetooth.

6V. Keyless entry. 505-967-8201.

TUTORING - ALL ages, most subjects.

Experienced Ph.D. 265-7799.

Apartments

WWW.CABQ.GOV/AQUATICS

Bring swimsuit & towel.

Swim 300 yards continuously. Free & Breast stoke only .Perform 10lb brick retrieval in under 1:40 secs.

2 minute water tread. Legs only.

2018 LIFEGUARD CLASS SCHEDULE

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

Highland | 256-2096 Feb 26-Mar 8 Mon, Wed & Thur 4-8pm

Be punctual and attend ALL class dates Pass all in-water lifeguard skills and activities. Demonstrate competency in First Aid, CPR, Lifeguard skills.

Pass both written tests with an 80% or higher.

UPON COMPLETION

West Mesa | 836-8718 Mar 5-15 Mon-Thur 4-8pm

You will receive an American Red Cross Universal Certificate for Lifeguarding/ First Aid/CPR/AED valid for 2 years

SIGNING UP

Please sign up at the pool where the class will be held or sign up online at play.cabq. gov. If we don’t have enough participants before the first day of class, the class may be cancelled. So sign up early!

Sandia | 275-6279 Mar 12-16 Mon-Fri 9am-3pm

SILVER AVENUE CASITA. Large stu-

dio/small 1BDRM. Walkable to CNM/UNM/Downtown. $685/mo. Landlord pays water/gas/electric. Semi-private yard. New floor tile and recent appliances. 505-243-0827.

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WWW.UNMRENTALS.COM Awesome university apartments.

Unique, hardwood floors, FP’s, courtyards, fenced yards. Houses, cottages, efficiencies, studios, 1, 2 and 3BDRM’s. Garages. 505-843-9642.

Open 6 days/week.

UNM/CNM STUDIOS, 1BDRM, 2BDRMS,

3BDRMS, and 4BDRMS. William H. Cornelius, real estate consultant: www.corneliusmgmt.com 243-2229.

Lost and Found BLACK WALLET FOUND outside of Mar-

ron Hall. Stop by room 107 in Marron Hall to identify and claim.

SINGLE SILVER EARRING found outside

Marron Hall. Stop by Marron Hall, room 107 to identify and claim.

BLOCK SOUTH of UNM, 209 Columbia SE. Awesome studios. 1 & 2BDRM apartments, includes utilities, no pets. Move-in special. Call 2552685 or 268-0525.

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2BDRMS, 3 BLOCKS UNM, utilities included, 313 Girard SE $735. Inquire move-in special.

505-246-2038. www.kachina-properties.com

LOBO LIFEMonday-Wednesday, Campus Calendar of Events February 26-28, 2018

Campus Calendar continued from pg 11

Theater & Film Justice League - Mid Week Movie Series 4:00-6:00pm SUB Theater Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. $2/$2.50/$3.

Justice League - Mid Week Movie Series 7:00-9:00pm SUB Theater Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to

face an even greater enemy. $2/$2.50/$3.

Student Groups & Gov. Meditation 9:00-10:00am WRC Group Room Topics in Cancer Research Journal Club 10:30-11:30am CRF, Room 104 Hobbit Society Guest Speakers 11:00am-12:00pm Honors College Forum Salud Toastmasters Club 12:00-1:00pm Domenici West, Room B-116 Network with others from HSC and the rest of UNM to improve your communication and leadership skills.

Signal Transduction and Trafficking Journal Club 12:00-1:00pm CRF Room 204

Cancer Thriving & Surviving 2:00-4:30pm 1201 Camino de Salud NE, Room 1048 For cancer patients and their loved ones, tools for coping during and beyond cancer, including the Mind-Body Connection, Fatigue Management and Healthy Eating.

World Folk Art Weekly Meeting 5:00-6:00pm SUB Isleta Strategy sessions to promote folk art and a commemorative swatch for the 15 year celebration of the International Folk Art Market.

BSU Women’s Bible Study 5:30-6:30pm Baptist Student Union Study the book of Romans and learn how to live confidently and in peace in a crazy world.

Campus Crusade for Christ Meeting 6:00-8:45pm SUB Sandia

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Divorce Options Support Group 6:00-8:00pm State Bar Center, 5121 Masthead NE

Meetings Alcoholics Anonymous 12:00-1:00pm WRC Group Room

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