The Aggie baseball team fell yesterday 6-4 to Fresno State but still came away from the weekend with a split of the series against the first place Bulldogs. The Aggies finished the 12-game stretch against of conference games at 6-6 and are right back in the mix for a top three seed in the WAC baseball tournament. The Aggies are 11-13 and still in 6th place after the weekend, however, they host Hawai'i this weekend and Hawai'i is 16-12. The other teams just ahead of the Aggies in the standings are at the league leaders this weekend. San Jose State (12-11) visits first place Fresno State (16-8) and Sacramento State (11-12) is at second place Nevada.(14-9). If the Aggies can win three of four or get a sweep of Hawai'i, the Aggies could find themselves in third place.
The Aggie softball team is headed to Hawai'i for the WAC Softball Championship Tournament which begins on Wednesday. The Aggies finished in fifth place just a half game behind Louisiana Tech. The Aggies will face the team they just finished playing, #9 Fresno State, to open the tournament. Since it is a double-elimination tournament, you can lose one game and still advance, however, lose two games and you're out. As we mentioned on Saturday, the Aggies have a ton of experience playing in close games this season, they've lost a total of 14 games by two runs or fewer this season but they've also won eight games by two or fewer runs. That's 22 of 59 games played within two runs. The Aggies know what pressure feels like and that should help them immensely in the tournament.
If you didn't do so yesterday, be sure to check out the pictures from this weekend's women's track and field meet in Albuquerque.
Finally, check out the first installment of our new monthly Q&A with NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston. Dr. Boston talked about the men's golf team picking up their second WAC title in three years, the women's soccer team and talked about some of the facility improvements that are planned.
On to today's links...
