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SAN ANTONIO, TX - Senior left hand pitcher Ryan Beck tallied seven strikeouts on the afternoon and New Mexico State attempted a ninth inning comeback but fell short losing 6-5 to UTSA in game two of the three-game Western Athletic Conference series at Roadrunner Field in San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, May 11.

NM State trailed 5-0 heading to the fifth but the Aggies showed a never-say-die attitude losing by just one run. The Aggies are now 5-3 in one-run games and continue to struggle in away-games holding a 6-13 record on the road.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State softball fell in the 2013 edition of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament championship game with a 4-0 final score to the San Jose State Spartans on Saturday, May 11. The Aggies finish the season with a 37-20 overall record.

A tough day at the plate for the Aggies ended with just one Aggie hit off the bat of Staci Rodriguez. Freshman pitcher Makayla McAdams took the loss for the Aggies as she pitched just 0.2 innings but gave up the initial two SJSU runs.

“I am extremely proud of this team and the way they played all year,” head coach Kathy Rodolph said. “It is always disappointing to end the season like this, but I cannot be more pleased with the way this team worked and grew every day this season.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

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SAN ANTONIO, TX - In a game that featured a 41-minute lighting delay, the New Mexico State baseball team fell 9-4 to UTSA in game one of a three-game Western Athletic Conference series at Roadrunner Field, Friday, May 10. The Aggies fall to 27-22 on the season and 12-10 in WAC play, while UTSA moves to 26-22 this season and 10-11 in the league.

The Aggies scored two runs in the top of the first on a two-run homer by junior left fielder Quinnton Mack but the NM State defense allowed five runs to cross the plate in the bottom of the inning. The five runs scored on four hits, an error and two walks.   Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - A 3-1 win over the Texas State Bobcats on Friday evening, May 10, the New Mexico State softball team advances to the final round of the 2031 Western Athletic Conference Tournament. That game is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch on Saturday, May 11. The Aggies must play and beat the No. 1 San Jose Spartans twice in order to claim the tournament title and advance to the NCAA Regional.

Senior pitcher Alex Newman moves to the top of the Aggie record books for most wins in a single season with her 24th this season. She also holds the second-place spot with 23 wins from the 2011 season.

NM State ended the game with three runs off just four hits. Three Aggies walked on base and Newman worked for her 17th complete game this season by going the distance and allowing six hits on the night for the Bobcats.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State softball team picked up a 3-0 win over the No. 3 seed Lady Techsters of Louisiana Tech on Thursday afternoon to advance to semifinals of the 2013 Western Athletic Conference Tournament. The No. 2 seeded Aggies are set to face the No. 1 seed San Jose State Spartans on Friday, May 10, at 1 p.m.

The Aggies finished the day with 10 hits and three runs. Three of those hits came off the bat of senior Amber Olive, who went 3-for-4 on the day with one RBI. Sophomore Kelsey Dodd went 3-for-3 on the win with a walk.

Senior hurler Alex Newman pitched her 16th complete game of the season for shutout No. 6 this year. She recorded two strikeouts and allowed just three hits.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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RUSTON, LA - Six New Mexico State softball players were selected as part of the All-WAC teams for the 2013 season. Staci Rodriguez was named WAC Player of the Year and first team All-WAC. Amber Olive and Alex Newman also received first team All-WAC honors, while Kristi Covarrubia, Emma Adams and Malena Padilla were selected as part of the second team all-conference.

Rodriguez, a sophomore from Paramount, Calif., earns Player of the Year accolades after leading the WAC in home runs (9), RBI (26), total bases (56) and slugging percentage (.903) through league play. She ranks second in the conference for runs scored (16), fourth in batting average (.403) and on-base percentage (.507) and is sixth in hits (25). She was named WAC Hitter of the Week three times during the season and ranked as high as sixth in the nation for home runs. Sitting with 20 this year, the sophomore is currently tied for sixth in the nation.  Continue Reading This Post >>

bleedCrimson.net: Can you remember having back-to-back complete games from your pitchers?
Rocky Ward: No, I don't think so. We were within an out of back-to-back shutouts. We may have done that somewhere but not often. They're pretty rare occurrences. In particular for it to occur at our home park in this time of the year when it plays very, very fast. We had good conditions, we didn't have windy conditions. We had the wind blowing in from right for a little bit. It was a real fair offensive weekend on both sides from the standpoint of the fly ball. Our guys pitched very well. People are going to look at the series from the outside and say it's just San Jose, they don't have a very good record, but they came into the series leading the league in hitting. We did a pretty good job against a pretty good offense. They didn't have a lot of power but they weren't one of the bottom guys in hitting. We did a nice job all the way around. Outside of Ormseth's start and he's been off a little bit. He hasn't had a real good year. He's lost a little bite on his breaking ball and it's getting put into play a little bit more often and he's pitched into bad luck. It seems like every time the ball is hit it's in the hole. We got an outstanding relief out of Collins and Mott to close it out.

bc.net: This was the first time since 2003 that you'd won the final home series. What was the difference this year?
RW: There have been some pretty good teams that have come in late in the year. I think part of it is that this is a team that feels like as a unit that they've underperformed a little bit. We did a lot of work with them trying to make sure they understood that the league championship is still in reach. It's going to require a lot of things to happen but the start of the first thing and the only thing we can control is to win nine straight. So we won three straight. Now you've got six more and obviously there's four teams to jump over and there are a lot of things that have to fall into place but you've got to do what you can do and what you can control. I think there was a little bit of recommitment going the weekend. To maybe directly the answer a little bit better, out of the eight seniors, five of them were pitchers and all of them are key guys on this club and they're pretty close. So when Adam went out and dominated, I think it kind of challenged each other and it fell on top of each other. Beck goes out and dominates and we had a little hiccup but Collins and Evan go out and dominate.  Continue Reading This Post >>

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DENVER, CO - Senior Bobby Lecount of the New Mexico State baseball team has been named Western Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week by the league office for his play during April 29-May 5. This is the second career WAC Hitter of the Week honor for Lecount.

The senior from Shoreline, Wash., led the Aggies to a 3-0 series sweep over San Jose State. Lecount hit .556 (5-for-9) on the week while striking out just once and walking four times. He also hit three home runs, including two in the opening game of the series when he went 3-for-4 with six RBI and three runs scored. He finished the week with 10 RBI, a 1.556 slugging percentage and a .692 on-base percentage, while marking a 1.000 fielding percentage at third base. Lecount hit his third home run of the week in a 9-0 win on Saturday. In Sunday’s series finale against SJSU, Lecount picked up a two-RBI single in the seventh when the Aggies came from behind to win 8-5, securing the series sweep.

Lecount currently leads the team with 12 home runs on the year and is second on the team with a .365 batting average. His batting average improves to .406 in WAC play, ranking him second in the league (behind Tanner Rust). In conference-games only, Lecount leads the league in slugging percentage (.841), on-base percentage (.543), walks (20) and RBI (30). This marks the second consecutive week where Lecount has marked a 1.000 slugging percentage or better and a .550 on-base percentage or better.

Lecount and the rest of the Aggies head to San Antonio, Texas to face UTSA in a three-game WAC series starting Friday, May 10 at 5:00 p.m. (MT). Game two of the series is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 and the series finale is set for noon on Sunday, May 12.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State men's basketball head coach Marvin Menzies has added Travon Landry to the Class of 2013. The 6-0 point guard joins the Aggies for the 2013-14 season.

A San Antonio, Texas native, Landry joins the Crimson and White after playing the 2012-13 season at Huntington Prep in Huntington, W. Va., under coach Rob Fulford. Huntington Prep is the same school that Aggie freshman center Sim Bhullar attended.

"We are pleased to welcome Travon Landry to the Aggie nation," Menzies said. "Travon is a tenacious defender and competitor. Playing on one of the top high school teams in the United States last year, Travon brings a winning resume and attitude to the program. Increasing competition in practice is a must when developing a top-tier Division I men's basketball program, and we're optimistic that with this year's additions the atmosphere of practice will be at a very high level."  Continue Reading This Post >>