Aggies Head To WAC Tournament As Six Seed

After finishing the 2013 regular season with a 28-26 overall record and a 13-14 record in WAC play, the Aggie baseball team will head to Grand Prairie, Texas as the six-seed in the 2013 WAC Tournament.

Due to a format change for this year's WAC tournament to a pool play format the Aggies know their three opponents prior to playing their first game of the tournament. As the six-seed the Aggies will face 3-seed Texas State on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. (MT). On day two the Aggies will face two-seed UT-Arlington at 2:00 p.m. (MT). On the final day of pool play the Aggies will play seven-seed Dallas Baptist at 2:00 p.m. (MT).

The team with the best record head to head against their fellow pool members will advance to the championship game on Sunday, May 26th.

Pool A
No. 1
No. 4
No. 5
No. 8

Pool B
No. 2
No. 3
No. 6
No. 7

WAC Tournament Bracket/Schedule

NM State Falls 7-6 In Regular Season Finale To Seattle U

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

BELLEVUE, WA - The New Mexico State baseball team lost the regular-season finale 7-6 to Seattle U in Bellevue, Wash., Saturday, May 18. The Aggies finish the regular season 28-26 and 13-14 in Western Athletic Conference play and the Redhawks ended their year at 21-33 and 10-16 in league play.

The Aggies started the game with back-to-back home runs as senior Parker Hipp hit a two-run shot to right field, which was followed by a solo shot that was blasted by senior Bobby Lecount to left field. Hipp tallied home run No. 9 of the year while Lecount marked his 14th homer of 2013.  Continue Reading This Post >>

bleedCrimson.net Weekly Podcast :: 05/17/13

On this week's episode Sam and Teddy discuss new NMSU President Garrey Carruthers and the impact on Aggie athletics, Aggie softball's end of the season and Aggie baseball.

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NM State Equestrian Announces Signing Class

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State Equestrian head coach Robin Morris-Walters announced the signing of three student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Corynne Cromwell will join the Hunter Seat squad and Katlynn Crine and Alexa Mercier will join the Western line up.

"We are excited to be adding these talented riders to our program," head coach Robin Morris-Walters said. "We realize they have many options when selecting a school, but we are proud that they have chosen to ride and spend their college career at NM State.”  Continue Reading This Post >>

Donte Savage Signs With Green Bay Packers

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Green Bay Packers announced Tuesday the Signing of former New Mexico State defensive end Donte Savage. Savage is listed as a linebacker with the Packers. The transaction was announced by Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations.

Savage participated in the team’s rookie orientation camp this past weekend on a tryout basis. Savage played in all 12 games at defensive end for the Aggies in 2012 and led the defensive line with 45 tackles, including seven tackles for loss, three sacks, four QB hurries, two blocked kicks, a fumble recovery and a pass defensed. As a sophomore in 2009, he registered 53 tackles, including 12 tackles for loss, six sacks, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, two passes defensed and a blocked punt.  Continue Reading This Post >>

bleedCrimson.net Weekly Coach Ward Interview :: 05/13/13

bleedCrimson.net: Your thoughts on the weekend overall?
Rocky Ward: It was a weekend where we really couldn't get any traction. We didn't play terrible baseball but we didn't play great. We just kind of played in the middle. They made plays that needed to be made and we didn't. We left a boatload of people on base all weekend and in particular game three. That was a game that we'd finally gotten the edge. We'd gotten a 4-2 lead and got a zero on the board and kind of had control of the game and had runners on base and couldn't score. We had runners on second, couldn't get it done. We had a leadoff double that couldn't score. A man at third with less than two and couldn't score. It was overall a frustrating weekend.

We had a couple more injuries. Kyle Phillips missed the Saturday game because of a rib injury. Ormseth on Sunday hurt his elbow, we'll have a little bit better idea later. We're already pretty short. The game Phillips didn't play, Brandon Cooper played well. He had a double and score a run that kind of got us moving. We just couldn't get much together. They're [UTSA] kind of an emotional team and that type of team has a tendency to do well when they're on the top side and they were on the top side most of the time except for a few innings and in those cases where we led we made mistakes. When Ormseth came out there was a man at second and we wild pitch him to third and then wild pitch him in. Just shoot ourselves into the foot and put them back in the game. They've got some guys with some pop and one of them barreled it up and put it out of the yard. Then we lost a man and gave up a three run inning. It's been our achilles heel. We really struggle with giving up multiple run innings. I think if you look at our statistics, I think that maybe this ball club has put up more shutout innings than any team I've had but they've also had a tendency to give up three and four run innings on the other side of it.   Continue Reading This Post >>

Aggie Rally Comes Up Short In 6-5 Loss To UTSA

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

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 >>

Aggies Fall To San Jose State 4-0 In WAC Championship Game

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

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 >>

Aggies Fall 9-4 On The Road In Series Opener To UTSA

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

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 >>

Aggies Defeat Texas State 3-1; Face San Jose State In WAC Title Game

Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.

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 >>