Category: Sports

Closing out the final day for the Aggies, four athletes competed across the board today.

With eight total games and two league series left, the Crimson & White have work to do in order to secure a spot in the six-team CUSA Championship.

With clutch hitting, and timely pitching, the Aggies showed poise under pressure to salvage the series against the Gamecocks.

Six of the Crimson and White participants set a personal best along with one who shattered yet another record this season.

The Aggies put up a pair of home runs in the second inning, but were never able to bounce back from a Hilltoppers’ opening-frame grand slam.

Despite Snell’s dominant performance, the Owls responded with wins at the bottom and top of the lineup to close out the match.

NM State had one last push in the bottom half of the ninth as Cole Rogers was hit by a pitch, and Brandon Forrester worked a walk, but a flyout to right ended the night.

Despite the final score, NM State had a strong showing at the top of the lineup.

With the loss, the visitors dipped into outright seventh place in the CUSA standings, leaving the squad on the outside of the postseason picture as of Thursday night.

The Gamecocks extended their lead to 8–0 by the middle of the third, forcing NM State to dig out of a deep early hole.

As a team, the Aggies shot a combined score of 892 (+28) to finish in fifth place.

These become the final meets for the Aggies in the Golden State, with just two more weekends of competition ahead of the CUSA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Middle Tennessee.

With the win, NM State improves to 13-8 on the season and advances to the quarterfinal round. 

Steady pressure at the plate kept NM State in the game, but the Lobos built an 11-6 advantage through five innings.

Following 36 holes, the Aggie women’s golf team is slotted in fourth place on the heels of posting a score of 298 (+10) on Tuesday to bring their team total to 588 (+12) for the week.

The Aggies have the opportunity to ride any momentum built during the season and take it right to courts without waiting.

Individually, the Aggies finished the day with two of the three players at the top of the leaderboard after 18 holes.

The New Mexico State University Baseball team recognized the anniversary of this day by sharing a few Aggies who have since traversed through Las Cruces to eventually ascend to the show that is Major League Baseball

Feigin is one of just six student-athletes across the conference to earn the prestigious honor.

Zhu is one of just six student-athletes across the conference to receive the distinguished honor. 

 Faith Aragon posted her sixth complete game of the season, holding the potent Lady Flames’ offense to just five hits and one run while also tallying six strikeouts.

NM State ultimately finished sixth (+33) out of 12 in the event hosted by No. 19 Texas A&M (+3) which went on to win the event by nine strokes.

The Panthers tacked on another run in the third before opening things up in the fifth.

The Aggies will compete alongside the league’s seven other programs and will look to bring home their first CUSA title after finishing second one year ago.

The two sides will return to FIU Baseball Stadium on Sunday at 10 a.m. MT for the series-deciding contest.

The Lady Flames (36-8, 15-1) clinched their 14th straight series victory, while the Crimson & White fell to 21-19 overall and 8-9 in CUSA play.

Following 36 holes on Saturday, the Aggie men’s team stand in sixth place by way of shooting 22-over on the day.

After two scoreless innings to open the game, the Aggies (18-16, 6-4 CUSA) broke through in the top of the third, manufacturing four unearned runs thanks to a combination of hits and three costly FIU errors.

The Lady Flames (35-8, 14-1) were held to five on the scoreboard, but the hosts mustered up just one run across 10 hits on Friday night.

 Andrew Gibby and Jordan Torres took first-place finishes in their respective event debuts – two of 13 total podiums for the Crimson & White in El Paso.

The Aggies’ travel squad will be made up of Aidan Thomas, Ethan Klose, Mateo Payan, Anthony Lara and Alexandre Bauduin.

The Aggies have their eyes on returning to the win column and cementing their place among CUSA’s upper tier with a statement against the No. 25 team in all of Division I.

The duo is among just five first-teamers, and this marks the second CUSA all-academic selection for Bunch and Garvin, who garnered first-team honors last year.