(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Aggies will host in-state rival New Mexico on April 9 in their second midweek game against each other. With a long history of playing each other, the Aggies hope to even the score as they have already lost to the Lobos earlier this season. Last
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — In the rubber match between two new CUSA members, things shifted quickly in Jax State’s favor. The Gamecocks put up five runs in a bizarre fourth inning, forcing three separate Aggies to pitch around a 15-plus minute delay. With the win, Jax State improved to 17-22 and 6-6 in league games.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Aggies earned their second Conference USA win of the season with an 8-6 victory over the Liberty Flames on April 7 at Presley Askew Field. The Aggies are now 2-1 on Sundays against conference foes. Left-handed pitcher Hayden Walker earned the nod on the bump for the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The NM State Aggies fell in seven innings to the Liberty Flames 15-5 at Presley Askew Field on April 6. With 20 mile an hour wind blowing straight out the Flames managed to hit seven home runs, the most the Aggies have given up this season. Scoring started early
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — It was a Friday to forget that sparked one of the best Saturdays of the season for NM State. Desirae Spearman was electric at the plate, sparking the offense with a home run in the first at bat of the afternoon. NM State posted 18 total hits, tying its season high and setting
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – Another week led to another set of hardware for NM State Softball. This time around, Jillian Taylor was named Conference USA Player of the Week after a walk-off grand slam highlighted a 4-1 week for the Aggies. Once again, Desirae Spearman won Freshman of the Week honors for the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Saturday, the Aggies (20-13, 6-3 CUSA) concluded their series with the Toreros (11-28, 0-0 WCC) as they dropped the home finale 11-3 in five innings at the NM State Softball Complex. With the loss, the Aggies conclude their homestand with a 6-2 record. Individually, each of the Aggies’ top
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — The Aggies lose series finale to #10 Dallas Baptist 13-3 in seven innings March 30 in Dallas, Texas. The Aggies had five different arms featured in today’s outing with Hayden Walker going the longest recording 2.2 innings pitched. Walker earned the start for the Aggies in the series finale, in
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) TUCSON, Arizona – The NM State Aggies defeated the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson, Ariz., March 26, 12-8. An outstanding performance by Preston Godfrey going four for five with a single, double, triple and home run to be the first Aggie that hit for the cycle since 2020. In the first, the
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – The legend of Desirae Spearman continues to develop. After not pitching for five weeks, the freshman returned to the circle, picking up right where she left off. The El Paso native pitched a complete game versus UTEP, striking out 12 batters to earn CUSA Pitcher of the Week honors. The Miners
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Around midday on Saturday, the coaching staffs of NM State and UTEP looked at the upcoming weather forecast. Sunday showed anticipated wind gusts of 60-plus miles per hour, prompting the two schools to schedule a doubleheader on Saturday. Both games were played, with the Miners and Aggies splitting on
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LINCOLN, Nebraska (KVIA) — The Aggies fell to Nebraska 2-1 on March 23 at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. After going scoreless for eight innings, the Aggies put their lone run on the board in the ninth. The Aggies outhit the Cornhuskers but left 12 runners on the base paths. Treyjen Meza was the Aggies starting
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The NM State Aggies lost in seven innings to the University of New Mexico Lobos 14-4 March 19, at Albuquerque, N.M. Preston Godfrey’s two hits and two RBI’s not enough to propel the Aggies to their first road victory. The Aggies managed to get two on the
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – This weekend, the Aggies returned to their winning ways with help from Desirae Spearman who was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week for the third time through just six weeks of the 2024 campaign. Over the course of the Aggies’ road sweep of Sam Houston, the true
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The NM State Aggies fell to the Sam Houston Bearkats 19-8 in game two of the three game series on Saturday, March 16 at Presley Askew Field. With six different lead changes in the ball game, the Aggies led for the first five innings. Earning the nod on the
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KVIA) — Following a win on Friday, NM State (13-11, 3-2 CUSA) secured its first league series victory as a member of Conference USA as they took down Sam Houston (11-15, 0-5 CUSA) by a score of 5-4 on Saturday afternoon at the Bearkat Softball Complex.Three Aggie pitchers contributed to the victory as Emily
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — In the blink of an eye, the Aggies’ season came to a close. In an ice-cold arena, the Lady Flames were able to stay hot, shooting 8-for-13 from beyond the arc. CUSA Freshman of the Year Asia Boone poured in 20 points to lead all scorers, as she hit three of
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — The Aggies are advancing. Last Saturday, NM State (13-17, 6-10 CUSA) took down FIU (20-11, 11-5 CUSA) 65-56 in Miami. Meeting again on Thursday afternoon in the CUSA Tournament Quarterfinals, the Aggies held control for the majority of the contest. The Crimson & White maintained a lead for over 36 minutes
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — Competing in their first CUSA Tournament since joining the conference on July 1, 2023, NM State (13-19, 7-9 CUSA) opened with a game against Western Kentucky (20-11, 8-8 CUSA) Thursday night in the CUSA Tournament quarterfinals. Trailing for all but 53 seconds, the Aggies would fall to the Hilltoppers 89-69. Christian
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Aggie fans in Las Cruces can catch both the women’s and men’s basketball games in Huntsville today by going to Allen Theatres. The movie theater will show the women’s game starting at 1 p.m. and the men’s game starting at 7 p.m. Show up to the Cineport 10 inside
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — On Monday, Conference USA unveiled its 2023-24 Women’s Basketball Postseason Awards. NM State earned All-Conference recognition for three Aggies after finishing as CUSA’s No. 6 seed. Molly Kaiser was named to the CUSA All-Conference First Team after averaging a team-high 14.7 points per night and leading the team in scoring 18 times. Additionally, Ene
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — After wrapping up regular season play Saturday, Femi Odukale and Kaosi Ezeagu both earned All-CUSA honors for the Crimson and White. Odukale was named to the All-CUSA Third Team while Ezeagu earned an honorable mention nod. The senior transfer from Seton Hall, Odukale has been the “Swiss army knife” for the Aggies, playing every position between the one through the four this season. Up to this point, Odukale leads NM State
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — Now that NM State and Utep men’s and women’s teams have closed their final regular games of the season, they will get ready for the Conference USA Tournament in Huntsville, Alabama. Starting with the women’s. In the first round, No. 8 Utep will take on No. 9 Sam Houston at 4:30P.M.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The NM Aggies managed to complete the series sweep with a 12-2 victory over the Prairie View A&M Panthers on Saturday, March 10, at Presley Askew Field. The game only lasted seven innings, which is now the fourth game in the last five that only went seven innings. Starting
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — You never know what to expect when you walk out onto the softball field. Following a nine-inning bout on Friday and a 9-0 victory for the home team on Saturday, NM State (11-11, 1-2 CUSA) returned for an early afternoon contest with Western Kentucky (15-7, 2-1 CUSA). After falling
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The NM State Aggies dominance at the plate helped propel them to a 10-2 win over the Prairie View A&M Panthers Saturday, March 9, at Presley Askew Field. For the sixth consecutive game the Aggies managed to score at least 10 runs. Josh Sharman earned the win tonight for the
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MIAMI, Florida (KVIA) — NM State entered the day as CUSA’s No. 8 seed, staring down the barrel of an extra first round game against Sam Houston with undefeated MTSU awaiting. However, in one of their biggest wins of the season, the Aggies went into Miami and upset FIU, moving up to CUSA’s No. 6
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — March seems to be just what the Aggies needed. After breaking their road game woes against Jax State, the Aggies were set to end their regular season play in Las Cruces and attempt to end it off on a good note. NM State (13-18, 7-9 CUSA) cruised by FIU
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — One day can make all the difference. Less than 24 hours after scoring just one run across nine innings, NM State bounced back from a Friday loss to earn the program’s first league win as a member of Conference USA. The Aggies (11-10, 1-1 CUSA) emerged from the Saturday
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The NM State Aggies earned their first sweep of the year on a 14-4 win over the Northern Colorado Bears Monday, Mar. 4, at Presley Askew Field. Connor Wylde earned his second win of the year, which also happened to be his second win in the series. In the top of
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