UPDATE — The New Mexico State Aggies beat the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 13-7, to move to 7-3 on the season. The victory grants the Aggies Bowl eligibility in back-to-back years. MTSU was in the red zone at the very end of the game and the Aggie defense came up with the stop to win
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RUSTON, Louisiana (KVIA) — A pillar of Head Coach Rob Baarts’ philosophy for the Aggies is a defensive mindset when points are at a premium. This proves to be ever true in the postseason as patience proved to be a virtue – as NM State (10-5-3, 6-0-2 CUSA) scored two second-half goals to knock off
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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (KVIA) — Following an arduous season including a quartet of regular season meets, the Aggies made their final trek of the season to the 2023 Conference USA Cross Country Championships. In their first meet as members of CUSA, the women’s team took third overall, tied with Liberty behind First Team All-Conference selections Thobile
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Bowling Green, Kentucky (KVIA) — Resiliency. Never backing down no matter the obstacle. Despite countless challenges, the Aggies battled their way through a difficult season, finding themselves on the precipice of the first regular season title in program history. Off the foot of sophomore Meredith Scott in the 75th minute, NM State (9-6-3, 6-0-2 CUSA) took down
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Regular-season conference champions are no longer guaranteed spots in the National Invitation Tournament. The NIT Board of Managers tweaked its qualifying rules for its postseason tournament Friday, saying regular-season champs who do not win their conference tournament and are not otherwise selected to the NCAA Tournament will not receive an automatic bid
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RUSTON, Louisiana (KVIA) — It’s been over 20 years since the NM State football program won four consecutive games. That drought is now officially over as the Aggies clawed their way to a come-from-behind 27-24 victory over Louisiana Tech on Tuesday night at Joe Aillet Stadium. “It’s the kind of games you’ve got to win on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NM State are firmly in the drivers seat of going to a bowl game but they want more. The Aggies right now are 5-3 on the season, usually that would mean they need one more win to become bowl eligible but because they’re playing 13 games this season, they
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A total of 90 minutes wasn’t enough for the Aggies or the Bearkats to find the back of the net as the two sides tied 0-0 in a game that meant quite a bit for both teams.Entering the day, an NM State victory would have given the Aggies the outright
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ORLANDO, Florida (KVIA) — The Orlando Magic converted the contract of guard Trevelin Queen to a two-way contract, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced Saturday. It wasn’t that long ago that Queen was starring for the Aggies. He played in 51 games from 2018-2020, averaging 10.5 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 2.1 apg. and 1.37 stlpg. in
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — On the back of 12 kills and six blocks from Ryleigh Whitekettle, NM State got back in the win column on Saturday. The sophomore outside hitter was instrumental on both offense and defense in the straight-set victory over Jax State. The Gamecocks fell to 5-15 overall, and are 3-7 in Conference
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The close proximity of NMSU and UTEP makes the Battle of I-10 one of the more unique college football rivalries. The mere lack of distance is one of the many reasons the game is so fun, but for some it also poses challenges – like who to root for! “Every
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EL PASO, Texas – The silver spade and brass spittoon are headed back to Las Cruces. The New Mexico State Aggies got the better of the UTEP Miners in the 100th edition of the Battle of I-10 by a final score of 28-7. This year also marked the first time since 1961 that the Battle of I-10
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EL PASO, Texas – At halftime in the 100th Battle of I-10, UTEP (2-5) and NMSU (4-3) are tied at seven. UTEP got the ball first but on the opening drive were forced to punt. The Aggies meanwhile took it into their own half and attempted a field goal but Ethan Albertson missed wide. The
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EL PASO, Texas — 99 games filled with big hits, massive plays and a whole lot of emotion. Every touchdown, turnover and tackle bringing us to now – the 100th Battle of I-10. On Wednesday night, for the 100th time, the Aggies (4-3, 2-1 CUSA) and Miners (2-5, 1-2 CUSA) will go to battle at
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(Courtesy: New Mexico State Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – After putting together one of the best performances of his Aggie career, quarterback Diego Pavia is garnering attention not only at the conference level, but on a national scale as well. On Monday morning, Pavia was named the CUSA Offensive Player of the Week while also earning recognition as one of the Manning
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Western Kentucky wrapped up the weekend with another sweep of the Aggies. For the first time this season, NM State (13-8, 6-4) failed to take a set in back-to-back matches. WKU utilized a third-set hitting percentage of .324 to narrowly avoid heading to a fourth set, moving to 8-0
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(Courtesy: Conference USA) DALLAS, Texas -Liberty and MTSU tied atop the predicted order of finish for the 2023-24 Conference USA men’s basketball season in a vote by the conference’s nine head coaches, the league announced Thursday. Additionally, 10 student-athletes were named CUSA Preseason All-Conference honorees, headlined by Preseason Player of the Year Isaiah Crawford of LA Tech.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU used a dominant first half performance to carry them to a 27-13 win over Sam Houston. The Aggies at 4-3 and 2-1 in conference play now move above .500 for the first time this season and need three more wins to become bowl eligible. The Aggies had five
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DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Since turning the page to the conference season the Aggies have been on a roll offensively, sitting atop CUSA with a 5-0 mark, while leading the conference in points (39), goals (13), and assists (13). A major catalyst to this success is Loma McNeese, who was named the CUSA Offensive Player of the
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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama (KVIA) — Already cementing herself as one of the greats in program history, Loma McNeese took it upon herself to add another mark on her career – recording her first brace as NM State (8-5-1, 5-0-0 CUSA) knocked off Jax State (6-6-2, 1-2-2 CUSA) 2-0 in Jacksonville. The game started slow for the Aggies, recording just
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Aggies wrapped up the weekend in style, taking the finale from Liberty in four sets. Kacia Brown was one of several Aggies to set records on Sunday. She filled up the box score and recorded a whopping seven career-high marks. Brown helped her squad prevail in four sets in an important road match against
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LYNCHBURG, Virginia (KVIA) — Liberty took the first match of the weekend over NM State in four sets. The Lady Flames won their first match in 29 days, entering the day on a nine-match losing streak. The Aggies had their worst single-game hitting percentage of the season (.067). NM State fell to 12-6 overall and
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BALTIMORE (Noah Trister, AP) — For the first time this postseason, the maligned Texas bullpen had to protect a slim lead in the late innings. Josh Sborz, Aroldis Chapman and José Leclerc wobbled but didn’t fall. Andrew Heaney and Dane Dunning helped Texas reach the sixth inning ahead, and the Rangers held on through some
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – History was made Wednesday night for the New Mexico State Aggies. NMSU secured their first ever Conference USA victory after defeating the Florida International (FIU) Panthers by a final score of 34-17. Coming off a bye week, the Aggies showed their freshness on both sides of the ball. The defense
Continue Reading LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The NMSU Aggies are tied at 14 with conference opponent FIU at the half. Coming off a bye week, the Aggies showed their freshness on both sides of the ball. The defense forced FIU to go three-and-out on their opening drive of the game. While the offense moved the chains
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) DALLAS, Texas – The honors keep coming for NM State women’s golfers with Alison Gastelum becoming the newest recipient. Conference USA announced its Golfers of the Week on Wednesday morning and Gastelum was the conference’s selection on the women’s wide. For the men, Erik Jansson of Jacksonville State claimed the weekly award.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – History was made Tuesday night at the Pan American Center. For the first time UTEP played New Mexico State in a Conference USA match. The Miners would come out victorious in the first conference meeting. After the Aggies won the first set, the Miners would win the next three sets
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(Courtesy: NMSU Athletics) LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – NM State head coach Jason Hooten announced the non-conference slate for the 2023-24 men’s basketball season on Tuesday afternoon. The Aggies will host seven home games during the non-conference portion of the schedule while also traveling to college basketball blue-bloods Kentucky and Louisville. In the first season
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — On Tuesday, NMSU Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach Tim Beck addressed the controversy surrounding NMSU quarterback Diego Pavia, after video appeared to show Pavia urinating on UNM’s practice field. Beck said the university is disappointed in what happened, saying, “we’ll deal with him and deal with it internally and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A New Mexico State football player has found himself in troubled waters after video surfaced of him allegedly urinating on the practice field of the University of New Mexico. The player in question is reportedly NMSU starting quarterback, Diego Pavia. Albuquerque NBC affiliate KOB 4 was the first to report
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