PORTALES, N.M.— Eastern New Mexico University athletic director Dr. Jeff Geiser has announced that ENMU athletics will continue their tradition of offering free admission to Greyhound and Zia athletic events to all members of the military and their dependants. Please remember to bring valid identification to the game.
CANYON, TEXAS — Amber Durand (So., OH, Onalaska, Wash./Onalaska HS/Columbia Basin) and Jessica King (Jr., MB, Las Cruces, N.M/Oñate HS) combined for 25 kills, but the Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team (0-1) dropped a 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 12-25, 17-25) decision in its season opener against Dallas Baptist, Friday morning at the BritKare Lady Buff Classic, hosted by West Texas A&M.
PORTALES, N.M.— Junior Mohamed Noor’s (Lewiston, Maine/Lewiston HS/Garden City CC) second-place finish paced the Eastern New Mexico University men’s cross-country team to a second place finish, Thursday night, in the season-opening Midwestern State Stampede. Adrienne Montoya (Fr., Estancia, N.M./Public Academy for the Performing Arts) recorded an eighth-place finish to lead the Zias to a fourth-place finish at the meet.
BLACKWATER DRAW, N.M. — After enduring more than two hours in weather delays, the Eastern New Mexico University football team (1-0) used quarterback Wesley Wood’s (So., Muleshoe, Texas/Muleshoe HS) 391 passing yards and seven touchdown performance to defeat the Crimson Storm of Southern Nazarene (0-1) by a 59-21 score, Saturday night at Greyhound Stadium. Matt Kalisch (Sr., DE, Harker Heights, Texas/Harker Heights HS/NMMI) paced a stingy defense which shut out SNU in the second half and allowed just two third-down conversions over the final 30 minutes of play.
PORTALES, N.M.— After a standout 2009-10 season by the athletic teams at Eastern New Mexico University, Nathan Uland (Jr., LB, Denton, Texas/Ryan HS) from the Greyhound football team has been selected as the Greatest Greyhound, while Samantha Lawrence (Sr., F, Roswell, N.M./Goddard HS) was chosen as the Greatest Zia. Players are nominated for the awards by head coaches and voted on by the athletic staff and coaches.