New Mexico maintained its 1.5 game lead in first place on Saturday but not in the way they wanted to after falling to UNLV 11-6 on Friday.
The Lobos received some help from San Diego State who beat Fresno State with some late game heroics by a final of 4-2. With just two more series left to be played after this weekend, UNM will need to get back to its winning ways as they control their own destiny for the Mountain West seeding.
UNLV (21-24, 11-11 MW) currently resides in fourth place, the last of the teams with a .