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Lobo junior Rochowski goes on defensive for soccer team

When he’s not messing around with cars or mountain bikes, UNM junior Nick Rochowski has his feet planted resolutely on the turf, discouraging would-be goal scorers from drawing too near.

Rochowski, a defender on the Lobos soccer team, has known the game his whole life. His father, Gene, was a goalkeeper at the New York Institute of Technology.

“I grew up with a ball at my feet in the house,” Rochowski said. “As soon as I could walk, I started kicking the ball around.”

He kicks it around pretty well for UNM. This week he was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week.