LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State swimming and diving team heads north to take on Battle of I-25 rival New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 25, starting at 12 p.m.
 
"We've had an amazing month of practice and I'm very proud of our group's resilience and team support they've shown through this season," said head coach Rick Pratt.  We're healthy and in a great position to perform very well.  I'm excited for us to start celebrating this process with some fast swims and there's no better scenery than racing UNM.  We understand the expectations and are ready to give them everything we have.  It should be a fun battle, UNM has some great athletes and it will need to be a total team effort to be successful."
 
The Aggies and Lobos will compete the traditional 16-event format with the 200 Medley Relay, 1000Free, 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Fly, 50 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 500 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM and 200 Free Relay.
 
NM State is coming off a win a Senior Day win against CSU pueblo and has won its last three meets including a win over WAC rival Northern Arizona.
 
New Mexico State wraps up the regular season with a conference meet at Idaho on Feb. 7, before heading to WAC Championships in Houston Feb. 26-29.