Oct. 30, 2004
Albuquerque, N.M. – The University of New Mexico women’s tennis team moves on to the final round of the Central Regional Team playoff after defeating Tulsa 6-0 at the Lobo Tennis Club on Saturday.
Big win of the round came at No. 1 singles when junior Maja Kovacek, who is ranked No. 41 in the nation in singles, defeated Tulsa’s No. 29 nationally-ranked Daniela Muscolino, 6-4,3-6,6-2.
The Lobos return for finals action at 6 p.m. (MDT) at the Lobo Tennis Club to face the No. 2 seeded BYU Cougars.
Semifinal Round #1- No. 1 seed University of New Mexico def. No. 4 seed University of Tulsa 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 Maja Kovacek/Iva Gersic (UNM) def. Dani Muscolino/Carla Zabalete (Tulsa) 8-4
No. 2 Michelle Heidbrink/Lucy Scott (UNM) def. Santie Delport/Lisette Pereira (Tulsa) 8-1
No. 3 Kindsay Grimes/Timberly Greenly (Tulsa) def. Jennifer Ryba/Nora Quintal (UNM) 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Maja Kovacek (UNM) def. Dani Muscolino (Tulsa) 6-4,3-6,6-2
No. 2 Iva Gersic (UNM) def. Santie Delport (Tulsa) 7-5,6-1
No. 3 Michelle Heidbrink (UNM) def. Lisette Pereira (Tulsa) 6-3,4-6,6-3
No. 4 Lucy Scott (UNM) vs. Carla Zabalete (Tulsa) DNF 4-6,6-3,1-2
No. 5 Nora Quintal (UNM) def. Kindsay Grimes (Tulsa) 7-5,6-3
No. 6 Jennifer Ryba (UNM) def. Timberly Greenly (Tulsa) 6-3,6-4
Semifinal Round #2 No. 2 seed BYU def. No. 3 seed Colorado 4-1
Doubles
No. 1 Dolly Chang/Lauren Jones (BYU) vs. Jessica Vanderdys/Kendra Strandemo (CU) DNF 5-7
No. 2 Olga Boulytcheva/Sofia Holden (BYU) def. Lynzee Kever/Jenny Hanson (CU) 8-2
No. 3 Rebecca Pike/Hanni Wittenbecher (BYU) def. Veera Nurmi/Martina Sedivec (CU) 8-3
Singles
No. 1 Kever (CU) def. Jones (BYU) 6-4,6-1
No. 2 Boulytcheva (BYU) def. Vanderdys (CU) 6-1,6-4
No. 3 Holden (BYU) def. Nurmi (CU) 6-4,7-6
No. 4 Chang (BYU) def. Strandemo (CU) 6-3,6-3
No. 5 Pike (BYU) vs. Torres Torres (CU) DNF 6-1,5-7
No. 6 Brianna Williamson (BYU) vs. Sedivec (CU) DNF 1-6,7-5,3-5
Final Round @ 6 p.m.- No. 1 seed UNM vs. No.2 seed BYU