Oct. 18, 2005
The Lobo women’s tennis team travels to Salt Lake City, Utah this week for the Wilson/ITA Central Regional Championships held at the University of Utah Oct. 19-23. There will be five players and a doubles team representing New Mexico in the tournament.
Sophmores Jennifer Ryba and Lucy Scott will compete in the qualifying singles draw in the regional championships while juniors Iva Gersic and Nora Quintal and senior Maja Kovacek will represent UNM in the singles main draw. Scott and Quintal will also compete in the main draw of doubles.
Ryba and Scott will need to win two rounds in the qualifying singles draw Wednesday in order to compete in the singles main draw.
The singles finalists and doubles champion receives a bid to the ITA National individual Indoor Championships at Ohio State University Nov. 3-6. Gersic and Kovacek already earned berth to the Indoor after making it to the doubles semifinal round at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in the beginning of October.
Results and live brackets can be accessed on the University of Utah web site: www.UtahUtes.com.
Tournament Information
Tennis Facility: George S. Eccles Tennis C enter
Tournament Field: Arkansas-Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Boise State, BYU, Colorado State, Colorado, Denver, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico State, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, St. Louis, Southwest Missouri State, Tulsa, Air Force, Utah State, Utah, Wichita State, Wyoming
Schedule of Matches:
Wednesday, Oct. 19 – Singles Qualifying start at 10 a.m. (MDT)
Thursday, Oct. 20 – Singles Main Draw -Rd. 64 and Main Draw Doubles -Rd. 32 start at 9 a.m. (MDT)
Friday, Oct. 21 – Singles -Rd. 32 & 16 and Doubles- Rd. 16 & Quarterfinals start at 10 a.m. (MDT)
Saturday, Oct. 22 – Singles -Quarterfinals & Semifinals and Doubles – Semifinals start at 10 a.m. (MDT)
Sunday, Oct. 23 – Singles- Finals and Doubles start at 11 a.m. (MDT)