Sept. 24, 2006
Las Cruces, N.M. – The New Mexico women’s tennis team ended the New Mexico State Invitational today taking four of the singles flights and the doubles A flight as well as all the consolation rounds.
“The matches that we did lose today were all close,” head coach Kathy Kolankiewicz said. “It was a really good start for us, a really good tournament overall for us.”
The women’s singles flights A, B, D and E were all taken by Lobos with No. 65 Iva Gersic winning the A flight 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, Mackenzie White defeating Stacey Pinchbeck 6-3, 6-3 in the D flight and Jennifer Ryba earning a win in the E flight over Zuzanna Osinska 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Lucy Scott took third in flight F after winning the consolation round against NAU’s Porter 6-3, 7-5. In doubles the No. 31 ranked duo of Gersic and Scott won the final round of the doubles A flight after a victory against Yawna Allen and Nataliya Shatkovskaya 8-4.
The Lobos will be action again in two weeks when they head to Boise, Idaho for the Boise Invite on Oct. 6-8.
Singles Final Round
Gersic, Iva (UNM) def. Bloczynska, Weronika (UTEP) 6-2; 3-6; 6-1
White, Mackenzie (UNM) def. Pinchbeck, Stacey 6-3; 6-3
Ryba, Jennifer (UNM) def. Osinska, Zuzanna (OSU) 4-6; 6-1; 6-4
McCombs, Jordan (Lee) def. Bonner, Elisa (UNM) 2-6; 6-3; 6-4
Singles Consolation Round
Quintal, Nora (UNM) def. Fintell (NMSU) 6-4, 6-1
Abou-Zekry, Ola (UNM) def. Allen (OSU) 7-5, 6-0
Scott, Lucy (UNM) def. Porter (NAU) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles Final Round
Gersic, Iva / Scott, Lucy def. Allen, Yawna / Shatkovskaya, Nataliya 8-4
Fagegaltier, Anne / Guillaumond, Estelle def. Bonner, Elisa / White, Mackenzie 8-5