June 16, 2008
2007-08 SEASON RECAP in PDF Format 
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico women’s tennis team collected 14 victories in the regular season and took only six matches to better its 2006-07 conference mark of 4-4. The Lobos played for a share of the regular season title in their final match but TCU proved too much for the tired Lobos. UNM ended the season in a tie for second with a No. 3 seed behind eventual MWC champion UNLV. The Lobos finished the season at 15-9 and 6-2 in the MWC.
Head coach Kathy Kolankiewicz completed her 23rd season at the helm of the New Mexico program with a 346-222 (.609) record. She continued her streak of leading every UNM squad she has headed to a conference tournament semifinal or better.
The 2008 spring season started with three home matches, all against top 40 teams including Northwestern, who ended the season in the No. 2 spot. The Lobos entered that match at 1-1 after upsetting then No. 38 Colorado, 4-3, by winning on four singles courts. The Wildcats brought a No. 7 ranking to Albuquerque and were the only non-conference team to sweep the Lobos. UNM ended the first part of the season with a 4-4 record.
The middle of the season was UNM’s best effort, going 6-2 and improving to 10-6 overall. The Lobos defeated back-to-back ranked opponents, No. 66 Western Michigan 6-1 on March 2 and No. 67 Kansas State 5-2 on March 8. The three-match trip to Hawai’i finished at 2-1 with New Mexico collecting wins against Hawai’i and San Diego in the final non-conference matches of the season.
New Mexico began conference without then victories leader Sandra Zmak, but still managed a 4-0 blast. UNM continued its dominance over three MWC foes with a combined 41-0 mark against Air Force (12-0), Colorado State (18-0) and Wyoming (11-0).
The UNLV Rebels found a way to sweep the Lobos in both meetings, first in Las Vegas, 7-0, ranked No. 58 at the time. New Mexico and UNLV met again in the semifinals of the MWC Tournament with the Rebels ending the Lobos’ season before handing TCU its first loss of the season in the finals to take the championship.
The 2007-08 team awards were handed out to the two seniors, Jennifer Ryba and Lucy Scott, junior Ola Abou-Zekry and the entire squad. Abou-Zekry led the team to one of the highest team GPAs ever at 3.66. She earned the highest cumulative grade point average award with a 3.96. Co-captain Ryba earned Most Wins (Singles and Doubles) with 40 en route to being named Most Improved Player. Co-captain Scott was honored with the Spirit Award for her senior season. The Most Valuable Player award went to “The Team.” All-MWC hardware went to Abou-Zekry and Scott as a doubles team and Abou-Zekry in singles.