April 8, 2009
Albuquerque, N.M.- The University of New Mexico women’s tennis team will wrap up Mountain West Conference play with a three-game home stand at the Lobo Tennis Center. New Mexico (6-13, 1-4 MWC) will play Air Force on Thursday at 4 p.m., Wyoming on Friday at 1 p.m., and hosts Colorado State on Saturday at 11 a.m. for Senior Day. The Lobos are a combined 41-0 all-time against their three opponents this weekend.
Scouting the Cowboys…
Wyoming (7-12, 1-4) is coming off a 7-0 loss to UNLV on April 4 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Cowgirls’ lone conference win came against Air Force on March 7 in Laramie. The Cowboys have had conference losses to UNLV (7-0), SDSU (6-1), Utah (7-0) and BYU (7-0).
New Mexico has an 11-0 all-time record versus Wyoming. The last time these two teams met in Fort Worth, Texas on March 29, 2008 when the Lobos defeated the Cowgirls, 6-1.
Wyoming is coached by Kati Gyulai who has compiled a 29-17 record during her two years in Laramie. The Cowgirls finished 11-13 in the 2007-08 season and eighth in the conference.
Scouting the Falcons…
Air Force (10-13, 0-5) is coming off a 7-0 win to over Colorado State-Pueblo on April 5 at the Academy. Earlier that day the Falcons lost 4-1 to San Diego State.
New Mexico holds a 12-0 record against Air Force. The Lobos downed the Falcons 7-0 on March 28 last year in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Falcons are coached by Kim Gidley who has compiled a 123-147 overall record during her 11-year tenure. Air Force finished 6-21 last season and ninth in conference.
Who are the Rams?
Colorado State (5-10, 0-4) heads to Albuquerque after a 7-0 loss to UNLV and a 6-1 loss to SDSU on April 4.
New Mexico holds an 18-0 all-time record against the Rams. Last year the Lobos took on Colorado State on March 30 in Fort Worth, Texas, winning their third conference match by dominating the Rams, 6-1.
Colorado State is coached by Jon Messick, who has been there for 24 years.
Quick Hits…
Senior Ola Abou-Zekry has moved into tenth place on the most career singles wins list with 78 Abou-Zekry has tied Claudia Gutierrez for the No. 12 spot on the most combined (singles and doubles) career wins list with 141 Fellow senior Mackenzie White holds the No. 15 spot on the most career singles wins with 69 New Mexico has lost 5 matches by only one point, including three 4-3 set-backs in the past two weeks
Last Time For The Lobos…
The Lobos went 1-2 this past weekend in Fort Worth, Texas. The Lobos lost a close match to No. 57 BYU, 4-3. Abou-Zekry defeated No. 96 McCall Jones in a close match, 6-4, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5). White notched another win by defeating Kristina Doerr, 6-7, 7-6, 1-0 (10-8). Emma Hayman also came away with a win over Chie Hayasaka, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
The Lobos earned their best win of the season as they upset No. 49 Utah, 4-3. Abou-Zekry and White both came away with wins. Senior Maria Sotirchos stepped in at No. 6 doubles and defeated Lexi Provancha, 6-3, 7-5. Hayman clinched the victory for the Lobos. After splitting sets, 6-4, 6-7 Hayman dominated the third set winning 6-1.
New Mexico ended the weekend with a 7-0 loss to TCU.