Skillman, N.J. — The University of New Mexico women’s tennis squad, while won their first Mountain West title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament despite just one upperclassmen, picked up a few honors from the ITA. The team was honored by the ITA as one of 117 programs with the organizations All-Academic Award.
Along with the announcement, Rachana Bhat, Dominique Dulski, Meredith Hopson and Dalina Dahlmans earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.
The Lobos were one of five Mountain West program honored along with Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State and San José State.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners should be factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2013 and spring 2014). In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
New Mexico hosted and won its first ever Mountain West tournament title when the Lobos defeated Wyoming 4-2 at the UNM Estes Tennis Center. UNM advanced to the NCAA Tournament against Texas Tech.