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Men’s Tennis Hosts Prestigious Tournament

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The University of New Mexico men’s tennis team is hosting the 2015 UTSA/ITA Regional Championships at Linda Estes Tennis Center and McKinnon Family Tennis Center.
 
The duo of Hayden Sabatka and Bart Van Leijsen are seeded No. 1 in doubles play. Their teammates Jorge Escutia and Augustus Ge are seeded ninth and both teams have a bye in the first round.
 
Hayden Sabatka, Bart Van Leijsen and Jorge Escutia are all seeded in singles  play. They received a ranking of 3, 9 and 19 respectively.  All three have a bye the first round of singles play.
 
The times that the Lobos play are as follows for day one:
    9:00am – Tran/ Baklini vs Handel/ Schumann (NAU)
    11:30am – Baklini vs Canales (BYU)
    12:00pm – Ricky Hernandez-Tong vs Soltyka (Montana)
    12:30pm – Jorge Escutia vs Kovacs (Idaho)
    1:00pm – Michael Tran vs Maier (USU)
    1:00pm – Augie Ge vs Enrique Asmar (NMSU)
    1:30pm – Bart Van Leijsen vs Handel (NAU)
    3:30pm – Sean Baklini vs Cowley (Utah)
    4:00pm – Hayden Sabatka vs Shin/Zilberstein
    4:00pm – Ricky H-T vs Goldberg (NMSU)

For a complete look at the singles draw, click here.
For a complete look at the doubles draw, click here.

This prestigious tournament will start tomorrow and run through the weekend. The Lobos are hosting eleven other schools including Northern Arizona University, New Mexico State and Denver University.