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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— The University of New Mexico beach volleyball team is headed to Kingsville, Texas this weekend for a two-day tournament against four teams scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
UNM opens up the Emerald Beach Hotel Classic with an 11 a.m. MT match against University of Louisiana-Monroe followed by a 2 p.m. MT match against Houston Baptist.
On Saturday, the Lobos will go up against host Texas A&M- Kingsville at 8 a.m. MT and a 10 a.m. MT contest versus Missouri Baptist. All matches will be played at the Javelina Beach Volleyball Courts.
The Lobos are coming off of a tough opening weekend against two ranked teams, losing to then-No. 16 Grand Canyon 4-1 and two, 5-0 losses to then-No. 15 Loyola Marymount and Arizona State. The duo of Lauren Twitty and Dali Rosado earned the lone win on the weekend on court one with a 23-21, 21-15 victory against the Lopes.
Historically, UNM is 0-1 in its only matchups against ULM and Houston Baptist, 1-1 versus Texas A&M- Kingsville and have never previously played Missouri Baptist.
Both UNM’s contests against ULM and HBU came in 3-2 decisions. April 16, 2016 was the first and only meeting against ULM, while the loss versus HBU came last year on March 16.
Texas A&M-Kingsville won the last meeting, also 3-2, on April 14 with UNM’s win coming in a 5-0 manner on March 11, 2017.
All contests will have live stats provided HERE.