PUEBLO, Colo. — Led by a perfect day from Yue Lin “Polly” Chen, the Lobos stayed red hot to open the season in the general warmth of the CSU-Pueblo indoor courts, defeating the host ThunderWolves 7-0 to run their record to 2-0.
The Lobos, who were to continue the trip with a trek to Lubbock, Texas for matches Sunday and Monday will move those to February 20 and 21 due to the impending winter weather due into Lubbock.
It was single digits outside, but unlike Thursday’s match in Denver where UNM and Metro State finished their match in the snow and 19 degree temperatures outdoors, the teams were able to play inside at CSUP’s indoor facility, which has three courts.
UNM ripped through doubles, sweeping the top two doubles matches with some new pairings. Natasha Munday and Hsuan Huang won 6-0 at No. 1 and My Kageyama and Chen won 6-0 at No. 2. That started a perfect day for Chen, who also won her singles match 6-0, 6-0. The No. 3 doubles match didn’t finish but Danielle Quevedo and Hsiang-Wen “Albie” Huang had a 4-1 lead when the doubles point was clinched.
In singles, UNM against had no problem, winning all 12 sets and losing just a total of seven games over the 12 sets.