LAS VEGAS, Nev. --- New Mexico heads into the Mountain West Tournament looking to exact a little revenge, starting on Wednesday against the 8-seed Wyoming Cowgirls. The Lobos and Cowgirls will play at 2 p.m. Mountain, 1 p.m. Pacific.
The winner of the match would advance to play the top-seeded San Diego State on Thursday at 11 a.m. Mountain Time.
Wyoming enters the match 11-10 and 4-7 in the Mountain West, while UNM is 12-12 and 3-8. The Lobos and Wyoming played earlier in the year, with the Cowgirls winning 4-1. That was just three weeks ago, with the Lobos sweeping the doubles point. The Corley sisters played at No. 1, winning 6-1 over Silver Bijlsma and Violette Borodina.
Yu Yun "Kathy" Tsai and Bente Vandeputte won 6-4 over Eugenia Ceinos and Medlena Orlova, and Sarah L'Allier and Ana Veroux were up 5-4 on Sabrina Abriola and Ruby Young.
In singles, Wyoming won four matches, three in straight sets. Vivica Corley played No. 6 singles that day and lost in three sets to Abriola 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
While UNM lost 4-1, the Lobos led in the third set in the two remaining matches, meaning this one could have finished 4-3, making this 8/9 matchup very close.