PROVO, Utah --- The Lobos will field three doubles teams in the main draw and five singles players in the qualifying draw, with one in the main draw, as the squad begins play in the ITA Mountain Regionals on Tuesday. BYU will host the tournament in Provo, Utah, from Tuesday through Championship Saturday.
In doubles, UNM will have two seeded teams in the 57-team field. Vivica and Vianca Corley are set of 9-seeds, as are Sarah L'Allier and Ana Veroux. Marika Matsoukatidi and Yu Yun "Kathy" Tsai make up UNM's other doubles pairing.
The Corley twins will face Weber State's Wencong Song and Alicia Celorio Morales in the Round of 64. L'Allier and Veroux will play Idaho's Victoria Cajigas and Hanna Koprowska. Matsoukatidi and Tsai will face another Idaho tandem, Naomi Schraeder and Amyn Findlay.
In singles, Vianca Corley is safely in the main draw round of 64, and UNM has five in the 64-person qualifying draw, needing two wins to reach the main draw.
In opening round action, Matsoukatidi will play Boise State's Ella Piron, Veroux will play Utah's Hayley Roberts (the No. 2 seed in qualifying), Vivica Corley will play Boise State's Paula Schaefer (a No. 9 seed in qualifying), and Coumba Ben Niangadou will play UNLV's Stela Dzimovic (a No. 9 seed in qualifying).
UNM's Kathy Tsai is one of the 9-seeds, and she faces Utah's Lily Stohl in the opening round.