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Air Force falls to New Mexico, 4-0, at MWC Championships
April 24, 2003
The Air Force Academy women's tennis team lost its first-round match at the 2003 Mountain West Conference Championships Thursday, 4-0 to No. 48 New Mexico. The Lobos won matches at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, then No. 3, 4 and 6 singles. Sixth-seed Air Force (15-12) will play the seventh-seeded Utah Utes in the consolation bracket on Friday, April 25 at 2 p.m., in San Diego, Calif. UNM's No. 1 doubles team of Sandy Lukowski and Maja Kovacek began the Lobo dominance with an 8-6 win at the No. 1 doubles spot over Laura Nigro and Gina Black. At No. 3, Rachel Hatley and Maria Ruiz-Fabrega downed Kelli O'Bryant and Jen Nigro, 8-2, to grab the doubles point. The No. 2 match was halted when UNM clinched the doubles point. In singles competition the Lobos posted decisive wins at the No. 3, 4 and 6 positions by Tjasa Suvak, Michelle Heidbrink and Hatley, respectively. Suvak defeated Kat Bushey, 6-0, 6-1, while Heidbrink downed Gina Black, 6-2, 6-3. Hatley clinched the team match with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Katie Tomkie. Matches at No. 1, 2 and 5 were not completed after the New Mexico had earned the four points necessary for the win. With the victory, UNM advances to the semi-final match, which will pit the three-seeded Lobos against the No.2-seeded hosts, San Diego State. BYU and UNLV will play in the other semi-final match.
(3) New Mexico 4, (6) Air Force 0
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DOUBLES 1. Kovacek/Lukowski (UNM) def. L. Nigro/Black 8-6 2. Shelby/Bushey (AFA) vs. Heidbrink/Robertson Did Not Finish 3. Hatley/Ruiz-Fabrega (UNM) def. O'Bryant/J. Nigro 8-2 |
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