Air Force Academy
New Mexico
Falcons Lose at New Mexico, 7-0
4/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 11, 2009
The University of New Mexico women's tennis team downed Air Force, 7-0, Friday at the Lobo Tennis Club in Albuquerque, N.M. The Lobos improved to 8-13 overall and 3-4 in the Mountain West Conference, while the Falcons fell 10-15 overall and 0-7.
New Mexico won the doubles point by winning two of the three matches. Sophomore Christen Monreal and freshman Allie Chermel won the No. 3 match, defeating Maria Sotirchos and Victoria Tessmar, 8-4.
In singles play, UNM won all six matches in straight sets. The best match of the day came at the No. 5 spot between sophomore Katrina Eromin and Anya Villanueva-Forte. Villanueva-Forte won the first set, 6-4, then took a second-set tiebreaker, 7-3.
The Falcons close out their regular season next Saturday, April 18 against Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo., beginning at 10 a.m.
New Mexico 7, Air Force 0
April 10, 2009 @ Albuquerque, N.M.
Singles
1. Ola Abou-Zekry (NM) def. Christen Monreal, 6-2, 6-2
2. Mackenzie White (NM) def. Christine Abayan, 6-0, 6-1
3. Emma Hayman (NM) def. Allie Chermel, 6-2, 6-0
4. Ashley Bonner (NM) def. Sarah Cassman, 6-4, 6-3
5. Anya Villanueva-Forte (NM) def. Katrina Eromin, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Maria Sotirchos (NM) def. Shannon Young, 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Abou-Zekry / Hayman (NM) def. Eromin / Rudico, 8-3
2. Villanueva-Forte / Bonner (NM) def. Abayan / Cassman, 8-5
3. Chermel / Monreal (AF) def. Sotirchos / Victoria Tessmar, 8-4
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