Men's Tennis
The UNM men's tennis team got the word Thursday that three Lobos have been invited to the NCAA tournament.
Junior Divan Coetzee has been invited as a singles player while Brent Salazar and Ryan Stotland will play as a doubles team.
Coetzee will be making his second consecutive appearance in the tournament. For Salazar and Stotland, it marks the first time they will compete at the national level.
The selections mark the first time since 1996 that three Lobos will be represented.
Coetzee posted an impressive 30-9 record on the season while the duo of Salazar and Stotland were 17-7 including several impressive victories.
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Women's Golf
The Mountain West Conference champion UNM women's golf team will play in the NCAA Central Regional May 8-10.
The Lobos will join by 20 other teams in the central regional looking to advance to the NCAA Championships May 20-23 in West Lafayette, Ind. The top eight teams move on to nationals, hosted by Purdue University.
The field includes: Arkansas, Baylor, California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas State, Kent State, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Purdue, SMU, TCU, Texas, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, Tulsa and Yale.
UNM is looking to advance to nationals for the first time since 2001 when it finished 21st. The Lobos earned an automatic invitation to regionals after they won the MWC tournament last weekend. They came back to beat UNLV after trailing by 11 shots after the first day of play. Junior Katrina Leckovic was outstanding, winning the tournament with a 2-over 216.
Play will take place at the prestigious Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Volleyball
UNM head coach Kelley Sliva announced the signing of three players to national letters of intent, who will attend UNM in the fall of 2003.
Joining the Lobos are 6-foot-1-inch outside hitter Jennifer Heasty from Westminster, Colo., 6-foot-2-inch middle hitter Megan Morris from Los Fresnos, Texas and 5-foot-9-inch setter Lindsay Smith from Bakersfield, Calif.
The signings complete the roster for next year's team. Sliva has already announced five other 2002 fall signees that will join the team next year.
Cheerleading
Try-outs for UNM cheerleader positions start tomorrow at 9 a.m. in the gymnastics room, at the south end of The Pit.
Coaches Brian and Tracy Denton are looking to fill the 20 spots on the all-girl squad and 20 positions for the co-ed team.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The auditions continue through the afternoon and will include a mid-day break. Both men and women are encouraged to attend.
The coaches said that they do not have a set number of athletes that they will take.
"Sometimes the 21st person is really good," Tracy Denton said.
Women's Basketball
UNM head coach Don Flanagan announced today that former walk-on Judy Vogt has been granted a scholarship for the fall of 2003.
Vogt is a 6-foot-1-inch guard who graduated from Sandia High School. She transferred to UNM from Fort Lewis College in Colorado this season.
