Staff Report
The UNM men's tennis team will play for keeps at its annual Balloon Fiesta Invitational this weekend at the Lobo Tennis Club.
The University of California-Riverside, Northern Arizona University, the University of Denver, the College of Santa Fe, NMSU, the New Mexico Military Institute and the Air Force Academy will be in on the action.
A Lobo has won the tournament the past two years in a row. Bart Scott, who was a senior last year, won the 2002 title while David Kowalski won the tournament as a freshman in 2001.
UNM should be well-prepared for its home tournament as its players are coming off the biggest Division I tennis tournament in the country at the 2003 Icy Hot/ITA All-America National Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 3-11.
Five Lobos made appearances at the meet. Senior Jasmin Hodzic, and sophomores Nick Ames and Henry Gers competed in the pre-qualification round of the singles division, while juniors Ryan Stotland and Kowalski entered the qualification round.
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Stotland and Kowalski each fell in the round of 64 - both lost with scores of 7-6, 6-3.
Hodzic advanced to the round of 128 but eventually lost 6-4, 6-1 in the next round.
Gers lost in the round of 128 in a 6-1, 6-3 loss.
Ames was eliminated in three games 5-7, 6-4, 7-6.
Balloon Fiesta Invitational action begins at 8 a.m. today and will continue Saturday and Sunday at the same time. The Lobo Tennis Club is just south of University Stadium, across from The Pit.
