Staff Report
The UNM women's tennis team remains undefeated in the Mountain West Conference after picking up two key victories this weekend in Utah.
The Lobos upset the 19th-ranked Brigham Young Cougars 5-2 on Friday in Provo and then went on to sweep the Utah Utes 7-0 in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
It was BYU's first conference loss of the season, as No. 73 Maja Kovacek of UNM beat No. 37 Barbora Zahnova in two quick sets 6-4, 6-2.
It was Kovacek's second win over Zahnova on Friday. The No. 1 singles players matched up earlier in the No. 1 doubles match. Kovacek and Sandy Lukowski are ranked No. 25 nationally, and Zahnova and Sofia Holden for BYU form the No. 12 team in the nation. Lukowski and Kovacek won 9-8.
Kovacek continued her winning ways and earned her second singles victory of the holiday weekend with an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over Sheri Esrock of Utah in the No. 1 singles match on Saturday. The Lobos made quick work of the Utes as UNM won each match in two sets. All three UNM doubles teams also went undefeated.
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The Lobos improve to 15-3 overall and 4-0 in the MWC.
Next week the Lobos travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., for their last three conference matches of the regular season. UNM will match up against UNLV on Friday, San Diego State on Saturday and Air Force on Sunday.
