The University of New Mexico women’s tennis team has postponed its next three matches after four players were injured in a hit-and-run car accident, the program announced in a release.
Diana Wong, Ruth Copas, Yue Lin "Polly" Chen and Hsiang-Web "Albie" Huang were the players involved in the crash. They were reportedly injured when a vehicle ran a red light and hit theirs before speeding away.
All four are expected to be able to return to the court soon, according to the athletic department.
The team is currently 1-1 and beat Western Michigan 6-1 last Saturday. Matches with Western New Mexico and CSU-Pueblo, originally scheduled for this weekend, as well as a road matchup with Abilene Christian scheduled for Feb. 9 have been postponed. Efforts to reschedule all three matchups will be made, assuming schedules allow it.
The team’s next scheduled game is now Feb. 17 at Northern Arizona.
Cameron Goeldner is a sports beat reporter and photographer for the Daily Lobo. He primarily covers men’s soccer and softball but also contributes content for baseball, basketball, football and track and field. He can be contacted at sports@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @goeldfinger.
