After the Lobos took the win from Colorado State University, the University of New Mexico women’s tennis team seemed to have fallen back with a defeat from the University of Wyoming Cowgirls.
UNM women’s tennis team secured a narrow 4-3 victory over Colorado State on Thursday, April 2, rallying after losing in doubles. The Lobos dominated singles play, winning four of six matches.
Lobo Head Coach Vicky Maes shared her expectations before the game.
“It’s great to be at home, so we’re excited about that,” Maes said. “We know Colorado State is a very solid team. I think it’s gonna be very close today as it always is in our conference, but we’re excited to play, and we have our own home crowd, so I expect the girls to show up and put on a great game.”
Maes said their strategy for the game was to focus on getting doubles, as it gives the girls momentum going to singles.
“We’ve been in a situation where we’ve lost the doubles point and had to get it together and put four singles wins on board. So, whatever winds up happening, you’d just like to see a good solid performance in the doubles,” Maes said.
One of the instances during court three of doubles, an intense match that had a long interchange, ended with Lobos sending the ball outside the court and giving a point to the Rams. CSU would go on to win that match. Court two for doubles was played by Lobos, defeating opponents by 6-4, being the only Lobo pair to win the doubles match. Even though UNM lost the doubles match, it seems it served as motivation to catch up in the singles match, winning four out of six doubles matches.
The win may have led to a case of overconfidence against Wyoming on Saturday, April 4, as the Lobos lost 4-1.
Lobos took over the doubles with court one played by twin duo Vianca Corley and Vivica Corley, defeating the Cowgirls 6-1, and court two played by Yu Yun “Kathy” Tsai and Bente Vandeputte, winning 6-4.
The doubles match was truly impressive, as the Lobos started the doubles match with fierce energy.
The Cowgirls seemed to be very spirited, as Wyoming player Anastasiia Kochelaevskaia defeated Vandeputte 6-0, 6-3. Ultimately, Wyoming won four out of six singles, with courts four and five having unfinished matches.
Paulina Acosta-Marta is a freelance photographer for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at sports@dailylobo.com or on X @dailylobo
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