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Lobos Fall To Long Beach State In First Round Of NCAA Regional Championship
No. 46 New Mexico ended its season after a 4-1 loss to the 49ers
May 12, 2006 Los Angeles - The 46th ranked Lobos (14-9) fell to the No. 27 49ers (22-4) today in the first round of the NCAA Regional Championship at USC's Marks Stadium with a 4-1 loss. The Lobo women's tennis team held on strong in singles action winning three of the six singles matches but it wasn't enough to hold the 49ers for a win. Long Beach State clinched the doubles point after winning at the No. 2 and 3 doubles positions. The 4th ranked All-Americans Iva Gersic and Maja Kovacek were up 8-8 (6-0) when the match was suspended. In singles action the Lobos made a strong effort to come back winning three singles matches. At the No. 4 spot Ola Abou-Zekry defeated LBSU's Sandra Rocha 6-0, 6-0. At the No. 5 and 6 spots Lucy Scott and Mackenzie White were both up when the match was called. Scott was defeating Jessica Weeks 6-3, 3-6, 3-2 while White was defeating Rachael Porsz 6-4, 6-5. The Championship marks the end of the season for New Mexico who compiled a 14-9 season record for the year. The Lobos will now start to focus on the NCAA Individual Championships where the No. 4 ranked doubles team of Gersic and Kovacek received an automatic bid and No. 31 Kovacek earned an at-large bid in the singles bracket. Long Beach State 4, New Mexico 1 Doubles (1) #4 Maja Kovacek-Iva Gersic (NM) vs. #41 Hannah Grady-Jessica Weeks (LBS)suspended - NM led 8-8 (6-0) Singles (1) #67 Hannah Grady (LBS) def. #31 Maja Kovacek (NM) - 6-2, 6-1
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