SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Northern Arizona women's tennis finished sixth at the Barnes Collegiate Invitational after a 5-2 defeat against New Mexico on Friday at the Barnes Tennis Center. The Lumberjacks finished the three-day tournament 1-2 with a win over New Mexico State and losses to No. 33 Texas Tech and New Mexico.

NAU (7-8, 2-1 BSC) picked up two wins over New Mexico at No. 4 and No. 6 singles. Orsi Golovics defeated the Lobos' Victoria Tessmar (7-5, 6-2) at No. 4 while Yumi Hasegawa bested the Lobos' Anya Villanueva (6-3, 2-6, 10-4) at No. 6.

New Mexico (5-9) avenged a 4-3 defeat to the Lumberjacks on March 1 in Albuquerque, N. M., an NAU win which knocked the Lobos out of the national rankings.

In Sunday's match, the Lobos were off to a 1-0 lead by sweeping doubles then picked up a singles win at the No. 3 position. Golovics cut the lead in half with her victory at No. 4, but it was the closest NAU would get. New Mexico rattled off three wins in a row to clinch the match.

The Lumberjacks will resume Big Sky Conference play with matches against Idaho State on Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m. and Tuesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. Both matches will be played at the Flagstaff Athletic Club.

Match 15: New Mexico 5, NAU 2
Mar 20, 2009 at San Diego, Calif.
(Barnes Tennis Center)

Doubles competition
1. ABOU-ZEKRY, Ola/HAYMAN, Emma (UNM) def. GOLOVICS, Orsi/SUHAJDA, Edit (NAU) 9-8
2. BONNER, Ashley/VILLANUEVA, Anya (UNM) def. VAN GINKEL, Kim/VIAL, Leslie (NAU) 8-4
3. TESSMAR, Victoria/WHITE, Mackenzie (UNM) def. HASEGAWA, Yumi/PINCHBECK, Stacey (NAU) 8-3

Singles competition
1. ABOU-ZEKRY, Ola (UNM) def. SUHAJDA, Edit (NAU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
2. WHITE, Mackenzie (UNM) def. VAN GINKEL, Kim (NAU) 6-3, 6-0
3. HAYMAN, Emma (UNM) def. PINCHBECK, Stacey (NAU) 6-2, 6-0
4. GOLOVICS, Orsi (NAU) def. TESSMAR, Victoria (UNM) 7-5, 6-2
5. BONNER, Ashley (UNM) def. VIAL, Leslie (NAU) 7-5, 6-2
6. HASEGAWA, Yumi (NAU) def. VILLANUEVA, Anya (UNM) 6-3, 2-6, 10-4

Match Notes:
Northern Arizona 7-8 2-1 BSC
New Mexico 5-9