UTEP Tennis Heads to Albuquerque for USTA/ITA Mountain Regionals

Staff Report October 11, 2016

Four Miners will represent UTEP at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships this week. Raven Bennett, Vivienne Kulicke, Milou Pietersz and Lois Wagenvoort will partake in the tournament held Oct. 12-16 at the New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, N.M.

Teams competing in the tournament include Air Force, Boise State, Colorado, Denver, Montana State, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, UNLV, Utah, Utah State, UTEP, Weber State and Wyoming.

Matches will be played at the McKinnon Family Tennis Stadium, the Linda Estes Tennis Club and the LETC Indoor Bubble. Action will begin with doubles at 9 a.m. (MT) and follow with singles on each day of the tournament.

Kulicke received the no. 5 seed in the tournament for singles and the no. 9 seed in doubles with Pietersz as a partner.

2016 USTA/ITA Mountain Regional

Main Draw Schedule:

Wednesday October 12 (McKinnon and LETC Outdoor):

Round of 64 doubles

Round of 128 singles

Thursday October 13 (McKinnon and LETC Outdoor):

Round of 32 doubles

Round of 64 singles

Round of 32 singles

Friday October 14 (McKinnon only):

Round of 16 doubles