Women's Tennis News

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State head women's tennis coach Don Ball announced Monday, Apr. 21 that he has signed Laura Boguet and Isabela Kulaif to Grant in Aid's and Natalia Salum Soto to a National Letter of Intent. All three student-athletes will attend New Mexico State University and play tennis for the Aggies beginning in the fall of 2008.

Head coach Don Ball stated that he is extremely happy with this group of players that he inked in his 2008 recruiting class.

"These three players will make us better as a team and they will be able to get us back into the national rankings," Ball said. "They are very accomplished players and will help us replace our two seniors that we will lose after this year."

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State women's tennis team is back on the courts preparing for the upcoming spring dual match tennis season.

The Aggies began practice on Tuesday, Jan. 15 and are gearing up for their third season in WAC play. NMSU opens up the season with an exhibition match on Jan. 22 against Mexico's Monterrey Tech at the NMSU Tennis center at 11:00 a.m.

New Mexico State, who went 10-14 last year and 3-1 in WAC play, has one of its deepest rosters in recent history as head coach Don Ball has brought in one of the most talented group of recruits in recent years.

"The women have come back from winter break in pretty good shape," Ball said. "The key is that we're looking good so far and the fact that we play Monterrey Tech in an exhibition match helps us a lot.

Written by: NMSU Athletic Dept.

LAS CRUCES – The New Mexico State men's and women's tennis teams hit the road this weekend in fall tournament competition running from Friday, Oct. 5 through Sunday, Oct. 7.

The women's netters travel to Houston, Texas to compete in the University of Houston Cougar Fall Draw. NMSU's men's team travel north up I-25 to participate in the 2007 UNM Balloon Fiesta Classic.

On the women's side, senior Anne Fagegaltier (Montreuil, France) is seeking her 50th career singles victory. She enters Friday's competition just one win shy of the half century mark. She went 2-1 and finished in third place in the top singles flight at the Miner Fall Invite on Sept. 23, the Aggies only tournament this fall season.