The San Diego State-New Mexico women's tennis match has been suspended until Friday morning at 11:30 a.m. PDT at Aztec Tennis Center. The Mountain West Conference Championship quarterfinal match originally scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at Barnes Tennis Center, did not get underway until approximately 5:30 p.m. due to two rain delays and a change of venue. The contest was called at 9:23 p.m., with the match deadlocked at 3-3.

The fifth-seeded Lobos opened the evening by taking the doubles point behind the strength of their victories at No. 1-2. Fifth-ranked Maja Kovacek and Iva Gersic were first off the court as they posted an 8-2 win over No. 46 Dita Hauerlandova and Sisse Nielsen at first doubles. Later, New Mexico secured the point when Lucy Scott and Ola Abou-Zekry tallied an 8-5 victory over the SDSU duo of Eliska Krausova and Alesya Vidov. With the point decided, the match at No. 3 doubles was abandoned with the Aztecs' Esther Cadua and Milana Yusupov leading 7-4.

In singles, Vidov dropped a straight-sets decision to No. 75 Iva Gersic at No. 2, but Krausova notched SDSU's first point when she cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Nora Quintal at No. 3.

Esther Cadua tied the match at two apiece when she posted a tough, 6-3, 7-5, win at No. 6 over Mackenzie White.

Then the rain came again.

After a 14 minute rain delay, No. 88 Hauerlandova posted her third win of the season against a nationally-ranked player when she beat 31st-ranked Maja Kovacek, 7-6(3), 6-3, at first singles. The decision came just minutes after play resumed and gave the Aztecs a 3-2 lead with two matches still in progress.

Nielsen, at No. 5, battled back from a 6-2 first-set loss and won the second by a score of 6-4 over UNM's Scott. Unfortunately, for Nielsen, she could not ride the momentum into the third set as she fell, 6-1.

With the match tied at three, Yusupov and Abou-Zekry were engaged in a back-and-forth thriller. Abou-Zekry posted a 6-3 win to begin evening only to have the Aztec freshman fight back and pocket a 7-6(3) decision. In the final set, Abou-Zekry jumped out to a 5-0 lead as the rain began to fall. After a five-minute delay, officials suspended the match until Friday morning.

The winner of the match will advance to the conference semifinals where No. 1 seed TCU awaits. Match time has yet to be determined.

#32 (4)San Diego State 3, #56 (5)New Mexico 3
MWC Quarterfinals
Aztec Tennis Center (San Diego, Calif.)
Doubles
1. #5 Kovacek/Gersic (UNM) def. #46 Hauerlandova/Nielsen (SDSU), 8-2
2. Scott/Abou-Zekry (UNM) def. Krausova/Vidov (SDSU), 8-5
3. Yusupov/Cadua (SDSU) vs. Quintal/Sotirchos (UNM), 7-4 (DNF)
New Mexico wins doubles point

Singles
1. #88 Dita Hauerlandova (SDSU) def. #31 Maja Kovacek (UNM), 7-6(3), 6-3
2. #75 Iva Gersic (UNM) def. Alesya Vidov (SDSU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Eliska Krausova (SDSU) def. Nora Quintal (UNM), 6-1, 6-0
4. Ola Abou-Zekry (UNM) vs. Milana Yusupov (SDSU), 6-3, 6-7(3), 5-0 (suspended until Friday morning)
5. Lucy Scott (UNM) def. Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
6. Esther Cadua (SDSU) def. Mackenzie White (UNM), 6-3, 7-5