COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The 20th-ranked Horned Frogs of TCU enter the 2008 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship as the No. 1 seed after posting a perfect 8-0 record (18-4 overall) en route to the Mountain West regular-season title. The MWC Championship will be held, April 23-26, at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Opening-round action begins Wednesday, April 23, with quarterfinals set to follow on Thursday, April 24. Semifinal play takes place on Friday, April 25 with the championship scheduled for Saturday, April 26.
UNLV (14-8, 6-2 MWC) and New Mexico (14-8, 6-2 MWC) tied for second place in the league standings, with the Rebels winning the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed by virtue of their shutout of the Lobos in regular-season action. A tie break was also necessary to determine the No. 4 and 5 seeds, with Utah (14-8, 5-3 MWC) claiming the No. 4 spot over BYU (13-11, 5-3 MWC) based on the 63rd-ranked Utes' upset of the 40th-ranked Cougars on Saturday. San Diego State (11-12, 3-5 MWC) captured the No. 6 seed, while Colorado State (9-10, 2-6 MWC) will be the No. 7 seed. Rounding out the bracket is No. 8 seed Wyoming (10-12, 1-7 MWC) and No. 9 seed Air Force (6-20, 0-8 MWC).
Action at the 2008 MWC Championship gets underway Wednesday, April 23 at 10 a.m. Central Time with an opening-round match between No. 8 Wyoming and No. 9 Air Force. Quarterfinal action begins at 10 a.m. CT Thursday, April 24, featuring No. 2 UNLV vs. No. 7 Colorado State and No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 6 San Diego State. Thursday's second set of quarterfinals is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. CT, with top seed TCU taking on the winner of the Wyoming-Air Force match and No. 4 Utah squaring off against No. 5 BYU. Semifinal contests will be played at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. CT on Friday, April 25, with the championship match set for 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 26.
2008 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRINGS
Wednesday, April 23
10 a.m. CT Opening Round No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 Air Force
Thursday, April 24
10 a.m. CT Quarterfinal Match #1 No. 2 UNLV vs. No. 7 Colorado State
10 a.m. CT Quarterfinal Match #2 No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 6 San Diego State
2 p.m. CT Quarterfinal Match #3 No. 1 TCU vs. WYO/AFA Winner
2 p.m. CT Quarterfinal Match #4 No. 4 Utah vs. No. 5 BYU
Friday, April 25
10 a.m. CT Semifinal Match #1 UNLV/CSU Winner vs. UNM/SDSU Winner
2 p.m. CT Semifinal Match #2 TCU/WYO-AFA Winner vs. Utah/BYU Winner
Saturday, April 26
2 p.m. CT Championship Match