After winning five matches in a row the Lobos will travel this weekend to Stockton, California to defend their title in the Mountain-Pacific Invitational.
The Mountain-Pacific Invitational an annual event that is in its third season and is sponsored by the Rietsch family and hosted by Pacific and co-hosted by UNM. New Mexico won the most recent edition last spring.
Cal Poly, Grand Canyon, Wichita State, UT Arlington, Fresno State, San Francisco, Pacific and UNM make up the eight-team field, and likely all very familiar with each other.
The tournament features direct elimination, but every team is guaranteed three matches, with the final four matches of the event designated as the first place match (championship match), third place match, fifth place match, and seventh place match.