February 27, 1999

LOS ANGELES - The 31st-ranked UNLV women's tennis team played without its top player and was whitewashed by eighth-ranked UCLA 9-0 Saturday at the Sunset Recreation Center Courts.

The Lady Rebels have lost five straight after a 3-0 start while the Bruins improved to 8-2. UCLA now leads the all-time series between the schools 8-0.

It marked the first time UNLV had been shut out in a full match since falling 9-0 to top-ranked Florida on March 12, 1998.

With No. 1 singles player Katarina Malec out with the flu, UNLV was forced to move all six players up one spot and won only a single set against a Bruin lineup that features three players ranked in the top 40.

No. 13 Cristina Popescu defeated No. 99 Susie Kocsis at the top spot, 6-0, 6-1. The only-three set match came at the third spot where Rochelle Raiss came back to down Marcella Valkenhoff 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

In doubles play, UCLA was led by No. 8 Amanda Basica and Annica Cooper's 8-1 win over Kocsis and Valkenhoff.

The Lady Rebels take on 13th-ranked Southern California Sunday.

   WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSUCLA 9, UNLV 0At Sunset Recreation Center, Los AngelesFeb. 27, 1999
SINGLES-1.  #13 Cristina Popescu (UCLA) def. #99 Susie Kocsis (UNLV) 6-0, 6-12.  #31 Annica Cooper (UCLA) def. Veronica Goude (UNLV)      6-1, 6-43.  #38 Amanda Basica (UCLA) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV)     6-4, 6-4   4.  Brandi Freudenberg (UCLA) def. Britta Gabl (UNLV)    6-1, 6-1   5.  Petya Marinova (UCLA) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)    6-4, 6-16.  Rochelle Raiss (UCLA) def. Marcella Valkenhoff (UNLV)    1-6, 7-5, 6-1  
DOUBLES-1.  #8 Cooper/Basica (UCLA) def. Kocsis/Valkenhoff (UNLV)       8-12.  Marinova/Popescu (UCLA) def. Bakken/Goude (UNLV)        8-63.  Elizabeth Schmidt/Katia Roubanova (UCLA) def. Radanovic/Gabl (UNLV) 8-0