April 2, 1999

Nashville, Tenn. - The UNLV women's tennis team fell to 8th-ranked Vanderbilt 5-4.

The Lady Rebels fell to 3-13 while the Commodores improved to 14-5.

Vanderbilt won four of six singles matches. UNLV's Veronica Goude defeated Julie Ditty 7-6, 6-3 and Marcella Valkenhoff downed Eloise Harper 6-2, 6-1.

UNLV took three of four doubles matches. Susie Kocsis teamed with Valkenhoff to win 8-5 over Callie Creighton and Anne Plessinger at the second position while Britta Gabl and Urska Radanovic won 8-5 over Ditty and Harper at the third spot. The Lady Rebels return home to host Central Florida on Tuesday.

    WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSVANDERBILT 5, UNLV 4At Nashville, Tenn.

SINGLES-1.  Veronica Goude (UNLV) def. Julie Ditty (VU)     7-6, 6-32.  Callie Creighton (VU) def. Susie Kocsis (UNLV)      6-3, 6-43.  Kristy Blumberg (VU) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV)    6-1, 6-14.  Anne Plessinger (VU) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)    6-3, 6-45.  Kate Burson (VU) def. Britta Gabl (UNLV)        6-2, 6-26.  Marcella Valkenhoff (UNLV) def. Eloise Harper (VU)  6-2, 6-1    
DOUBLES-1.  Blumberg/Burson (VU) def. Goude/Bakken (UNLV)       8-12.  Kocsis/Valkenhoff (UNLV) def. Creighton/Plessinger (VU) 8-5     3.  Radanovic/Gabl (UNLV) def. Ditty/Harper (VU)        8-5