April 29, 1998

FORT WORTH, Texas - Despite losing at the top two singles spots, the seventh-seeded UNLV women's tennis team earned a 5-2 victory over 10th-seeded Texas-El Paso in the first round of the WAC Women's Tennis Championship played at the Mary Potishman Lard Tennis Center Wednesday.

The Lady Rebels, who advanced to the quarterfinals, improved to 9-11 overall and 2-2 in the league.

UNLV got wins from Veronica Goude, Lisa Annebro, Britta Gabl and Marie Linusson to take a 4-2 lead after singles play. The No. 2 doubles team of Susie Kocsis and Marcella Valkenhoff then clinched the win with an 8-4 defeat at the second doubles position. The remaining two doubles matches were then haulted.

UNLV will face second-seeded San Diego State on Thursday. The Aztecs were 5-0 winners over Wyoming.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS1998 WAC CHAMPIONSHIPUNLV 5, UTEP 2At Mary Potishman Lard Tennis Center, Forth Worth, TXApril 29, 1998
SINGLES-1.  Tanja Magoc (UTEP) def. Gee Gee Garvin (UNLV)           2-6, 6-2, 6-32.  Claudia Santos (UTEP) def. Susie Kocsis (UNLV)          6-4, 6-33.  Veronica Goude (UNLV) def. Jana Perkova (UTEP)          1-6, 6-2, 6-24.  Lisa Annebro (UNLV) def. Erika Wentz (UTEP)         7-6, 6-15.  Britta Gabl (UNLV) def. Elena Madjarova (UTEP)          6-3, 4-6, 6-26.  Marie Linusson (UNLV) def. Ana Brnas (UTEP)         6-4, 6-2
DOUBLES-1.  Garvin/Goude (UNLV) vs. Magoc/Wentz (UTEP)          Cancelled2.  Kocsis/Marcella Valkenhoff (UNLV) def. Santos/Madjarova (UTEP)  8-43.  Annebro/Gabl (UNLV) vs. Perkova/Brnas (UTEP)            Cancelled