SAN DIEGO - The 42nd-ranked UNLV women's tennis team lost all three of its doubles matches to allow No. 35 San Diego to come back for a 5-4 home victory Saturday.

The Lady Rebels, who fell to 8-10 overall, won four of six singles points to take a commanding lead. However, the Toreros, who improved to 9-7, won the final three points to take the match.

UNLV got victories from Susie Kocsis, Veronica Goude, Britta Gabl and Marcella Valkenhoff to go up 4-2.

After UNLV's first and third doubles teams each lost 8-2, the match came down to the second position. Lisa Annebro and Gabl built a 6-5 lead but the team of Mirja Wallmark and Tasha Jackson won the final three points for an 8-6 decision.

The Lady Rebels close out their regular-season schedule on Sunday with a key match at WAC rival and 27th-ranked San Diego State.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSSAN DIEGO 5, UNLV 4At San Diego, Calif.April 18, 1998
SINGLES-1.  Zuzana Lesenarova (USD) def. Gee Gee Garvin (UNLV)  6-1 6-12.  Susie Kocsis (UNLV) def. Brigid Joyce (USD)     6-0, 2-6, 7-63.  Veronica Goude (UNLV) def. Mirja Wallmark (USD)     6-4, 7-54.  Anja Tragardh (USD) def. Lisa Annebro (UNLV)        6-0, 6-2    5.  Britta Gabl (UNLV) def. Steffi Hesse (USD)      7-6, 7-66.  Marcella Valkenhoff (UNLV) def. Tasha Jackson (USD) 7-6, 6-1
DOUBLES-1.  Lesenarova/Joyce (USD) def. Garvin/Kocsis (UNLV)    8-2 2.  Wallmark/Jackson (USD) def. Gabl/Annebro (UNLV)     8-63.  Hesse/Krista Manning (USD) def. Goude/Valkenhoff (UNLV) 8-2