Feb. 13, 2000

SALT LAKE CITY - The 57th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team won the No. 1 match in both singles and doubles but it was not enough to hold off 29th-ranked New Mexico Sunday.

Playing indoors at the Eccles Tennis Center located at the University of Utah, the Lobos defeated the Lady Rebels 6-3. UNLV fell to 4-2 while UNM improved to 5-4.

At the top spot, 23rd-ranked Katarina Malec continued to roll through Mountain West Conference opponents with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 44th-ranked Ana Friganovic. It was Malec's third straight-set victory over a ranked league opponent in as many days. The senior from Warsaw, Poland, ran her win streak to six and improved her season record to 19-3.

The Lobos, however, won all five remaining singles points, including both three-setters, to clinch the match before UNLV won two of three doubles points. Malec teamed with Marianne Bakken for a tie-breaker win at the top position, 9-8, over Friganovic and Anna Hedberg. Veronica Goude and Urska Radanovic also teamed for a win at the third spot.

UNLV is off until traveling to Fresno State Feb. 23.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSNEW MEXICO 6, UNLV 3At Eccles Indoor Tennis Center, Salt Lake City
SINGLES--1.  Katarina Malec (UNLV) def. Ana Friganovic (UNM)     6-2, 6-32.  Natalia Alekhova (UNM) def. Veronica Goude (UNLV)   5-7, 6-1, 7-63.  Ashley Hedberg (UNM) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV)    5-7, 6-4, 6-24.  Dominika Gerwin (UNM) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)   6-0, 6-05.  Nocoleta Spilca (UNM) def. Michaela Gabl (UNLV)     6-3, 7-66.  Neza Kurnik (UNM) def. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV)    6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES--1.  Bakken/Malec (UNLV) def. Friganovic/Hedberg (UNM)        9-82.  Gerwin/Caroline Pollack (UNM) def. M. Gabl/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) 8-53.  Radanovic/Goude (UNLV) def. Alekhova/Courtney Choate (UNM)   8-5