Feb. 23, 2000

FRESNO, Calif. - The 60th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team won only one doubles point en route to losing 8-1 to 25th-ranked Fresno State at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center Wednesday.

The Lady Rebels fell to 4-3 while the Bulldogs improved to 2-4.

Fresno State swept singles play, including the top spot where 26th-ranked Katarina Malec had her six-match winning streak snapped, 7-6, 6-4, to Kim Niggemeyer. The upset loss was Malec's first of the spring and dropped the senior's overall record to 19-4.

UNLV's lone point came at No. 1 doubles where Malec teamed with Marianne Bakken for the duo's seventh-straight victory, 8-3, over Liesl Fichtbauer and Kandiss Creighton.

UNLV will travel to San Jose State Thursday.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSFRESNO STATE 8, UNLV 1At Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center, Fresno, CA
SINGLES--1.  Kim Niggemeyer (FS) def. Katarina Malec (UNLV)      7-6, 6-42.  Kandiss Creighton (FS) def. Veronica Goude (UNLV)   6-3, 6-03.  Liesl Fichtbauer (FS) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV)   6-4, 6-04.  Chantel Wiggins (FS) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)    6-2, 6-15.  Ewa Grusiecka (FS) def. Michaela Gabl (UNLV)        6-2, 7-56.  Anke Beier (FS) def. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV)      6-4, 6-4
DOUBLES--1.  Malec/Bakken (UNLV) def. Crieighton/Fichtbauer (FS)         8-32.  Renee Kops/Niggemeyer (FS) def. Gabl/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV)  8-13.  Beier/Wiggins (FS) def. Radanovic/Goude (UNLV)              8-5