Feb. 25, 2000

PALO ALTO, Calif. - UNLV took on the nation's No. 1-ranked women's tennis team and did not win a set as Stanford cruised to a 9-0 victory at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium Friday.

The Lady Rebels, ranked 66th, fell to 5-4, while the Cardinal improved to 11-0 on the year with its 30th-consecutive win.

Stanford, which boasts four ranked players, including two in the top 10, began the day by taking all six singles points. At the top spot, All-American sophomore Marissa Irvin stayed perfect through eight matches this season by downing 25th-ranked Katarina Malec 6-4, 6-1.

Stanford also swept doubles play, including at the top position where Irvin and Teryn Ashley, who were ranked No. 1 in the preseason, downed Malec and Bakken 8-3 and snap the UNLV team's seven-match winning streak.

The Lady Rebels are off until opening an eight-match homestand on March 11 vs. Illinois State.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSSTANFORD 9, UNLV 0At Taube Family Tennis Stadium, Palo Alto, CA
SINGLES--1.  Marissa Irvin (SU) def. Katarina Malec (UNLV)       6-4, 6-12.  Laura Granville (SU) def. Veronica Goude (UNLV)     6-0, 6-23.  Lauren Kalvaria (SU) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV)    6-3, 7-54.  Gabrielle Lastra (SU) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)   6-3, 6-15.  Jennifer Heiser (SU) def. Michaela Gabl (UNLV)      6-4, 6-26.  Sarah Pestieau (SU) def. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV)  6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES-1.  Irvin/Teryn Ashley (SU) def. Malec/Bakken (UNLV)    8-32.  Kalvaria/Lastra (SU) def. Gabl/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV)    8-23.  Granville/Pestieau (SU) def. Goude/Radanovic (UNLV) 8-5