March 11, 2000

LAS VEGAS - The 68th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team won the top three singles matches en route to a 6-3 victory over unranked Illinois State at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Saturday.

The Lady Rebels improved to 7-4 and remained perfect at home at 5-0 while the Redbirds fell to 4-6 overall.

At the No. 1 spot, 20th-ranked Katarina Malec breezed past Alesia Mikalayeva, 6-0, 6-4, to improve to 22-5 on the season in singles.

Also winning were Veronica Goude at No. 2, Marianne Bakken at No. 3 and Amy Hadziosmanovic at No. 6.

Needing to win only one doubles point, UNLV took two. The 44th-ranked team of Malec and Bakken won 8-5 at the top spot while Goude and Urska Radanovic won 8-5 at No. 3.

The Lady Rebels host Pennsylvania at 10 a.m. Sunday.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSUNLV 6, ILLINOIS STATE 3At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
SINGLES--1.  Katarina Malec (UNLV) def. Alesia Mikalayeva (ISU)  6-0, 6-42.  Veronica Goude (UNLV) def. Flora Karsai (ISU)       6-2, 6-13.  Marianne Bakken (UNLV) def. Alana Hoffman (ISU)     6-0, 6-24.  Shelby Lipson (ISU) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)     7-6, 6-05.      Brigette Zarazee (ISU) def. Michaela Gabl (UNLV)    7-5, 3-6, 7-56.  Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Kress Shores (ISU)   6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES-1.  Malec/Bakken (UNLV) def. Mikalayeva/Hoffman (ISU)        8-52.  Larissa Fostiak/Karsai (ISU) def. Gabl/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) 8-63.  Goude/Radanovic (UNLV) def. Zarazee/Shores (ISU)         8-5