March 14, 2000

LAS VEGAS - The 68th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team lost two three-set singles matches and fell to Oklahoma State 5-4 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Tuesday.

The Lady Rebels dropped to 7-6 with their second consecutive one-point loss. The Cowgirls, ranked 60th, improved to 4-2.

At the No. 1 spot, 20th-ranked Katarina Malec of UNLV won her 11th match in her last 13 outings to move to 24-5 overall. The senior downed Maria Galoustova 7-6, 6-3. Also winning for the Lady Rebels were Veronica Goude at No. 2 and Amy Hadziosmanovic at No. 6.

With the score tied at three after singles play, OSU quickly won the second doubles spot and then won at No. 3 to clinch to overall victory. However, at the top spot, Malec and Bakken, who make up the nation's 44th-ranked team, upset 29th-ranked Galoustova and Ashleigh Dolman, 8-3, to move to 14-3.

The Lady Rebels next host Bowling Green, Friday at 10 a.m.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTSOKLAHOMA STATE 5, UNLV 4At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
SINGLES--1.  Katarina Malec (UNLV) def. Maria Galoustova (OSU)   7-6, 6-32.  Veronica Goude (UNLV) def. Dominika Olszewska (OSU) 7-5, 6-43.  Linda Faltynkova (OSU) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV)  2-6, 6-1, 6-24.  Ashleigh Dolman (OSU) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)   6-4, 6-35. Marketa Chmelova (OSU) def. Michaela Gabl (UNLV)     4-6, 6-1, 6-26.  Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Erin Pauchnik (OSU)  6-3, 6-1
DOUBLES-1.  Malec/Bakken (UNLV) def. Galoustova/Dolman (OSU)            8-32.  Faltynkova/Chmelova (OSU) def. M. Gabl/Britta Gabl (UNLV)   8-03.  Pauchnik/Olszewska (OSU) def. Goude/Radanovic (UNLV)        8-5