Women's Tennis Opens With Utah
4/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 26, 2000
LAS VEGAS - Host UNLV will take on Utah in the first round of the inaugural Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Thursday at 10 a.m.
The fourth-seeded Lady Rebels, 12-9 overall and 2-3 in the MWC, defeated the fifth-seeded Utes 7-2 in the schools' previous meeting on Feb. 12 in Salt Lake City.
In what is UNLV's first-ever hosting of a conference championship, the women's team is attempting to win its first league title. The eight-team event boasts four teams ranked in the nation's top 65: No. 31 San Diego State, No. 46 New Mexico, No. 47 BYU and No. 65 UNLV.
Highlighting the first day, Lady Rebel Katarina Malec, the league's highest-ranked singles (28th) and doubles player (28th), will take on 63rd-ranked Megan Payne-Dorny of Utah.
Thursday's other 10 a.m. match pits top-seeded SDSU vs. Air Force. Session two, scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., will feature New Mexico vs. Wyoming and BYU vs. Colorado State.
The semifinals are Friday at 2 p.m. and the championship is slated for Saturday at 2 p.m. All eight teams will play three matches during the tournament, as first-through-eighth place will be determined.
Tickets for the entire tournament are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger. Individual session tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for children and for any students from Mountain West Conference schools.
THURSDAY
Session One - 10 am
UNLV (4) vs. Utah (5)
SDSU (1) vs. AFA (8)
Session Two - 2 pm
UNM (2) vs. Wyoming (7)
BYU (3) vs. CSU (6)
