Women's Tennis To Host Invitational
9/28/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Sept. 28, 2000
LAS VEGAS - Three ranked singles players and five ranked doubles teams will highlight the 2000 UNLV Women's Tennis Fall Invitational, which begins Friday and runs through Sunday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
The Lady Rebels, who finished ranked 53rd a year ago, will host players from Tennessee (17th last year), Oklahoma State (48th) and Minnesota in a four-flight individual tournament.
The Volunteers boast three players currently ranked in the ITA Top 100 in singles: No. 29 Alison Ojeda, No. 92 Agnes Wiska and No. 98 Vilmarie Castellvi.
The doubles action will feature Ojeda and Castellvi, who are ranked ninth, Sandra Olsen and Nora Sauska of Minnesota (18th), Ashleigh Dolman and Maria Galoustova of OSU (20th), Marianne Bakken and Agnieszka Abram of UNLV (37th) and Crystal Cleveland and Kim Gates of UT (47th). The first round begins at noon Friday with doubles following singles play. Action Saturday and Sunday begins at 10 a.m.
At last year's tournament, UNLV's Katarina Malec downed teammate Veronica Goude for the flight one singles title. Also, Golden Gophers Sauska and Kim Simonsen teamed to win the top flight of doubles.
