March 31, 2001

LAS VEGAS - The 60th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team lost the decisive doubles point and fell 4-3 to No. 36 BYU in a Mountain West Conference battle at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Saturday.

The defending champion Lady Rebels fell to 5-9 overall and 3-8 at home and 1-1 in the league while the Cougars improved to 10-7 and 4-0 in the MWC.

The Cougars began the day by winning the doubles point despite UNLV's upset at the top spot where Paulina Janus and Agniesza Abram downed the 22nd-ranked team of Jodi Richardson and Brooke Ferney, 8-4.

Behind 1-0, UNLV needed to win four singles matches to pull off the upset but was only able to split.

Janus rallied to upset 37th-ranked Richardson at the top spot, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, while Marianne Bakken and Britta Gabl won their matches in straight sets.

After BYU earned points at No. 2 and 4 courts, the match came down to the sixth position where Lindsey Ferrell escaped with a dramatic 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 clinching victory over Amy Hadziosmanovic.

UNLV next hosts No. 66 San Diego State on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS
BYU 4, UNLV 3
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
SINGLES--
1.  Paulina Janus (UNLV) def. Jodi Richardson (BYU)     4-6, 7-6, 6-42.  Dominique Reynolds (BYU) def. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV)  6-0, 6-23.  Marianne Bakken (UNLV) def. Brooke Ferney (BYU)       7-5, 6-44.  Lu Oswald (BYU) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)       6-2, 6-05.  Britta Gabl (UNLV) def. Liza Khoudoiarova (BYU)       6-0, 6-16.  Lindsey Ferrell (BYU) def. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV)   7-5, 2-6, 6-4
DOUBLES--1.  Janus/Abram (UNLV) def. Richardson/Ferney (BYU)          8-42.  Reynolds/Khoudoiarova (BYU) def. Bakken/Hadziosmanovic(UNLV) 8-33.  Oswald/Ferrell (BYU) def. Radanovic/Gabl (UNLV)          8-4