April 14, 2001

SAN DIEGO - The 65th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team closed out its regular-season schedule by upsetting No. 39 New Mexico on the campus of San Diego State Saturday.

The Lady Rebels improved to 9-11 overall and 5-2 in the Mountain West Conference while the Lobos, who were the highest-ranked team to lose to UNLV this year, fell to 13-8 and 4-3.

UNLV, which won its last four league matches, passed UNM in the regular-season standings to finish in third place.

The Lady Rebels began the day by winning two of three doubles matches for one team point.

In singles play, UNLV got victories from 87th-ranked Paulina Janus at the top spot, Agnieszka Abram at No. 2, Marianne Bakken at No. 3, Britta Gabl at No. 5 and Amy Hadziosmanovic in the sixth position.

Defending champion UNLV is expected to receive the third seed at the MWC Championships, which are set for April 26-28 in Fort Collins, Colo.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS

UNLV 6, NEW MEXICO 1

At SDSU Tennis Courts, San Diego

SINGLES--
1.  Paulina Janus (UNLV) def. Natalia Alekhova (UNM)    4-6, 6-1, 6-32.  Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) def. Sandy Lukowski (UNM)  3-6, 6-3, 7-53.  Marianne Bakken (UNLV) def. Lindsey Marvel (UNM)  6-2, 6-44.  Tjasa Suvak (UNM) def. Urska Radanovic (UNLV)     6-0, 6-35.  Britta Gabl (UNLV) def. Nicoleta Spilca (UNM)     6-4, 6-46.  Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Maria Ruiz/Fabrega (UNM)    6-3, 6-3

DOUBLES--
1.  Janus/Abram (UNLV) def. Marvel/Caroline Pollock (UNM)   8-32.  Bakken/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Alekhova/Suvak (UNM)  8-43.  Lukowski/Ruiz-Fabrega (UNM) def. Radanovic/Gabl (UNLV)  8-5