Feb. 3, 2002

LAS VEGAS - The 56th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team posted its second shutout in three days as it completed a perfect weekend, this time 7-0 over Weber State at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Sunday.

The Lady Rebels (3-0) opened the day by sweeping three doubles matches for one team point. Paulina Janus and Aga Abram won at the top spot, Marianne Bakken and Gyorgyi Zsiros teamed up for a victory at No. 2 and Tracie Chong and Leentjie Oosthuizen posted an 8-1 win on Court Three.

In singles play, the Wildcats (0-6) won only one set and lost that match in a tiebreaker. At the top spot, 59th-ranked Janus breezed past Therina Steenkamp 6-1, 6-0. Also winning in straight sets for UNLV were Aga Abram at No. 2, Zsiros at No. 3, Chong at No. 4, Bakken at No. 5 and Amy Hadziosmanovic at the sixth position.

"I feel that we came out and played up to our potential this weekend," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "These matches were a good test to start the season and it means a lot to start out with some momentum."

In contrast, UNLV began last season 0-2 after its opening weekend of matches and finished 11-12. The undefeated Lady Rebels, however, take the ultimate step up in competition in their next match by traveling to defending national champion Stanford on February 15.

"We are looking forward to the challenge of playing the nation's No. 1-ranked team," Cory said. "Stanford sets the standard for the best in college tennis."

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS
(#56) UNLV 7, WEBER STATE 0
At Fertitta Tennis Stadium, Las Vegas
SINGLES-(UNLV EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS)
1. (59) Paulina Janus (UNLV) def. Therina Steenkamp (WSU)6-1, 6-02. Aga Abram (UNLV) def. Dana DeLancey (WSU)        6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)3. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Brianna Beauchene (WSU)   6-2, 6-14. Tracie Chong (UNLV) def. Tara Rosenzweig (WSU)   6-0, 6-15. Marianne Bakken (UNLV) def. Chelsee Drews (WSU)    6-0, 6-06. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Nicona Robson (WSU)  6-0, 6-1
DOUBLES-(UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Janus/Abram (UNLV) def. Steenkamp/DeLancey (WSU)    8-42. Bakken/Zsiros (UNLV) def. Beauchene/Rosenzweig (WSU)    8-23. Chong/Oosthuizen (UNLV) def. Drews/Tiffany Smith (WSU)  8-1