March 1, 2002
LAS VEGAS - The inaugural UNLV Women's Tennis Spring Invitational kicked off Friday with all four higher ranked teams winning their matches at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on campus.
Host UNLV, ranked 53rd, lost only one set en route to a 7-0 whitewashing of unranked Boston College in the second-ever meeting between the programs. The Lady Rebels also shut out BC, 9-0, in 2000.
UNLV, which improved to 6-1 on the year to mark its best start since opening 10-1 in 1997, advances to meet No. 40 South Alabama in one of Saturday's semifinals. The Jaguars (6-5) got by unranked Furman 6-1in the day's other afternoon match.
The Lady Rebels began the day by sweeping three doubles matches for one team point. In singles play, five UNLV players won in straight sets: Paulina Janus at No. 1, Gyorgyi Zsiros at No. 2, Tracie Chong at No. 4, Leentjie Oosthuizen at No. 5 and Marianne Bakken at the sixth court. Agnieszka Abram rallied to win a third-set tiebreaker to make it a team sweep.
"I feel we got off to a good start in our own tournament," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "We have a big challenge tomorrow in South Alabama but I think we are ready to meet that challenge."
In the morning contests, No. 6-ranked Wake Forest improved to 8-1 on the year with a 6-1 win over unranked UC Santa Barbara, despite resting its top two singles players,
The Demon Deacons will face No. 49 Tulsa (7-2) in the other semifinal (2 p.m. PST) after the Golden Hurricane got by 67th-ranked New Mexico 5-2 despite the Lobos earning upset victories at both the top singles and doubles spots.
Boston College (2-3) will face Furman (5-2) in the losers' bracket Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The other match will pit UCSB (3-8) vs. New Mexico (4-6).
UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS INVITATIONAL
Round One - March 1, 2002
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
(#53) UNLV 7, BOSTON COLLEGE 0
SINGLES- (UNLV EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS)1. Paulina Janus (UNLV) def. Allison Ashley (BC) 6-2, 6-02. (#135) Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Nida Waseem (BC) 6-2, 6-23. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) def. Morgan Landes (BC) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)4. Tracie Chong (UNLV) def. Amy Molden (BC) 6-3, 6-45. Leentjie Oosthuizen (UNLV) def. Anisha Fernando (BC) 6-2, 7-56. Marianne Bakken (UNLV) def. Ruta Veitas (BC) 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES-(UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Janus/Abram (UNLV) def. Veitas/Waseem (BC) 8-12. Bakken/Zsiros (UNLV) def. Ashley/Emily Hellberg (BC) 8-43. Chong/Oosthuizen (UNLV) def. Ashley Backus/Emily Yeomans (BC) 8-0
(#40) SOUTH ALABAMA 6, FURMAN 1
SINGLES- (USA EARNS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. Megan Dunigan (F) def. def. Silvia Sosnarova (USA) 6-1, 7-62. (#39) Viktoria Stoklasova (USA) def. Mary Kovarik (F)6-2, 6-33. Josien Boverhof (USA) def. Gene Holman (F) 6-2, 6-7, 6-44. Andrea Kurekova (USA) def. Mary Neill Hagood (F) 6-2, 2-6, 6-25. Katarina Palenikova (USA) def. Natalie The (F) 6-3, 2-6, 6-46. Dominika Nemcovicova (USA) def. Caroline Bentley (F) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
DOUBLES-(USA EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. (#40) Boverhof/Scheltens (USA) def. Dunigan/The (F) 8-52. (#47) Stocklasova/Palenikova (USA) def. Kovarik/Bentley (F) 8-63. Holman/Hagood (F) def. Kurekova/Necovicova (USA) 8-4
(#6) WAKE FOREST 6, UC SANTA BARBARA 1
SINGLES-(WF EARNS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. Uzma Khan (UCSB) def. (#48) Katie Martzolf (WF) 6-1, 6-12. Maren Haus (WF) def. (#137) Cindy Ammann (UCSB) 6-2, 6-43. Aimee Smith (WF) def. Chelsea Dillon (UCSB) 6-4, 6-14. Danielle Schwartz (WF) def. Michelle Stewart (UCSB) 6-0, 6-05. Elizabeth Proctor (WF) def. Shiho Fukushima (UCSB) 6-1, 6-16. Karin Coetzee (WF) def. Myriah FitzGibbon (UCSB) 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES-(WF EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Martzolf/Schwartz (WF) def. Ammann/Khan (UCSB) 8-62. Coetzee/Haus (WF) def. Stewart/Dillon (UCSB) 8-03. Smith/Proctor (WF) def. Fukushima/Amanda Pazornik (UCSB) 8-1
(#49) TULSA 5, (#67) NEW MEXICO 2
SINGLES-(TU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. Tjasa Suvak (UNM) def. (#53) Aleksandra Durska (TU) 7-6, 3-6, 6-12. Alicia Pillay (TU) def. Sandy Lukowski (UNM) 3-6, 6-4, 6-43. Jana Sedivec (TU) def. Michelle Heidbrink (UNM) 6-2, 6-04. Tiffany Robertson (UNM) def. Mariana Barrios (UT) 6-1, 6-35. Gabriela Zingman (TU) def. Courtney Choate (UNM) 6-4, 6-16. Johanna Zingman (TU) def. Maria Ruiz-Fabrega (UNM) 6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES-(TU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Suvak/Rachel Hatley (UNM) def. (#57) Pillay/Sedivec (TU) 8-52. Barrios/Durska (TU) def. Lukowski/Robertson (UNM) 8-63. Zingman/Zingman (TU) def. Choate/Heidbrink (UNM) 8-3
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 1Match One: (No. 6) Wake Forest def. UC Santa Barbara 6-1Match Two: (No. 49) Tulsa def. (No. 67) New Mexico 5-2
Match Three: (No. 53) UNLV def. Boston College 7-0Match Four: (No. 40) South Alabama def. Furman 6-1
SATURDAY, MARCH 2 PSTWinners' Bracket Match Five: Wake Forest vs. Tulsa 10 a.m. Match Six: UNLV vs. South Alabama 10 a.m.Losers' Bracket Match Seven: UCSB vs. New Mexico 2 p.m. Match Eight: Boston College vs. Furman 2 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 3 PSTChampionship Match Nine: Winner Match Five vs. Winner Match Six 9 a.m.3rd Place Match 10: Loser Match Five vs. Loser Match Six 9 a.m.Fifth Place Match 11: Winner Match Seven vs. Winner Match Eight 12 p.m.Seventh Place Match 12: Loser Match Seven vs. Loser Match Eight 12 p.m.
