March 1, 2003
LAS VEGAS - UNLV lost the battle at the top but won the war as the 17th-ranked Lady Rebels downed No. 75 Cal State Northridge 5-2 to advance at the Second Annual UNLV Women's Tennis Spring Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Saturday.
Playing in cold weather that included a 15-minute rain delay, UNLV improved to 6-1 on the year by winning two of three doubles matches for one team point and then taking four of six singles matches.
Winning in singles for UNLV were Gyorgyi Zsiros at No. 2, Tracie Chong at No. 3, Agnieszka Abram at No. 4 and Amy Hadziosmanovic at No. 6. Down 5-0, the Matadors won a super-tiebreaker at the fifth spot and then saw Tereza Simonyan rally to get by Paulina Janus on Court One 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
The Lady Rebels advanced to Sunday's championship for the second consecutive year and will face No. 44 Oklahoma. The Sooners eased by No. 57 New Mexico 6-1 in the other semifinal.
The remaining two matches, between Northern Arizona and Loyola Marymount and Southwest Missouri State and Montana State, did not get through doubles play before another rainstorm forced postponement.
Those four teams will complete play by resuming their second-round matches on Sunday at 9 a.m. The championship and third-place matches are scheduled for noon, weather permitting.
UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS SPRING INVITATIONAL
ROUND TWO - SATURDAY, MARCH 1
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
(#17) UNLV 5, (#75) CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE 2
SINGLES-(UNLV EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)
1. Tereza Simonyan (CSN) def. Paulina Janus (UNLV) 3-6, 6-4, 7-52. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Rani Setiawati (CSN) 7-5, 6-23. Tracie Chong (UNLV) def. Inga Chilingaryan (CSN) 6-4, 6-34. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) def. Olga Yepremian (CSN) 7-6, 6-15. Brittany Bierman (CSN) def. Cindy Treber (UNLV) 1-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6)6. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. YuYu Myinttun (CSN) 6-1, 1-0 retired
DOUBLES-(UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Janus/Abram (UNLV) def. Simonyan/Chilingaryan (CSN) 8-52. Setiawati/Yepremian (CSN) def. Chong/Treber (UNLV) 8-13. Zsiros/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Myinttun/Jaclyn Soltysik (CSN) 8-4
(#44) OKLAHOMA 6, (#57) NEW MEXICO 1
SINGLES-(OU EARNS FIVE TEAM POINTS)
1. Anda Perianu (OU) def. Tjasa Suvak (UNM) 7-5, 6-02. Elena Jirnova (OU) def. Maja Kovacek (UNM) 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)3. Annette Bryntesson (OU) def. Sandy Lukowski (UNM) 6-2, 6-44. Heather Saluri (OU) def. Michelle Heidbrink (UNM) 6-2, 7-65. Tiffany Robertson (UNM) def. Bethany Griffin (OU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-16. Melissa Menieta (OU) def. Rachel Hatley (UNM) 7-5, 6-4
DOUBLES-(OU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Perianu/Saluri (OU) def. Suvak/Kovacek (UNM) 8-52. Bryntesson/Griffin (OU) def. Lukowski/Robertson (UNM) 8-43. Maria Ruiz-Fabrega/Hatley (UNM) def. Jirnova/Jessica Braver (OU) 9-7
FRIDAY
New Mexico 4, Loyola Marymount 1Oklahoma 4, Northern Arizona 0
Cal State Northridge 4, SW Missouri State 3UNLV 4, Montana State 0
SATURDAY
SEMIFINALSOklahoma 6, UNM 1UNLV 5, CSN 2
LMU vs. NAU Postponed Because of RainSWMSU vs. MSU Postponed Because of Rain
SUNDAY
LMU vs. NAU Completion of Match 9 a.m.SWMSU vs. MSU Completion of Match 9 a.m.
NOTE: Because of weather delays, no third-round matcheswill be played in the losers' bracket
3rd Place: CSN vs. UNM 12 p.m.Championship: UNLV vs. Oklahoma 12 p.m.
