March 2, 2003

LAS VEGAS - After losing a close doubles battle, host UNLV rallied to defeat Oklahoma 4-2 in the championship match of the Second Annual UNLV Women's Tennis Spring Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Sunday.

The 17th-ranked Lady Rebels improved to 7-1 while the 44th-ranked Sooners suffered their first loss of the season in nine matches.

With the sun emerging after a rare rainy week in the desert, OU won the second and third doubles matches by an identical 8-6 score to earn one team point. The No. 1 match, which was equally close, was then halted.

UNLV stormed out to win the first set on five of six courts in singles play. However, the Sooners rallied to win three second sets to ensure an exciting finish.

The Lady Rebels tied things at 1-1 when Cindy Treber won her match at No. 5, 6-1, 6-4. Amy Hadziosmanovic then won on the sixth court for the hosts. At the top spot, 70th-ranked OU's Anda Perianu rallied to down Paulina Janus, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, to knot the match at two.

Lady Rebel Tracie Chong then won in three sets on No. 4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, and Agnieszka Abram clinched UNLV's win on Court Three, 6-1,1-6, 6-3. The match on No. 2, which saw Lady Rebel Gyorgyi Zsiros leading in the third set, was halted.

"It's nice to win our own tournament and I am proud of all of our players," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "We beat an outstanding Oklahoma team, which shows we are getting to where we want to be at this point in the season."

UNLV is now off until hosting Texas A&M on March 11.

In Sunday's third-place match, New Mexico defeated Cal State Northridge 5-2. In the consolation bracket Southwest Missouri State shut out Montana State 7-0 and Northern Arizona nipped Loyola Marymount 4-3.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS SPRING INVITATIONAL
ROUND THREE - SUNDAY, MARCH 2
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
(#17) UNLV 4, (#44) OKLAHOMA 2
SINGLES-(UNLV EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)
1. Anda Perianu (OU) def. Paulina Janus (UNLV)      2-6, 6-1, 6-42. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) vs. Elena Jirnova (OU)        Did Not Finish3. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) def. Annette Bryntesson (OU)    6-2, 1-6, 6-34. Tracie Chong (UNLV) def. Heather Saluri (OU)      6-3, 3-6, 6-45. Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Bethany Griffin (OU)        6-1, 6-46. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Melissa Menieta (OU) 7-5, 6-3
DOUBLES-(OU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)
1. Janus/Abram (UNLV) vs. Perianu/Saluri (OU)            Did Not Finish2. Bryntesson/Griffin (OU) def. Chong/Treber (UNLV)          8-63. Menieta/Jessica Braver (OU) def. Zsiros/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) 8-6
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
(#57) NEW MEXICO 5, (#75) CS NORTHRIDGE 2
SINGLES-(UNM EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)
1. Tereza Simonyan (CSN) def. Tjasa Suvak (UNM)             3-6, 6- (score inc.)2. Maja Kovacek (UNM) def. Rani Setiawati (CSN)         6-2, 7-53. Inga Chilingaryan (CSN)  def. Sandy Lukowski (UNM)   6-4, 6-14. Tiffany Robertson (UNM) def. Olga Yepremian (CSN)        6-3, 7-65. Michelle Heidbrink (UNM) def. Brittany Bierman (CSN)     6-4, 1-6, 6-06. Maria Ruiz-Fabrega/Hatley (UNM) def. YuYu Myinttun (CSN) 1-6, 7-6, 6-1
DOUBLES-(UNM EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)
1. Suvak/Kovacek (UNM) def. Simonyan/Chilingaryan (CSN)         8-42. Setiawati/Yepremian (CSN) def. Lukowski/Robertson (UNM)      8-63. Ruiz-Fabrega/Rachel Hatley (UNM) def. Myinttun/Jaclyn Soltysik (CSN) 8-4
CONSOLATION MATCH
SW MISSOURI STATE 7, MONTANA STATE 0
SINGLES-(SWMS EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS)
1. Ia Zozrashvili (SWMS) def. Stacy Voelker (MSU)       6-2, 7-52. Cassandra Godfrey (SWMS) def. Vera Vasileva (MSU)        6-1, 6-43. Marta Rubina (SWMS) def. Susan Risteen (MSU)         6-2, 6-04. Maria Amato (SWMS) def. Laurel Brown (MSU)           6-1, 6-15. Laura Miller (SWMS) def. Tyffani Thomas (MSU)        6-1, 6-26. Laura Alvarez (SWMS) def. Staci Rust (MSU)           6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES-(SWMS EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)
1. Godfrey/Zozrashvili (SWMS) def. Brown/Thomas (MSU)       8-12. Rubina/Amato (SWMS) def. Risteen/Vasileva (MSU)      8-33. Miller/Alvarez (SWMS) def. Rust/Voelker (MSU)        8-2
CONSOLATION MATCH
NORTHERN ARIZONA 4, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 3
SINGLES-(NAU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)
1. Kirsten Balk (NAU) def. Edit Pakay (LMU)         6-4, 6-22. Marjolein Klompmaker (NAU) def. Georgie Dinham (LMU)         6-7, 6-4, 7-63. Diana Vinis (LMU) def. Karen Kmiec (NAU)         6-4, 6-24. Christina Klokins (NAU)  def. Jennifer Baker (LMU)   0-6, 7-5, retired5. Patrycia Hubl (LMU) def. Ashley Dille (NAU)          6-3, 6-26. Katie Schurr (NAU) def. Erin Sanchez (LMU)           6-1, 6-0
DOUBLES-(LMU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)
1. Pakay/Vinis (LMU) def. Dille/Klompmaker (NAU)        8-42. Baker/Dinham (LMU) def. Kmiec/Balk (NAU)         8-53. Schurr/Klokins (NAU) def. Hubl/Sanchez (LMU)             8-6

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS SPRING INVITATIONAL
FEB. 28-MARCH 2, 2003
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
FRIDAY
New Mexico 4, Loyola Marymount 1Oklahoma 4, Northern Arizona 0
Cal State Northridge 4, SW Missouri State 3UNLV 4, Montana State 0
SATURDAY
SEMIFINALS
Oklahoma 6, UNM 1UNLV 5, CSN 2
LMU vs. NAU Postponed Because of RainSWMSU vs. MSU   Postponed Because of Rain
SUNDAYChampionship:        UNLV 4, Oklahoma 2Third-Place Match:   New Mexico 5, CSN 2Consolation Matches: NAU 4, LMU 3             SWMS 7, MSU 0