April 3, 2003

LAS VEGAS - UNLV sophomore Tracie Chong has had quite a week.

Just one day after being honored as the school's top female student-athlete, Chong Thursday was named the Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the second time this season.

The native of Honolulu, went 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles over the weekend - all against league opponents.

On March 28, Chong rallied past Katja Karrento 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to give her team the match-winning point in a 4-3 victory over 28th-ranked San Diego State.

She also downed opponents from Wyoming on Saturday and Colorado State on Sunday in straight sets to improve to 23-8 overall this season and 47-17 in her UNLV career.

Chong won her first player-of-the-week award on January 29. Senior Paulina Janus is the only other Lady Rebel to earn the honor this spring, back on March 20.

No. 24 UNLV, 14-3 overall and 5-0 in the MWC, travels to Salt Lake City Friday and then faces BYU in Provo, Utah, on Saturday to close the regular season.