Feb. 27, 2004

LAS VEGAS - The host Lady Rebels stayed perfect at home this season with a 6-1 victory over Kansas to close the first round of the third annual UNLV Women's Tennis Spring Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Friday.

The Lady Rebels improved to 4-2, including 4-0 in Las Vegas, while the Jayhawks fell to 0-5 overall.

UNLV began by sweeping three doubles matches for one team point.

In singles play, Gyorgyi Zsiros breezed by Courtney Steinbock 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 position. Also winning for UNLV was Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis at No. 3, Cindy Treber at No. 4, Claire Smith at No. 5 and Mery Constanti on Court Six.

"This was a good match to get through on a cool afternoon," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "Kansas has a lot of talent and our performance was a nice way to start this tournament."

The Lady Rebels advanced to Saturday's semifinals where they will meet No. 27 Tulane. The Green Wave downed Northern Arizona 6-1. The other semifinal match will see No. 14 Fresno State, which got by Boston College 4-3, take on 63rd-ranked Washington State, which upset No. 38 Oklahoma State 5-2 in a morning match.

Semifinals are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. PST, weather permitting. The tournament concludes Sunday.

FRIDAYFresno State 4, Boston College 3Washington State 5, Oklahoma State 2

UNLV 6, Kansas 1Tulane 6, Northern Arizona 1
SATURDAYWINNERS' BRACKET          10 a.m.Fresno State vs. Washington StateUNLV vs. Tulane
LOSERS' BRACKET           2 p.m.Boston College vs. Oklahoma StateKansas vs. Northern Arizona

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS SPRING INVITATIONALROUND ONE - FRIDAY, FEB. 27At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas

(#37) UNLV 6, KANSAS 1DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Abram/Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) def. C. Steinbock/K. Steinbock (KU) 8-42. Zsiros/Smith (UNLV) def. Haylock/Ashley Filberth (KU) 8-33. Trever/Constanti (UNLV) def. Brown/Skoda (KU) 8-6
SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Courtney Steinbock (KU) 6-2, 6-12. Emily Haylock (KU) def. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) 7-5, 6-33. Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) def. Brittany Brown (KU) 6-0, 6-14. Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Christine Skoda (KU) 6-4, 6-25. Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Kristen Steinbock (KU) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (13-11)6. Mery Constanti (UNLV) def. Luiza Loureiro (KU) 6-4, 6-2

(#27) TULANE  6, NORTHERN ARIZONA 1DOUBLES: (TU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Nancy Kockott/Magas (TU) def. Willman/McClelland (NAU) 8-22. M. Ivanov/Kuhn (TU) def. Dille/Klokinis (NAU) 8-23. D. Ivanov/Saaibi (TU) def. Schmandt/Kmiec (NAU) 8-0
SINGLES: (TU EARNS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. Maria Ivanov (TU) def. Jean Willman (NAU) 6-0, 6-32. Jenny Kuhn (TU) def. Cristina Klokinis (NAU) 6-0, 6-33. Darya Ivanov (TU) def. Karen Kmiec (NAU) 6-1, 6-34. Dorottya Magas (TU) def. Ashley Dille (NAU) 6-2, 6-15. Ana Saaibi (TU) def. Susan McClelland (NAU) 6-1, 6-26. Julie Schmandt (NAU) def. Alexis Coulourides (TU) 6-4, 6-0

(#14) FRESNO STATE 4, BOSTON COLLEGE 3DOUBLES: (FS EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Pandzic/Tallo (FS) def. Waseem/Emily Hellberg (BC) 8-42. Ashley/Yeomans (BC) def. Sainz/Katharina Winterhaller (FS) 8-33. Jantz/Jovanovic (FS) def. Landes/Nash (BC) 8-4
SINGLES: (FS EARNS THREE TEAM POINTS)1. Jelena Pandzic (FS) def. Szilvia Szegedi (BC) 6-2, 6-02. Lucia Tallo (FS) def. Nida Waseem (BC) 6-1, 6-13. Vlatka Jovanovic (FS) def. Ali Ashley (BC) 6-4, 6-44. Morgan Landes (BC) def. Lucia Sainz (FS) 7-5, 6-7, 1-0 (10-3)5. Lindsey Nash (BC) def. Courtney Jantz (FS) 7-5, 6-46. Emily Yeomans (BC) def. Megan Hanner (FS) 6-2, 6-0

(#63) WASHINGTON ST. 5, (#38) OKLAHOMA ST. 2DOUBLES: (WSU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Kolodynska/Karaskova (OSU) def. Sallai/Martinez (WSU) 8-42. Arias/Fodor (WSU) def. Furtmayr/Masnic (OSU) 8-53. Toth/Gaal (WSU) def. Poskitt/Simmons (OSU) 8-2
SINGLES: (WSU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. Katya Kolodynska (OSU) def. Orsolya Sallai (WSU) 6-4, 6-32. Lorena Arias (WSU) def. Jana Karaskova (OSU) 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)3. Ines Furtmayr (OSU) def. Chris Martinez (WSU)  6-2, 3-6, 7-64. Nora Gaal (WSU) def. Zana Masnic (OSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-15. Amy Toth (WSU) def. Lauren Simmons (OSU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-16. Zsofia Fodor (WSU) def. Jennifer Poskitt (OSU) 6-4, 6-3