March 27, 2004

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV women's tennis team winning streak of seven games came to an end as the No.14 BYU Cougars shutout the Lady Rebels 7-0 on Saturday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The 51 nationally ranked Lady Rebels drop to 11-4, 1-1 MWC. Losing only for the second time and final match at home this season, while the Cougars improve to 16-4 overall and 3-0 in the MWC.

UNLV started the day by losing two of the three doubles matches failing to earn one team point.

Gyorgyi Zsiros playing on the No 1 court, Aga Abram playing at the No. 2 spot. Cindy Treber was at the No. 4 position and Mery Constanti was at No. 6 all of whom lost in straight sets. Both Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis playing at the No. 3 position and Clare Smith who played on court No. 5, won their first set but came up short in the final two. s

Up next, the Lady Rebels will look to regroup as they hit the road to face PAC 10 powerhouse UCLA March 31.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#14BYU 7,  #51 UNLV 0At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas

DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Zahnova/Holden (BYU) def. Abram/Ortiz-Luis (UNLV)        8-42. Zsiros/Smith (UNLV) def. MarFarlane/Oswald (BYU)     8-53. Pike/Boulytcheva (BYU)def Treber/Constanti (UNLV)        8-4

SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS 6 TEAM POINTS)1. Barbara Zahnova (BYU)def. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV)     6-4, 6-12. Sofia Holden (BYU) def.  Agnieszka Abram (UNLV)        6-2, 6-13. Lauren Jones (BYU) def. Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis (UNLV)        3-6, 6-4, 10-64. Olga Boulytcheva (BYU) def. Cindy Treber (UNLV)       7-6, 7-55. Rebecca Pike (BYU) def. Claire Smith (UNLV)       4-6, 6-3, 10-86. Hadley MacFarlane (BYU) def. Mery Constanti (UNLV)      6-4, 6-1