March 31, 2004

LAS VEGAS - The ninth-ranked UCLA women's tennis team defeated No. 43 UNLV 6-1 at the LA Tennis Center Wednesday.

The Lady Rebels fell to 11-5 while the Bruins improved to 13-5 with their fifth consecutive victory.

UCLA began the day by taking all three doubles matches for one team point, including escaping at the top spot with a 9-8 final.

In singles play, the hosts pushed their lead to 3-0 with 6-0, 6-0 wins at No. 2 and No. 4. Despite putting up solid fights at No. 1 and No. 3, UNLV got its lone point when Mery Constanti won a super-tiebreaker over Shilpa Joshi on Court Six, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8).

Having now closed its non-conference schedule at 10-4, the Lady Rebels will resume league action by traveling to take on rival San Diego State April 8.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#9 UCLA 6, #43 UNLV 1At Los Angeles Tennis Center

DOUBLES: (UCLA WINS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Bercek/Lauren Fisher (UCLA) def. Abram/Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) 9-82. Carleton/Esseghir (UCLA) def. Smith/Zsiros (UNLV) 8-53. Gordon/Gregg (UCLA) def. Constanti/Treber (UNLV) 8-1
SINGLES: (UCLA WINS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. #14 Jackie Carleton (UCLA) def. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) 7-6, 6-12. #44 Daniela Bercek (UCLA) def. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) 6-0, 6-03. Feriel Esseghir (UCLA) def. Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) 7-5, 6-44. Sarah Gregg (UCLA) def. Cindy Treber (UNLV) 6-0, 6-05. Laura Gordon (UCLA) def. Claire Smith (UNLV) 6-2, 6-16. Mery Constanti (UNLV) def. Shilpa Joshi (UCLA) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-7)