April 8, 2004

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV women's tennis team won its first road match in four attempts this season and it could not have come at a better time as the Lady Rebels got by Mountain West Conference arch-rival San Diego State 5-2 at the SDSU Tennis Courts Thursday.

UNLV, ranked 48th, improved to 12-5 overall and 2-1 in the league while the No. 69 Aztecs fell to 5-12 and 1-2.

The match was closer than the final score indicated as the Lady Rebels had to rally after dropping two of three doubles matches to fall behind 1-0.

In singles play, UNLV got a quick win at the top spot where Gyorgyi Zsiros eased by Dita Hauerlandova 6-1, 6-3. Also winning for the visitors was Mery Contstanti on Court Six 6-2, 6-2 over Julie Litrich.

After SDSU picked up a win at No. 2, UNLV won all three remaining matches in three sets. Anne Claire Oritz-Luis scored at No. 3, Claire Smith rallied for a win at No. 5 and Cindy Treber came back from a big deficit to prevail 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 at No. 4.

"Today's match was not pretty but in the end we fought hard and came through to win over a rival," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "The competition was heated at times so it was nice to close things out with wins at both No. 3 and 4. Now we'll focus on the next two days facing more league opponents."

UNLV stays in San Diego to take on Wyoming Friday and Colorado State Saturday.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#48 UNLV 5, #69 SAN DIEGO STATE 2At SDSU Tennis Courts
DOUBLES: (SDSU WINS ONE TEAM POINT)1. #31 Erichsen/Romero (SDSU) def. Abram/Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) 8-22. Smith/Zsiros (UNLV) def. Vidov/Hauerlandova (SDSU) 9-83. Sarah Sansom/Graf (SDSU) def. Constanti/Treber (UNLV) 8-4
SINGLES: (UNLV WINS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. Dita Hauerlandova (SDSU) 6-1, 6-32. Katalina Romero (SDSU) def. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) 6-1, 6-33. Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) def. Indra Erichsen (SDSU) 7-6, 3-6, 6-24. Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Alesya Vidov (SDSU) 0-6, 7-5, 7-65. Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Patricia Graf (SDSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-26. Mery Constanti (UNLV) def. Julie Litrich (SDSU) 6-2, 6-2