March 6, 2005

LAS VEGAS - The 30th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team won every set for the second straight match in a 7-0 victory over UR Riverside at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Sunday.

The Lady Rebels improved to 5-1 while the Highlanders fell to 3-8.

UNLV began the morning by sweeping three doubles matches for one team point, which improved the squad to an eye-popping 14-1 in dual-match doubles this season.

In singles play, 21st-ranked Elena Gantcheva improved to 21-2 overall with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Michelle Beyronneau at the top spot. Gyorgyi Zsiros became the seventh Lady Rebel in history to reach at least 70 career victories with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 2 and the senior is now just two wins shy of tying Suzi Agassi (1991-94) in sixth place at the school and six short of Janelle Barr (1991-94) in fifth.

Also winning in straight sets for the home team were Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis at No. 3, Cindy Treber at No. 4, Claire Smith at No. 5 and Linda Tempelfelde on court six.

"This was a good weekend for us and provides a lot of momentum going into the next part of our non-conference schedule, which will be very challenging," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "We are really looking forward to facing our upcoming opponents."

UNLV will next host No. 22 Notre Dame on Thursday beginning at 2 p.m.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#30 UNLV 7, UC RIVERSIDE 0At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas

DOUBLES: (UNLV WINS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Tempelfelde/Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) def. Casey Cross/Espiritu (UCR) 8-32. Smith/Zsiros (UNLV) def. Beyronneau/Yoshimoto (UCR) 8-53. Mery Constanti/Gantcheva (UNLV) def. Chau/Babanilla (UCR) 8-0
SINGLES: (UNLV WINS SIX TEAM POINTS)1. #21 Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. Michelle Beyronneau (UCR) 6-2, 6-22. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) def. H.R. Espiritu (UCR) 6-1, 6-23. Anne Claire Ortiz-Luis (UNLV) def. Catrisha Cabanilla (UCR) 6-0, 6-04. Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Eri Yoshimoto (UCR) 6-0, 6-15. Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Colette Chau (UCR) 6-1, 6-06. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) def. Kristina Kim (UCR) 6-0, 6-1