Oct. 20, 2006

SAN DIEGO - UNLV has one doubles team still alive in main-draw action after Friday's second day of competition at the Wilson/ITA Women's Tennis Regional at the Barnes Tennis Center.

The duo of Nikol Dimitrova and Claire Smith downed Sarah Yang and Becky Duesler of UCLA 8-3 to advance to the Round of 16.

In singles, two of the remaining Lady Rebels won their third-round match to start the day but both were later eliminated by high seeds in the Round of 16.

Dimitrova blanked Samantha Cappella of Hawaii 6-0, 6-0 before falling to second-seeded Bianca Dulgheru of Pepperdine in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0. Freshman Kritina Nedelcheva upset 17th-seeded Katy Williams of Long Beach State 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 but was later downed by eighth-seeded Alex McGoodwin of UCLA 6-2, 6-1.

No less than 17 Wilson/ITA Regional Championships for NCAA Division I men and women are taking place over the last two weekends of October at campuses throughout the country. The singles finalists and doubles champion from this event will earn spots in the November 2-5 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships hosted by The Ohio State University at the Racquet Club of Columbus.

2006 WILSON/ITA WEST REGION WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPSBarnes Tennis Center, San Diego
SINGLES ROUND OF 32Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. (17) Katy Williams (Long Beach State) 6-7, 7-6, 6-2(4) Riza Zalameda (UCLA) def. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) 6-1, 6-3Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) def. Samantha Cappella (Hawaii) 6-0, 6-0
SINGLES ROUND OF 16(8) Alex McGoodwin (UCLA) def. Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1(2) Bianca Dulgheru (Pepperdine) def. (16) Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
DOUBLES ROUND OF 32Nikol Dimitrova/Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Sarah Yang/Becky Duesler (UCLA) 8-3Sarah Fansler/Dianne Matias (USC) def. Linda Tempelfelde/Mery Constanti (UNLV) 8-6