Feb. 10, 2006

PALO ALTO, Calif. - After shutting out its first four opponents of 2006, the UNLV women's tennis team saw the script flipped by No. 1-ranked Stanford on Friday.

The 38th-ranked Lady Rebels only won one set against the defending national champions in falling 7-0 at the Taube Family Tennis Center as the powerful Cardinal improved to 7-0.

UNLV (4-1) began the day by losing all three doubles matches as Stanford took a 1-0 lead.

In singles, only senior Cindy Treber pushed her opponent to a third set as she lost the decisive super-tiebreaker to Whitney Deason 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4).

In a battle of two of the nation's top singles players, Stanford senior and two-time NCAA champion Amber Liu rallied in the second set to finish off eighth-ranked sophomore Elena Gantcheva 6-3, 6-3 at the top spot.

"Despite the score, I feel we competed well as a team today," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "You're talking about playing a team that just rolled through the national indoor championships without losing a point. There is no doubt that Stanford is the class of college tennis. Now we have to turn around and face a big challenge on Saturday."

The Lady Rebels will look to rebound on Saturday morning by playing at No. 6 Cal.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#1 STANFORD 7, #38 UNLV 0At Taube Family Tennis Center, Palo Alto, CA
DOUBLES: (STANFORD EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. #2 Barnes/Yelsey (STAN) def.Gantcheva/Dimitrova (UNLV) 8-12. Deason/Theresa Logar (STAN) def.Marin/Smith (UNLV) 8-33. Liu/Nguyen (STAN) def.Treber/Tempelfelde (UNLV) 8-1
SINGLES: (STANFORD EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS)1. Amber Liu (STAN) def. #8 Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) 6-3, 6-32. #4 Alice Barnes (STAN) def. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) 6-4, 6-23. #2 Anne Yelsey (STAN) def. Sharon Marin (UNLV) 6-0, 6-14. Whitney Deason (STAN) def. Cindy Treber (UNLV) 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)5. Jessica Nguyen (STAN) def. Claire Smith (UNLV) 6-1, 6-16. Lejla Hodzic (STAN) def. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) 6-1, 6-1