Feb. 25, 2006

LAS VEGAS - The 37th-ranked UNLV women's tennis moved into the championship match of its own spring tournament for the fourth time in the event's five-year history after defeating Boise State 7-0 Saturday during the second day of the Lady Rebel Classic at a sun-splashed Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The hosts did not lose a set en route to improving their record to 6-2 overall, including 6-0 at home this season, while the 73rd-ranked Broncos fell to 7-2.

UNLV will face No. 47 Fresno State in Sunday's final, which begins at noon. The Bulldogs got by Oklahoma State 5-2 to advance. While reaching the final for the fourth time, the Lady Rebels have only won the team title just once (2003). In last year's championship, 15th-ranked Tulane downed UNLV 4-0.

Also beginning at noon, Boise State and OSU will compete for third place. Those matches will be preceded by Loyola Marymount taking on UC Santa Barbara for fifth place and Northern Arizona playing Montana for seventh. For time considerations on travel day, all Sunday matches will end when one team reaches four points.

Against BSU, the Lady Rebels began the morning by sweeping three highly competitive doubles matches to hand the Broncos their first doubles of the season and take a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, 18th-ranked Elena Gantcheva improved to 22-7 with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Megan Bjorkman at the top spot. Nikol Dimitrova won her match on court two, Sharon Marin at number three, Cindy Treber improved to a team-leading 7-1 in duals with a win on court four, Claire Smith was victorious at number five as was Linda Tempelfelde at the sixth position.

"Today was really a solid performance by our program," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "Boise State has a quality lineup so to win across the board was meaningful for us. Now we have a big test tomorrow against Fresno State."

UNLV LADY REBEL CLASSICROUND TWO - SATURDAY, FEB. 25At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
SATURDAY, Feb. 25:UNLV 7, Boise State 0Fresno State 5, Oklahoma State 2LMU 4, NAU 3UCSB 7, Montana 0
SUNDAY, Feb. 26:9 a.m.  7th Place: NAU vs. Montana9 a.m.  5th Place: LMU vs. UCSBNoon    3rd Place: Boise State vs. Oklahoma StateNoon    CHAMPIONSHIP: UNLV vs. Fresno State
#37 UNLV 7, #73 BOISE STATE 0DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Gantcheva/Dimitrova (UNLV) def. Biorkman/MacFarlane (BSU) 8-52. Marin/Smith (UNLV) def. Carroll/Ganzha (BSU) 8-43. Treber/Mery Constanti (UNLV) def. Coll/Mackova (BSU) 8-6
SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS)1. #18 Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. Megan Bjorkman (BSU) 6-2, 6-02. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) def. Hadley MacFarlane (BSU) 6-2, 6-23. Sharon Marin (UNLV) def. Tatiana Ganzha (BSU) 6-3, 6-34. Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Alanah Carroll (BSU) 6-1, 7-65. Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Jana Mackova (BSU) 6-1, 6-16. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) def. Tiffany Coll (BSU) 6-1, 6-2
#47 FRESNO STATE 5, OKLAHOMA STATE 2DOUBLES: (FS EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. #7 Sainz/Winterhalter (FS) def. Tkachenko/Tviska (OSU) 8-62. Masnic/Allen (OSU) def. Rowe/Tokarska (FS) 8-63. Gloria/Haskett (FS) def. Simmons/Osinska (OSU) 9-8 (1)
SINGLES: (FS EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #61 Melanie Gloria (FS) def. Iryna Tkachenko (OSU) 6-3, 6-02. Katharina Winterhalter (FS) def. Zana Masnic (OSU) 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7)3. #83 Lucia Sainz (FS) def. Lauren Simmons (OSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-14. Yawna Allen (OSU) def. Tinesta Rowe (FS) 6-0, 6-35. Marta Tsvika (OSU) def. Jacqui Haskett (FS) 6-2, 4-6, 6-46. Magdalena Tokarska (FS) def. Jessica Collins (OSU) 6-3, 6-2
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 4, NORTHERN ARIZONA 3DOUBLES: (LMU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Porter/Schurr (NAU) def. Mesterova/Baker (LMU) 8-52. Ivey/Hubl (LMU) def. Pinchbeck/McClleland (NAU) 8-43. Kos/Sundac (LMU) def. Newman/Schmandt (NAU) 8-3
SINGLES: (LMU EARNS THREE TEAM POINTS)1. Pavla Mesterova (LMU) def. Susan McClleland (NAU) 6-1, 6-02. Robyn Baker (LMU) def. Julie Schmandt (NAU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-03. Katie Schurr (NAU) def. Patrycia Hubl (LMU) 6-4, 4-6, 7-54. Paij Porter (NAU) def. Erin Ivey (LMU) 6-4, 6-35. Sladjana Kos (LMU) def. Regan Newman (NAU) 6-1, 6-36. Stacey Pinchbeck (NAU) def. Maja Sundac (LMU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
UC SANTA BARBARA 7, MONTANA 0DOUBLES: (UCSB EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Scatliffe/Pintar (UCSB) def. Castello/Walker (UM) 8-32. Gruenig/Glynn (UCSB) def. Malena Rosen/Nowak (UM) 8-03. Damion/Fukushima (UCSB) def. Ursich/Schwartz (UM) 8-4
SINGLES: (UCSB EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS)1. Murielle Gruenig (UCSB) def. Liz Walker (UM) 6-1, 6-22. Chelsea Glynn (UCSB) def. Mari Castello (UM) 6-0, 6-03. Andrea Pintar (UCSB) def. Martyna Nowak (UM) 6-1, 6-14. Charlotte Scatliffe (UCSB) def. Cheyne Ursich (UM) 6-3, 6-45. Leslie Damion (UCSB) def. Jonna Schwartz (UM) 6-4, 6-46. Mio Fukushima (UCSB) def. Alexandra Ulesanu (UM) 6-3, 6-0