March 23, 2007

LAS VEGAS - The 54th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team opened its Mountain West Conference schedule by downing Wyoming 6-1 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on Friday.

The Lady Rebels improved to 12-3 overall while the Cowgirls fell to 5-8 and 1-1 in the league.

UNLV began the day by taking three doubles matches for one team point. The sweep included the 35th-ranked duo of Elena Gantcheva and Kristina Nedeltcheva improving to 13-1 overall with an 8-3 win at the top spot.

In singles play, Gantcheva blanked Sarah Summerfield 6-0, 6-0 at the top position. Also winning in straight sets for UNLV was Nedeltcheva, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 2, Claire Smith, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 4 and Linda Tempelfelde, 6-1, 6-2, on court five. At the sixth spot, freshman Alisa Razina rallied from way back to down her opponent using a super-tiebreaker, 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7).

UNLV will continue its MWC schedule by taking on Colorado State on Saturday beginning with doubles play at 10 a.m.

UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#54 UNLV 6, WYOMING 1At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. #35 Gantcheva/Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. House/Rowinski (WYO) 8-32. Dimitrova/Tempelfelde (UNLV) def. Lazar/Brown (WYO) 8-73. Razina/Smith (UNLV) def. Nelson/Summerfield (WYO) 8-4
SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS FIVE TEAM POINTS)1. Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. Sarah Summerfield (WYO) 6-0, 6-02. Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. Karolina Rowinski (WYO) 6-4, 6-33. Corina Lazar (WYO) def. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) 7-6, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)4. Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Andrea House (WYO) 6-2, 6-05. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) def. Michelle Brown (WYO) 6-1, 6-26. Alisa Razina (UNLV) def. Jamie Nelson (WYO) 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7)