Sept. 27, 2008

LAS VEGAS - UNLV's contingent won two doubles flights and set itself up for a big final day by going a combined 6-2 during the second day of the 2008 UNLV Women's Tennis Fall Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on Saturday.

Playing in the top flight of singles, junior Kristina Nedeltcheva defeated Kaitlyn Ritchie of Missouri 6-0, 6-1 to advance.

In flight two, senior Katy Williams rolled into her final by downing Mallory Weber of Missouri 6-4, 6-1.

In flight three, sophomore Anna Maskaljun lost to Maryna Tkachecnko of Oklahoma State 6-4, 6-4.

In flight four, Adrienn Hidvegi defeated Aimee Oki of NAU 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles, Nedetlcheva and Williams won the top flight title with a 8-6 win over OSU's entry while Maskaljun and Alisa Razina beat a duo from Missouri 8-6.

"Today was another solid day for the Rebels" UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "Our top two doubles teams won their flights and we have three singles players going for singles championships on Sunday."

Action gets underway at 10 a.m.

2008 UNLV Women's Tennis Fall InvitationalFertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas, NV
TEAM CODE:UNLVILLINOIS STATE=Illinois StateNAU=Northern ArizonaMISSOURI=UMOKLAHOMA STATE=OSU
SINGLESFLIGHT ONESEMIFINALS:Natalia Shatkovskaya (OSU) def. Jessica Giuggioli (UM) 6-1, 6-1Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. Kaitlyn Ritchie (UM) 6-0, 6-1CONSOLATION:Edit Suhajdra (NAU) def. Julia Zubkova (ISU) 7-6, 6-3Orsi Golovics (NAU) def. Natalia Lech (ISU) 6-3, 6-3
FLIGHT TWOSEMIFINALS:Jamie Mera (UM) def. JoAnne Karaitina (OSU) 6-4, 7-6Katy Williams (UNLV) def. Mallory Weber (UM) 6-4, 6-1CONSOLATION:Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) def. Stacey Pinchbeck (NAU) 6-0 retiredKim Van Ginkel (NAU) def. Franzi Stienhardt (ISU) 6-4, 6-0
FLIGHT THREESEMIFINALS:Maryna Tkachenko (OSU) def. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) 6-4, 6-4Tanja Hrovatic (ISU) def. Yumi Hasegawa (NAU) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5CONSOLATION:Leslie Vial (NAU) def. Maureen Modesto (UM) 6-3, 6-4Sofia Ayala (UM) def. Galina Semenova (OSU) by default
FLIGHT FOURSEMIFINALS:Kaitlin Dunham (UM) def. Hannah Esker (ISU) 6-4, 6-0Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Aimee Oki (NAU) 6-0, 6-1CONSOLATION:Regan Newman (NAU) BYECarmin Peters (ISU) BYE
Newman (NAU) def. Peters (ISU) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
DOUBLESFLIGHT ONEFINAL:Kristina Nedeltcheva/Katy Williams (UNLV) def. Natalia Shatkovskaya/JoAnne Karaitina (OSU) 8-6CONSOLATION:Mallory Weber/Jamie Mera (UM) def. Edit Suhajdra/Kim Van Ginkel (NAU) 9-8
FLIGHT TWOFINAL:Anna Maskaljun/Alisa Razina (UNLV) def. Jessica Giuggioli/Kaitlyn Ritchie (UM) 8-6CONSOLATION:Orsi Golvics/Yumi Hasegawa (NAU) def. Julia Zubkova/Franzi Stienhardt (ISU) 8-5
FLIGHT THREEFINAL:Galina Semenova/Maryna Tkachenko (OSU) def. Maureen Modesto/Sofia Ayala (UM) 8-6CONSOLATION:Aimee Oki/Stacey Pinchbeck (NAU) def. Natalia Lech/Tanja Hrovatic (ISU) 9-7
FLIGHT FOURFINAL:Regan Newman/Leslie Vial (NAU) def. Nikol Dimitrova/Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) 8-5