March 11, 2009

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV women's tennis team ran into a surging South Carolina squad and lost 7-0 on Wednesday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Lady Rebels fell to 7-5 overall and 7-2 at home the season while the 22nd-ranked Gamecocks improved to 7-4.

USC began the match by taking all three doubles matchups for one team point.

In singles, UNLV pushed two matches into a super-tiebreaker but lost both. Senior Katy Williams played an extremely close match against Dijana Stojic but fell 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (11-9) at the third spot. On court five, Adrienn Hidvegi was downed by Miljana Jocic 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7).

Next up for UNLV is a home match vs. Virginia Commonwealth on Friday starting with doubles at 10 a.m. Admission is free of charge.

#22 SOUTH CAROLINA 7, UNLV 0March 11, 2009Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
Singles competition1. #33 Gira Schofield (USC) def. Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) 6-2, 6-12. #49 Ana Marija Zubori (USC) def. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) 6-0, 7-53. Dijana Stojic (USC) def. Katy Williams (UNLV) 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 (11-9)4. Natasa Vuckovic (USC) def. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) 6-4, 6-25. Miljana Jocic (USC) def. Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)6. Ashley Miller (USC) def. Rumyana Terzieva (UNLV) 7-5, 6-4
Doubles competition1. #45 Vuckovic/Zubori (USC) def. Nedeltcheva/Williams (UNLV) 8-42. Schofield/Stojic (USC) def. Alisa Razina/Maskaljun (UNLV) 8-73. Miller/Jocic (USC) def. Terzieva/Dimitrova (UNLV) 8-3