March 13, 2010

Box Score

LAS VEGAS - Despite playing for the first time in two weeks and with their top player sitting out, the 34th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team won its eighth consecutive match with a 6-1 victory over Hawaii at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on Saturday.

The Lady Rebels improved to 11-2 overall while the Wahine fell to 2-11.

The morning began with the hosts taking two of three doubles points to earn a 1-0 lead. Alisa Razina and Anna Maskaljun won 8-4 at the second spot and Nives Pavlovic and Adrienn Hidvegi cruised 8-1 on court three.

Jana Albers, ranked 97th nationally, filled in for Kristina Nedeltcheva atop the singles lineup and posted a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Sophie Kobuch to improve her record to 15-8 overall. Pavlovic won 7-6, 6-2 at No. 2; Hidvegi upped her record to 17-5 with a 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4) super-tiebreaker win at No. 3; Maskaljun rallied for a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 4 and Razina breezed to a 6-1, 6-1 win on court six.

UNLV is off again until opening Mountain West Conference play by hosting San Diego State on March 24 beginning at 2 p.m.

Women's Tennis Match Results#34 UNLV 6, Hawaii 1March 13, 2010, at Las Vegas(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
Singles competition1. #97 Jana Albers (UNLV) def. Sophie Kobuch (UH) 6-4, 6-42. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) def. Katarina Poljakova (UH) 7-6, 6-23. Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Barbara Pinterova (UH) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)4. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Aglae Van den Bergh (UH) 4-6, 6-1, 6-15. Natasha Zorec (UH) def. Rumyana Terzieva (UNLV) 6-1, 6-36. Alisa Razina (UNLV) def. Alyssa Nafarrete (UH) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition1. Kobuch/Poljakova (UH) def. Albers/Terzieva (UNLV) 8-42. Razina/Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Pinterova/Alyssa Nafarrete (UH) 8-43. Pavlovic/Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Mari Tadaki/Van den Bergh (UH) 8-1