March 31, 2010

Box Score

SALT LAKE CITY - Just one day after moving up 30 spots in the national rankings to No. 29, the UNLV women's tennis team lost a regular-season Mountain West Conference match for the first time in nearly two years, 4-3, to No. 49 Utah at the Eccles Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Forced to play indoors for the first time all season because of winter-like weather, the Lady Rebels saw their 11-match overall winning streak snapped as well as a school-record 14-date roll vs. league opponents. In fact, UNLV lost for the first time since late January in falling to 14-3 overall and 1-1 in the league. It also ended a seven-match streak vs. ranked opponents as the Utes improved to 10-6/2-0.

The afternoon began badly for the guests, who were swept in three doubles matches for the first time in 2010 and Utah took a 1-0 lead.

Moving to singles play, the hosts quickly picked up straight-set wins at Nos. 6 and 2 to forge a 3-0 advantage. Freshman Nives Pavlovic then got UNLV on the board with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Erin Monson at the third position and Anna Maskaljun won 7-5, 6-2 over Lisa Johnson on court five to close the gap.

Anastasia Putilina, however, then clinched it for Utah by upsetting 37th-ranked Kristina Nedeltcheva 7-5, 6-3 at the top of the lineup. Adrienn Hidvegi earned UNLV's final point by winning the day's only three-set match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, over Paige Miles at the four spot.

Next up, UNLV stays in the Beehive State to take on BYU Friday in Provo.

Women's Tennis Match Results#49 Utah 4, #29 UNLV 3March 31, 2010, at Salt Lake City(Eccles Tennis Center)
Singles competition1. Anastasia Putilina (UU) def. #37 Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) 7-5, 6-32. Evgenia Kryuchkova (UU) def. #111 Jana Albers (UNLV) 7-5, 6-03. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) def. Erin Monson (UU) 6-3, 6-44. Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Paige Miles (UU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-05. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Lisa Johnson (UU) 7-5, 6-26. Andrea Maughan (UU) def. Rumyana Terzieva (UNLV) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition1. Putilina/Miles (UU) def. Nedeltcheva/Albers (UNLV) 9-8 (7-2)2. Monson/Maughan (UU) def. Alisa Razina/Maskaljun (UNLV) 9-73. Kryuchkova/Johnson (UU) def. Pavlovic/Hidvegi (UNLV) 8-5
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,3,5,1,4)