April 2, 2010

Box Score

PROVO, Utah - The 29th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team earned its first road victory of the season with a 4-3 win over rival BYU on Friday.

The Lady Rebels, who came into the day 0-3 away from Las Vegas, improved to 15-3 overall and 2-1 in Mountain West Conference play while the Cougars fell to 5-11/1-2.

UNLV used its depth all day, including winning a tight doubles point to start the match, which proved vital.

Anna Maskaljun and Alisa Razina teamed up for an 8-5 at the second position while Adrienn Hidvegi and Nives Pavlovic emerged victorious, 9-7, on court three to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.

The teams split six singles matches with BYU taking the top half and UNLV getting its points from the bottom half to seal it.

Hidvegi downed Elle Carney 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4; Maskaljun defeated Elizaveta Ezhova 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5; and Rumyana Terzieva blanked Andie Young 6-0, 6-0 on court six.

UNLV returns home to host New Mexico on Friday beginning with doubles play at 10 a.m. Admission is free of charge.

Women's Tennis Match Results#29 UNLV 4, BYU 3April 2, 2010, at Provo, UT
Doubles1. Doerr/Jones (BYU) def. Albers/Nedeltcheva (UNLV) 8-32. Maskaljun/Alisa Razina (UNLV) def. Carney/Ezhova (BYU) 8-53. Hidvegi/Pavlovic (UNLV) def. Hayasaka/Aubrey Paul (BYU) 9-7Order of Finish: 1,2,3
Singles1. No. 52 McCall Jones (BYU) def. No. 37 Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) 6-2, 6-32. Kristina Doerr (BYU) def. No. 111 Jana Albers (UNLV) 6-4, 6-43. Chie Hayasaka (BYU) def. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) 4-6, 6-2, 6-14. Adrienn Hidvegi (UNLV) def. Elle Carney (BYU) 6-3, 6-45. Aanna Maskaljun (UNLV) def. Elizaveta Ezhova (BYU) 6-0, 6-16. Rumyana Terzieva (UNLV) def. Andie Young (BYU) 6-0, 6-0Order of Finish: 2,1,4,3,6,5