April 5, 2013
Results
SAN DIEGO (UNLVRebels.com) - The 71st-ranked UNLV women's tennis team lost the key doubles point and fell 4-3 to No. 55 San Diego State to open Mountain West play on Friday at the Aztec Tennis Center.
The Lady Rebels dropped to 10-6 overall.
UNLV started the morning by winning just one of three doubles matches as SDSU took a 1-0 lead. Lucia Batta and Nives Pavlovic downed Laura Antonana-Iriarte and Michela Casanova, 8-3, at the top spot.
The teams split singles play as the Lady Rebels' two ranked players both won. Aleksandra Josifoska, ranked 32nd, downed Julia Wais, 6-2, 6-3, at the top position, while Batta, ranked 90th, swept Alicia Aguilar, 6-4, 6-4 on court two. UNLV picked up its third point when Janine Erasmus downed Tami Nguyen, 6-2, 6-3, at the fifth spot.
Next up, UNLV will face Boise State on Saturday in San Diego.
UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#55 SAN DIEGO STATE 4, #71 UNLV 3April 5, 2013 at San Diego(Aztec Tennis Center)
Singles competition 1. #32 Aleksandra Josifoska (UNLV) def. Julia Wais (SDSU) 6-2, 6-32. #90 Lucia Batta (UNLV) def. Alicia Aguilar (SDSU) 6-4, 6-43. Laura Antonana-Iriarte (SDSU) def. Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) 6-1, 6-24. Kristin Buth (SDSU) def. Anett Ferenczi-Bako (UNLV) 6-0, 6-35. Janine Erasmus (UNLV) def. Tami Nguyen (SDSU) 6-2, 6-36. Michela Casanova (SDSU) def. Iren Kotseva (UNLV) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition 1. Lucia Batta/Nives Pavlovic (UNLV) def. Antonana-Iriate/Casanova (SDSU) 8-32. Wais/Buth (SDSU) def. Aleksandra Josifoska/Janine Erasmus (UNLV) 8-33. Aguilar/Isabelle Hoorn (SDSU) def. Iren Kotseva/Ella Bourchier (UNLV) 8-4