March 12, 2016 Box Score
BOISE, ID (UNLVRebels.com) - The undefeated UNLV women's tennis team rallied to win its 14th-match against Brigham Young, 5-2, on Saturday at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center in Idaho.
While the Lady Rebels improved to 14-0, the Cougars fell to 3-9.
BYU began the day by taking two of three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead. UNLV's lone victory came at the bottom of the lineup where Iren Kotseva and Paola Artiga whitewashed Natella Nabieva and Taylah Beckman 6-0.
Moving into singles, the lady netters' won five matches, two of which were decided by a tiebreaker.
Iren Kotseva tied the match by sweeping Beckman 6-4, 6-4 on court six. All eyes moved to court three where Artiga went the distance against Nicolette Poulsen, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, giving the Rebels the lead.Carol Zi Yang, ranked 63rd, downed Mayci Jones 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1. Anna Bogoslavets defeated Nabieva 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-4) at No. 4. Aiwen Zhu outlasted Toby Miclat 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4) at No. 2.
UNLV will stay in the Potato state to take on conference opponent Boise State on Sunday. Doubles will begin at 9 a.m. PT.
Women's Tennis Match ResultsUNLV 5, BYU 2March 12, 2016, at Boise, Idaho(Boas Indoor Tennis Center)
Singles competition 1. #63 Carol Zi Yang (UNLV) def. Mayci Jones (BYU) 6-4, 7-52. Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. Toby Miclat (BYU) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)3. Paola Artiga (UNLV) def. Nicolette Poulsen (BYU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-34. Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) def. Natella Nabieva (BYU) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4)5. Savannah Ware (BYU) def. Reka Szentes (UNLV) 6-1, 6-16. Iren Kotseva (UNLV) def. Taylah Beckman (BYU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. Mayci Jones/Toby Miclat (BYU) def. Carol Zi Yang/Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) 6-32. Nicolette Poulsen/Savannah Ware (BYU) def. Anna Bogoslavets/Mercedes Lopez Velez (UNLV) 6-13. Iren Kotseva/Paola Artiga (UNLV) def. Natella Nabieva/Taylah Beckman (BYU) 6-0
Match Notes:Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,6,3,1,4,2)