April 1, 2018 Box Score
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's tennis team grabbed momentum in doubles play and then cruised to a 6-1 victory over San Jose State on a beautiful Sunday for tennis at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
The Rebels improved to 11-5 overall and 3-0 vs. Mountain West opponents while the Spartans fell to 10-6 and 0-1.
UNLV shook up its doubles lineup Sunday and it paid off. After each team got a win, all eyes moved to court two where Anna Bogoslavets and new doubles partner Juliet Zhang forced a tiebreaker and then took it 7-6 (7-3) to earn their team the key early point.
In singles, the hosts won the first set on the first five courts and got straight-set victories on four of them, including No. 53 Aiwen Zhu fighting off Sybille Gauvin 6-4, 6-4.
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Junior Anna Bogoslavets teamed with Zhang for the clincher in doubles and then gave her team a 2-0 lead by rolling over Jackie Wagner on court four, 6-0, 6-2.
STAT OF THE MATCH: For the first time all season, UNLV won the doubles point after losing on court one.
QUOTABLE: "We did a good job closing out the doubles point with new teams today. In singles we came out strong against a very good San Jose State team. Overall it was a good day for the Rebels."
-UNLV Head Coach Kevin Cory
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will close out its home schedule by hosting Montana Thursday. The Senior Day non-conference affair will start with doubles play at 10:30 a.m. Admission is free of charge.
Women's Tennis Match ResultsUNLV 6, SAN JOSE STATE 1April 1, 2018, at Las Vegas(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
Singles competition 1. #53 Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. Sybille Gauvin (SJSU) 6-4, 6-42. Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Tamara Culibrk (SJSU) 7-6, 6-43. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Miyo Kobayashi (SJSU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-54. Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) def. Jackie Wagner (SJSU) 6-0, 6-25. Jovana Kenic (UNLV) def. Laura Malsert (SJSU) 7-6, 6-26. Savannah Sender (SJSU) def. Juliet Zhang (UNLV) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. Sybille Gauvin/Savannah Sender (SJSU) def. Aiwen Zhu/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) 6-22. Anna Bogoslavets/Juliet Zhang (UNLV) def. Tamara Culibrk/Miyo Kobayashi (SJSU) 7-6 (7-3)3. Izumi Asano/Samantha Li (UNLV) def. Jackie Wagner/Laura Malsert (SJSU) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,6,5,2,1,3)