Women's Tennis

No Joke: Rebels Remain Perfect In MW Play

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)
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Players Mentioned

Izumi Asano

Izumi Asano

5' 5"
Freshman
HS
Anna Bogoslavets

Anna Bogoslavets

5' 8"
Junior
2L
En-Pei Huang

En-Pei Huang

5' 4"
Sophomore
1L
Jovana Kenic

Jovana Kenic

5' 5"
Junior
1L
Samantha Li

Samantha Li

5' 9"
Sophomore
HS
Juliet Zhang

Juliet Zhang

5' 7"
Freshman
HS
Aiwen Zhu

Aiwen Zhu

5' 7"
Junior
2L
En-Pei Huang

En-Pei Huang

5' 4"
Freshman
HS
Aiwen Zhu

Aiwen Zhu

5' 7"
Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Izumi Asano

Izumi Asano

5' 5"
Freshman
HS
Anna Bogoslavets

Anna Bogoslavets

5' 8"
Junior
2L
En-Pei Huang

En-Pei Huang

5' 4"
Sophomore
1L
Jovana Kenic

Jovana Kenic

5' 5"
Junior
1L
Samantha Li

Samantha Li

5' 9"
Sophomore
HS
Juliet Zhang

Juliet Zhang

5' 7"
Freshman
HS
Aiwen Zhu

Aiwen Zhu

5' 7"
Junior
2L
En-Pei Huang

En-Pei Huang

5' 4"
Freshman
HS
Aiwen Zhu

Aiwen Zhu

5' 7"
Freshman
HS