SAN JOSE, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's tennis team posted its fourth consecutive shutout victory, this time on the road, 4-0 at San Jose State Sunday afternoon at the Spartan Tennis Complex.
The Rebels improved to 13-6 overall and 4-0 vs. Mountain West competition this spring while the Spartans dropped to 7-7 and 0-2 in the league.
The visitors earned a 1-0 lead after taking the two completed doubles matches and then posted a trio of straight-set victories to clinch the overall win in dominating fashion.
REBEL OF THE MATCH: En-Pei Huang teamed with
Aiwen Zhu to win 6-3 at the No. 1 doubles position and then swept Alb Pedrero Galindo 6-3, 6-3 on court three in singles play to improve to 22-8 overall
NET NOTES: Zhu and Huang, who are ranked 48
th in the nation in doubles, improved to 21-8 this season. Zhu ranks third all-time at the school with 86 doubles wins … Zhu was two points away from clinching her singles match when it was halted. The senior remains 25-6 overall and 12-2 in dual matches in 2019 … Senior
Anna Bogoslavets whitewashed Savannah Sendar 6-0, 6-0 at the fourth singles position to improve her career record to 83-32. She ranks 12th in school history for victories and needs four more to enter UNLV's top 10.
QUOTABLE: "A great win today over a very good team. It's always tough to win on the road in conference play so we are very pleased with the effort."
-UNLV Head Coach Kevin Cory
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will close out its regular-season schedule with a trip to play San Diego State on Saturday starting at noon. The winner of the meeting will earn the Mountain West's West Division Championship.
Women's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 4, SAN JOSE STATE 0
April 7, 2019, at San Jose, CA
(Spartan Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. #107
Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) vs. CULIBRK, Tamara (SJSU) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished
2. KOBAYASHI, Miyo (SJSU) vs.
Izumi Asano (UNLV) 6-2, 4-6, unfinished
3.
En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. PEDRERO GALINDO, Alb (SJSU) 6-3, 6-3
4.
Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) def. SENDAR, Savannah (SJSU) 6-0, 6-0
5.
Jovana Kenic (UNLV) def. MALSERT, Laura (SJSU) 6-2, 6-3
6. MILOJKOVIC, Klara (SJSU) vs.
Connie Li (UNLV) 4-6, 5-4, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #48
En-Pei Huang/
Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. KOBAYASHI, Miyo/SENDAR, Savannah (SJSU) 6-3
2.
Connie Li/
Samantha Li (UNLV) def. CULIBRK, Tamara/MILOJKOVIC, Klara (SJSU) 6-4
3. PEDRERO GALINDO, Alb/VIDGREN, Mathilda (SJSU) vs.
Izumi Asano/
Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) 4-5, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,3,5)