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Friday, September 27

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UNLV Fall Invitational

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9/27/2019 5:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV's top players all won their opening matches to kick off the program's tournament schedule Friday at the Women's Tennis Fall Invitational inside the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Joining the Rebels this weekend are competitors from Long Beach State, NAU, Delaware and Southern Utah.

In the top flight of singles, En-Pei Huang downed Daniela Cozzi of Southern Utah, 6-2, 6-2, and Izumi Asano defeated Emile Haakansson of NAU, 6-0, 7-5.

Flight Two saw Samantha Li get past Jessica Stefan of SUU, 7-6, 3-6, 7-5, and Connie Li sweep Jojo Bach of Delaware, 6-3, 6-2.

The hosts also won two matches in Flight One Doubles as Huang/Asano prevailed 8-6 and Li and Li emerged 8-7 to advance.

Action resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday and all matches are free of charge

2019 UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS FALL INVITATIONAL

SATURDAY-Play begins at 10 a.m. PT
Doubles Semifinals
Singles Semifinals

SUNDAY-Play begins at 10 a.m. PT
Doubles Finals
Singles Finals

FLIGHT ONE SINGLES
En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Daniela Cozzi (SUU) 6-2, 6-2
Adriana Sosnowska (NAU) def. Natalia Munoz (LBSU) 6-4, 6-4
Wiktoria Rutkowska (LBSU) def. Caragh Courtney (DEL) 6-1, 6-0
Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Emilie Haakansson (NAU) 6-0, 7-5

FLIGHT TWO SINGLES
Emma Bardet (LBSU) def. Mimi Bland (NAU) 6-4, 6-1
Samantha Li (UNLV) def. Jessica Stefan (SUU) 7-6, 3-6, 7-5
Connie Li (UNLV) def. Jojo Bach (DEL) 6-3, 6-2
Zara Lennon (LBSU) def. Zoe Tanti (SUU) 6-1 retired

FLIGHT THREE SINGLES
Sydney Roman (NAU) def. Sara Alajbegovic (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
Lalita Devarakonda (LBSU) def. Hsuan-Yu Lin (UNLV) 6-1, 6-4
Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (LBSU) def. Paula Tascon (SUU) 6-2, 6-1
Elinor Beazley (NAU) def. Rachel Lee (UNLV) 6-7, 6-2, 6-2

FLIGHT FOUR SINGLES
Alex Ngo (SUU) def. Leslie Fujitani (UNLV) 6-2, 6-4

FLIGHT ONE DOUBLES
Sosnowska/Bland (NAU) def. Munoz/Devarakonda (LBSU) 8-0
Huang/Asano (UNLV) def. Courtney/Bach (DEL) 8-6
Li/Li (UNLV) def. Rutkowska/Bardet (LBSU) 8-7
Haakansson/Beazley (NAU) def. Cozzi/Tanti (SUU) 8-3

FLIGHT TWO DOUBLES
Lennon/Sadeghvaziri (LBSU) BYE
Alajbegovic/Fujitani (UNLV) BYE
Moore/Roman (NAU) def. Ngo/Stefan (SUU) 8-4
Lin/Lee (UNLV) BYE

Lennon/Sadeghvaziri (LBSU) def. Alajbegovic/Fujitani (UNLV) 8-1
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