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Saturday, April 10

San Diego

12 pm PT

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Air Force

Photo by: UNLV Photo Services

4/10/2021 1:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis

SAN DIEGO (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's tennis team wasted little time in earning its third straight victory in a 4-0 performance against Air Force in a neutral setting Saturday afternoon.

Playing at the Aztec Tennis Center, the Rebels improved to 8-5 overall and 4-1 in Mountain West play while the Falcons fell to 10-4 and 2-2.

UNLV opened the meeting by taking the doubles point with wins on courts two and three.

In singles play, the Rebels got a trio of straight-set victories – on courts one, three and five -- to quickly end things.

REBEL OF THE MATCH: Las Vegas native Sam Smith teamed with Connie Li for a point-clinching doubles win at the second spot and then downed Mebeli Becerra, 6-1, 6-2, on court five in singles.

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will be back at it Sunday afternoon with a neutral-site meeting with New Mexico on the campus of San Diego State.

Women's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 4, AIR FORCE 0
April 10, 2021, at San Diego
(Aztec Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Meredith Jones (AF) 6-4, 6-4
2. Sydney Fitch (AF) vs. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) 6-4, 1-6, 2-4, unfinished
3. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Alex Kuo (AF) 6-1, 6-0
4. Shailla Alda (AF) vs. Connie Li (UNLV) 6-2, 3-6, 1-2, unfinished
5. Sam Smith (UNLV) def. Mebeli Becerra (AF) 6-1, 6-2
6. Hailey Stelse (AF) vs. Aura Fang (UNLV) 6-2, 3-5, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Meredith Jones/Ksenia Vasilyev (AF) vs. Izumi Asano/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) 4-4, unfinished
2. Sam Smith/Connie Li (UNLV) def. Alex Kuo/Isabella Flodin (AF) 6-3
3. Zita Kovacs/Aura Fang (UNLV) def. Mebeli Becerra/Sydney Fitch (AF) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (3,5,1)