FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's tennis team was forced inside because of an April snowstorm and was downed 4-3 by Wyoming in a five-hour marathon match Saturday afternoon (and evening).
 
The Rebels fell to 9-6 overall and 5-2 in Mountain West play while the Cowgirls improved to 10-6 and 4-2.
 
Wyoming opened a 1-0 lead by taking two of three doubles matches. In singles play, the Rebels got a trio of straight-set victories to reach three points but Mihaelea Kaftanova got by Aura Fang, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the sixth position to seal it for the Cowgirls.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: En-Pei Huang teamed with Izumi Asano for a 6-3 win in doubles and then swept Ana Fernandez at the third spot, 6-4, 6-4, in singles.
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will be back at it Sunday afternoon with a match vs. Colorado State.
 
Women's Tennis Match Results
WYOMING 4, UNLV 3
April 17, 2021, at Fort Collins, CO
(Fort Collins Country Club)

 Singles competition
1. Oreshkina, Maria (WYO) def. Izumi Asano (UNLV) 6-3, 6-2
2. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. Zehender, Sophie (WYO) 6-3, 7-6
3. En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Fernandez, Ana (WYO) 6-4, 6-4
4. Connie Li (UNLV) def. Brink, Noesjka (WYO) 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
5. Malinak, Lucia (WYO) def. Sam Smith (UNLV) 6-1, 6-3
6. Kaftanova, Mihaela (WYO) def. Aura Fang (UNLV) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
 
 Doubles competition
1. Izumi Asano/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Oreshkina, Maria/Brink, Noesjka (WYO) 6-3
2. Fernandez, Ana/Zehender, Sophie (WYO) def. Sam Smith/Connie Li (UNLV) 6-4
3. Krause, Ida/Kaftanova, Mihaela (WYO) def. Zita Kovacs/Aura Fang (UNLV) 6-3