Salsa Aher
Lucas Peltier

Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Falters In Singles Against CSU

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's tennis team opened by winning doubles play but saw visiting Colorado State rally in singles for a 4-2 victory on a hot Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
 
The Rebels dropped to 13-4 overall and 3-2 in the Mountain West while the Rams improved to 10-6 and 4-1.
 
The hosts took both completed doubles matches to grab a 1-0 lead but the visitors won both three-set matches in singles to help earn the needed four points. The only Rebel to record a singles win was Salsa Aher on court five, 6-0, 6-3 over Sarah Weekley.
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV closes out its home slate by celebrating Senior Day on Sunday vs. Wyoming at 1 p.m Admission to all matches is free of charge.
 
Women's Tennis Match Results
COLORADO STATE 4, UNLV 2
April 9, 2022, at Las Vegas, NV
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

 Singles competition
1. Somer Dalla-Bona (CSU) def. Molly Helgesson (UNLV) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
2. Radka Buzkova (CSU) def. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) 6-1, 6-1
3. Sarka Richterova (CSU) def. Izumi Asano (UNLV) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
4. Cindy Hu (UNLV) vs. Lucia Natal (CSU) 6-3, 6-6, unfinished
5. Salsa Aher (UNLV) def. Sarah Weekley (CSU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Anastasiia Kotsyuba (CSU) def. CoCo Zhao (UNLV) 6-2, 7-5

 Doubles competition
1. Molly Helgesson/Zita Kovacs (UNLV) vs. Somer Dalla-Bona/Sarka Richterova (CSU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Cindy Hu/Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. Matea Mihaljevic/Radka Buzkova (CSU) 6-3
3. Aura Fang/CoCo Zhao (UNLV) def. Sarah Weekley/Tracy Guo (CSU) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,5,6,1,3)
 
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Players Mentioned

Izumi Asano

Izumi Asano

5' 5"
Sophomore
1L
Aura Fang

Aura Fang

5' 7"
Sophomore
Cindy Hu

Cindy Hu

5' 10"
Redshirt Freshman
Zita Kovacs

Zita Kovacs

5' 9"
Sophomore
Salsa  Aher

Salsa Aher

5' 3"
Sophomore
TR
Molly Helgesson

Molly Helgesson

5' 11"
Senior
TR

Players Mentioned

Izumi Asano

Izumi Asano

5' 5"
Sophomore
1L
Aura Fang

Aura Fang

5' 7"
Sophomore
Cindy Hu

Cindy Hu

5' 10"
Redshirt Freshman
Zita Kovacs

Zita Kovacs

5' 9"
Sophomore
Salsa  Aher

Salsa Aher

5' 3"
Sophomore
TR
Molly Helgesson

Molly Helgesson

5' 11"
Senior
TR