LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV won a pair of doubles matches on Sunday to close out the elite Freeman Memorial Championships being held at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
 
The 20th annual event featured individual competitors from five teams ranked in the top 20 in the season's initial ITA rankings -- No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Pepperdine, No. 13 Oklahoma State, No. 16 UCLA and No. 18 Florida – along with the host Rebels.
 
Nina Zdravkovic and Zita Kovacs of UNLV defeated Fangran Tian and Ava Catanzarite of UCLA, 6-2, while Salsa Aher and Aura Fang teamed up to down Bruins Caroline Goldberg and Anne-Christine Lutkmeyer, 6-1.
 
Next up for the Rebels, they will open dual-match play by hosting Weber State on February 3.
 
2023 FREEMAN MEMORIAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas, NV

TEAM KEY & CURRENT NATIONAL ITA RANKING

Stanford (STAN) T8
Pepperdine (PEPP) 10
Oklahoma State (OSU) 13
UCLA (UCLA) 16
Florida (UF) 18
UNLV (UNLV)
 
SINGLES FINALS (Jan. 15)
RED ROCK DRAW
Lisa Zaar (PEPP) def. #38 Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) 6-1, 6-4
THIRD PLACE
Carly Briggs (UF) def. #44 Alexis Blokhina (STAN) 6-5, retired
CONSOLATION
#12 Janice Tjen (PEPP) def. #94 Fangran Tian (UCLA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
SEVENTH PLACE
#72 Sofia Rojas (OSU) vs. Molly Helgesson (UNLV) DID NOT PLAY
 
BELLAGIO DRAW
#21 Savannah Broadus (PEPP) def. Alicia Dudenay (UF) 6-0, 6-2
THIRD PLACE
Valencia Xu (STAN) def. Ava Catanzarite (UCLA) 7-5, 6-0
CONSOLATION
Lucia Peyre (OSU) def. #46 Kimi Hance (UCLA) 6-5, retired
SEVENTH PLACE
Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (PEPP) def. Zita Kovacs (UNLV) 6-2, 6-2
 
ARIA DRAW
Sara Dahstrom (UF) def. Ayumi Miyamoto (OSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
THIRD PLACE
Nikki Redelijk (PEPP) def. #108 Alana Wolfberg (OSU) 6-1, 6-1
CONSOLATION
Anne Christine Lutkmeyer (UCLA) def. Ana Gellar (STAN) 6-2, 6-3
SEVENTH PLACE
Rachel Gallis (UF) def. Cindy Hu (UNLV) 6-1, 6-0
 
WYNN DRAW
Carolyn Campana (PEPP) def. Sofia Rojas (OSU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
THIRD PLACE
Kristina Novak (OSU) def. Anna Campana (PEPP) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
CONSOLATION
Vanessa Ong (UCLA) def. Salsa Aher (UNLV) 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
SEVENTH PLACE
Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Bente Spee (UF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
 
VENETIAN DRAW
Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Aura Fang (UNLV) 6-0, 6-3
THIRD PLACE
Raquel Gonzalez (OSU) def. Sophie Williams (UF) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
CONSOLATION
Caroline Goldberg (UCLA) def. Nina Zdravkovic (UNLV) 6-0, 1-0, retired
 
DOUBLES SEMIFINALS (Jan. 15) – NO FINALS PLAYED
MGM DRAW
#4 Janice Tjen/Savannah Broadus (PEPP) def. Ayumi Miyamoto/Lucia Peyre (OSU) 6-4
Lisa Zaar/Bunyawi Thmachaiwat (PEPP) def. Valencia Xu/Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) 6-3
CONSOLATION
Nina Zdravkovic/Zita Kovacs (UNLV) def. Fangran Tian/Ava Catanzarite (UCLA) 6-2
#11 Elise Wagle/Kimmi Hance (UCLA) def. def. #58 Rachel Gailis/Bente Spee (UF) 7-5
 
LUXOR DRAW
Raquel Gonzalez/Sofia Rojas (OSU) def. Cindy Hu/Coco Zhao (UNLV) 6-4
Alicia Dudenay/Carly Briggs (UF) def. Kristina Novak/Alana Wolfberg (OSU) 6-1
CONSOLATION
Emma Shelton/Sophie Williams (UF) def. Alexis Blokhina/Ana Geller (STAN) 7-6
Sasha Vagramov/Vanessa Ong (UCLA) def. Carolyn Campana/Anna Campana (PEPP) 6-4
 
EXCALIBUR DRAW
Salsa Aher/Aura Fang (UNLV) def. Caroline Goldberg/Anne-Christine Lutkmeyer (UCLA) 6-1