LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV women's tennis team snapped a two-match losing skid to earn a hard-fought 4-2 win over Gonzaga on Sunday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
 
The Rebels, who lost a pair of 4-3 heart-breakers to Big 12 opponents, improved to 4-2 while the Bulldogs, who came in 3-0 vs. Mountain West opponents this season (by a combined score of 12-2), fell to 5-4.
 
UNLV has won the doubles point in every match this season, including on Sunday. Veronika Kliuch and Eszter Kis-Czako won 6-2 over Elizabeth Tindera and Diana Yanotovskaya at the second spot before Sofiia Sokolvak and Kaho Oyama clinched it, 6-4, over Emily Robertson and Karla Brown on court three.
 
In singles play, Kliuch was off in a blink of an eye with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Yanotovskaya at the top of the lineup. The Zags won the next two points to tie the overall match but Hudson Hawkins downed Elizabeth Tindera, 6-1, 6-7, 6-0, at No. 3 and Adi Bitton fought off Karla Brown, 7-6, 6-4, to end it on court six.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Kliuch was clutch, helping secure the doubles point and then racing to a straight-set win in singles to make it 2-0. The sophomore improved to 6-0 in duals and 13-2 overall in singles.
 
UP NEXT: UNLV is off until hosting Seattle on Friday, March 6 starting with doubles play at 10 a.m.  Admission to all matches at Fertitta Tennis Complex is free of charge.
 
Women's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 4, GONZAGA 2
Feb. 22, 2026, at Las Vegas, NV
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Veronika Kliuch (UNLVWT) def. Diana Yanotovskaya (GONZ) 6-0, 6-2
2. Emily Robertson (GONZ) def. Nikol Mircheva (UNLVWT) 6-4, 7-5
3. Hudson Hawkins (UNLVWT) def. Elizabeth Tindera (GONZ) 6-1, 6-7, 6-0
4. Sveva Zerpelloni (GONZ) def. Eszter Kis-Czako (UNLVWT) 6-3, 6-4
5. Kaho Oyama (UNLVWT) vs. Brooke Bittner (GONZ) 6-2, 4-6, 3-1, unfinished
6. Adi Bitton (UNLVWT) def. Karla Brown (GONZ) 7-6, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Nikol Mircheva/Hudson Hawkins (UNLVWT) vs. Sveva Zerpelloni/Rose Hayes (GONZ) 5-5, unfinished
2. Veronika Kliuch/Eszter Kis-Czako (UNLVWT) def. Elizabeth Tindera/Diana Yanotovskaya (GONZ) 6-2
3. Sofiia Sokolvak/Kaho Oyama (UNLVWT) def. Emily Robertson/Karla Brown (GONZ) 6-4
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (1,4,2,3,6)