Top-Seeded UNLV Advances With 4-0 Win Over No. 8 Wyoming at 2009 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship

April 23, 2009

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -

Regular season champion UNLV beat No. 8 Wyoming, 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship Thursday afternoon at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center in Albuquerque, N.M. UNLV will face the winner of BYU/New Mexico at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 24.

UNLV earned the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead. No. 2 doubles Alisa Razina and Anna Maskaljun beat Rebecca Berger and Jamie Nelson, 8-2, to seal the point.

UNLV actually took a 2-0 lead into the singles portion of the match with a default win at No. 6 singles. Maskaljun picked up the third Rebels' point with a win over Carolina Chaix at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

The Rebels finished the match with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles by Katy Williams over Carly Van Hollen.

Tennis Match Results
#8 Wyoming vs #1 UNLV
Apr 23, 2009 at Albuquerque, N.M (Jerry Cline Tennis Center)
#42 #1 UNLV 4, #8 Wyoming 0

Singles competition
1. #112 NEDELTCHEVA, K. (UNLV) vs. Sarah Summerfield (WYO) 6-0, 6-6, unfinished
2. DIMITROVA, Nikol (UNLV) vs. Rebecca Berger (WYO) 4-6, 2-2, unfinished
3. WILLIAMS, Katy (UNLV) def. Carly Van Hollen (WYO) 6-4, 6-3
4. HIDVEGI, Adrienn (UNLV) vs. Jamie Nelson (WYO) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
5. MASKALJUN, Anna (UNLV) def. Carolina Chaix (WYO) 6-0, 6-0
6. TERZIERVA, Rumyana (UNLV) def. No player (WYO), by default

Doubles competition
1. NEDELTCHEVA, K./WILLIAMS, Katy (UNLV) vs. Sarah Summerfield/Carly Van Hollen (WYO) 4-6, unfinished
2. RAZINA, Alisa/MASKALJUN, Anna (UNLV) def. Rebecca Berger/Jamie Nelson (WYO) 8-2
3. DIMITROVA, Nikol/TERZIERVA, Rumyana (UNLV) def. No player/No player (WYO), by default

Match Notes:
#8 Wyoming 8-16, 1-7 MWC
#1 UNLV 18-6, 8-0 MWC; National ranking #42
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (6,5,3)
2009 Mountain West Conference Tournament Quarterfinals
UNLV advances
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