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UNLV Claims MWC Women's Tennis Championship

Rebels defeat top-seeded TCU

April 26, 2008

FORT WORTH, Texas -

The second-seeded UNLV Rebels upset the top-seeded TCU Horned Frogs, 4-2, on Saturday to capture the finals of the 2008 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center. The Rebels improve to 17-8 while TCU (20-5) saw its win streak end at 13 matches.

The Frogs jumped out to a 1-0 lead with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions. The TCU duo of Nina Munch-Soegaard and Maria Babanova led off with an 8-6 win over Sharon Marin and Alisa Razina, while the freshmen tandem of Idunn Hertzberg and Katariina Tuohimaa clinched the point with a 9-7 defeat of Katy Williams and Anna Maskaljun.

UNLV stormed out in singles play, winning the first three matches in straight sets to take a 3-1 lead.

Kristina Nedeltcheva ended Macall Harkins' eight-match win streak with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at the No. 2 slot, while Dimitrova followed with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Sydorska. Williams gave UNLV its third point with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Kewa Nichols at the No. 5 position.

Tuohimaa secured the only singles win for TCU with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Makaljun at the No. 4 spot.

Three-time MWC Player of the Year Elena Gantcheva sealed the win for UNLV, defeating Munch-Soegaard by a score of 6-4, 7-6(0) at the top spot.

UNLV earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with Saturday's win.

No. 2 UNLV (17-8) def. No. 1 TCU (20-5), 4-2

SINGLES

  1. 1. No. 36 Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. No. 61 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) 6-4, 7-6(0)
  2. 2. Kristina Nedeltcheva (UNLV) def. Macall Harkins (TCU) 6-2, 6-2
  3. 3. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) def. No. 106 Anna Sydorska (TCU) 6-2, 6-0
  4. 4. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Anna Maskaljun (UNLV) 7-5, 6-3
  5. 5. Katy Williams (UNLV) def. Kewa Nichols (TCU) 6-4, 6-3
  6. 6. Sharon Marin (UNLV) vs. Maria Babanova (TCU) 6-1, 1-6, 3-2, unf.

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 5, 4, 1*

DOUBLES

  1. 1. No. 37 Gantcheva/Nedeltcheva (UNLV) vs. No. 16 Harkins/Sydorska (TCU) 7-6, unf.
  2. 2. Tuohimaa/Hertzberg (TCU) def. Williams/Maskaljun (UNLV) 9-7
  3. 3. Munch-Soegaard/Babanova (TCU) def. Marin/Razina (UNLV) 8-6

Order of Finish: 3, 2*

*Clinching point

 

 

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