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Top-Seeded BYU to Face No. 3 Seed UNLV in MWC Championships
The Cougars and the Rebels will face off in the championship at 10 a.m. Saturday.
April 27, 2007 CLICK HERE for recaps, results, photos and MORE! USAFA, Colo. - No. 1 seed BYU defeated No. 5 New Mexico, 4-1, Friday to advance to the finals of the 2007 MWC Women's Tennis Championship at the Air Force Academy. The Cougars will face No. 3 UNLV in the championship at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Rebels upset No. 2 TCU, 4-2.
No. 3 UNLV 4, No. 2 TCU 2
The UNLV Rebels used some solid doubles play and an exciting three-set clinching singles match to defeat TCU, 4-2, in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championships Friday at the Air Force Academy. UNLV, seeded No. 3 at the tournament, improved to 19-6 and will face top-seeded BYU in the finals on Saturday, April 28 at 10 a.m. TCU, the No. 2 seed, fell to 17-10. The Rebels took an early 1-0 lead by winning two of the three doubles matches. The Frogs' No. 2 team of Ana Cetnik and Kewa Nichols got off the court first after an 8-2 victory over Nikol Dimitrova and Linda Tempelfelde. UNLV roared back, however, and claimed the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 3. The nation's 20th-ranked team of Elena Gantcheva and Kristina Nedeltcheva rolled past Anna Sydorska and Nina Munch-Soegaard, 8-4, at No. 1, then UNLV's No. 3 team of Claire Smith and Alisa Razina took care of Andrea Morgado and Karine Ionesco, 8-6, to clinch the point. Sydorska gave TCU its first point of the match with a decisive, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Nedeltcheva at the No. 2 spot. Gantcheva, ranked 66th in the country, put the Rebels ahead for good with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 1 spot over Munch-Soegaard. Smith gave UNLV a 3-1 lead by defeating Ionesco, 6-3, 6-4, but TCU's Cetnik, ranked 54th in the nation, closed the gap to 3-2 at No. 3 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Dimitrova. Tempelfelde clinched the match for UNLV with a dramatic come-from-behind 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over Nichols at the No. 4 spot. The No. 5 match between Razina of UNLV and Morgado of TCU was halted at 5-all in the third set. Singles
Doubles
No. 1 BYU 4, No. 5 New Mexico 1
The top-seeded BYU Cougars cruised into the finals of the 2007 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championships with a 4-1 victory Friday over No. 5 seed New Mexico at the Air Force Academy. BYU, ranked 31st in the country, improved to 20-6 and will face third-seeded UNLV on Saturday, April 28 at 10 a.m. With the loss, New Mexico fell to 12-11. The Cougars jumped out to a 1-0 lead by winning the Nos. 2 and 3 doubles matches. BYU's No. 3 team of Kristina Doerr and Sofia Holden downed Sandra Zmak and Lucy Scott, 8-3, then its No. 2 duo of Lauren Jones and Dolly Chang defeated Ola Abou-Zekry and Jennifer Ryba, 8-2. With the doubles point clinched, the No. 1 match was halted at 6-all. BYU's Anastasia Surkova, ranked 89th in the country, continued the strong play by the Cougars at No. 1 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Abou-Zekry for a 2-0 lead. Ryba then pulled the Lobos to within one with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Chang at the No. 6 spot. Holden put BYU up 3-1 with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Scott at the No. 5 spot, and Jones won the clincher at No. 2 singles, triumphing over Zmak, 7-5, 6-2. The Nos. 3 and 4 matches were pulled when BYU won the team match. Singles
Doubles
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