UNLV Advances To Semifinals Of MWC Women's Tennis Championship

Rebels defeat Utes, 4-0

April 27, 2006

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Click the link below to access the MWC Tennis Championships page and follow the action through real-time scoring:

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No. 3 seed UNLV upended No. 6 seed Utah, 4-0, in the Mountain West Conference Tennis Championship women's quarterfinals at Barnes Tennis Center. The Rebels won singles matches at the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 positions after taking the doubles point to open the match. The teams waited out a rain delay from 12:37 p.m. to 3:18 p.m. PT before completing the match.

The UNLV No. 1 duo of Elena Gantcheva and Sharon Marin defeated Utah's Allison Sine and Elizabeth Ferris (8-4), while the Rebels No. 3 doubles team Cindy Treber and Mery Constanti defeated Karine Bourdages and Cheyenne Reveche (8-2). Gantcheva, the MWC Player of the Year, did not complete her singles match vs. Utah's No. 1 Ferris, but the Rebels picked up points in singles play with Nikol Dimotrova's victory at No. 2 over Emily Kwok (6-3, 6-0), Claire Smith's win over the Utes' No. 5 Karine Bourdages (6-0, 6-1) and Linda Tempelfelde's win at No. 6 over Utah's Allison Sine (6-2, 6-1). UNLV advances to the MWC Tournament semifinals for the fifth straight year and will play No. 2 seed BYU Friday.

MWC TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 26-29, 2006   *   Barnes Tennis Center   *   San Diego, Calif.

Women's Results - April 27, 2006
Quarterfinal No. 2 - No. 3 UNLV def. No. 6 Utah, 4-0
Doubles 
1. Elena Gantcheva/Sharon Marin (UNLV) def. Allison Sine/Elizabeth Ferris (Utah)                   8-4
2. Nikol Dimitrova/Claire Smith (UNLV) vs. Emily Kwok/Leigh Walsh (Utah)                   4-7 (DNF)
3. Cindy Treber/Mery Constanti (UNLV) def. Karine Bourdages/Cheyenne Reveche (Utah)        8-2

Singles
1. Elena Gantcheva (UNLV vs. Elizabeth Ferris (Utah)             6-3, 3-4 (DNF)
2. Nikol Dimitrova (UNLV) def. Emily Kwok (Utah)                 6-3, 6-0
3. Leigh Walsh (Utah) vs. Sharon Marin (UNLV)                    6-2, 5-1 (DNF)
4. Cindy Treber (UNLV) vs. Cheyenne Revech (Utah)               4-3 (DNF)
5. Claire Smith (UNLV) def. Karine Bourdages (Utah)            6-0, 6-1
6. Linda Tempelfelde (UNLV) def. Allison Sine (Utah)              6-2, 6-1