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UNLV beats Air Force, 6-1
3/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 22, 2003
The 33rd-ranked UNLV women's tennis team handed Air Force its second consecutive defeat with a 6-1 victory over the Falcons Saturday in San Diego. With the win, the Rebels improved to 11-2 overall and 2-0 in league action, while the Falcons fell to 10-8 and 0-2 in the Mountain West Conference.
Air Force's senior co-captain Heather Shelby pulled off a major upset at No. 2 singles, handing UNLV sophomore Gyorgyi Zsiros her first loss ever in conference play and just her second loss in dual competition. Zsiros, now 30-2 all-time in dual matches, lost the first set to Shelby, 6-2, then came back to win the second set, 6-3. Shelby played a tough third set and eventually won it in a tiebreaker, 7-5, to break Zsiros' 28-match winning streak in duals.
AFA's other senior co-captain, Kelli O'Bryant, won the first set over UNLV's Tracie Chong at the No. 3 spot before falling, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. UNLV won the other four singles matches in straight sets.
UNLV won the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and 3. Air Force's Laura Nigro and Gina Black won the No. 1 match, 8-4, over Paulina Janus and Agnieszka Abram.
The Falcons return to action next Thursday, March 27 against MWC foe New Mexico in Albuquerque.
UNLV 6, Air Force 1
Singles
No. 1 Paulina Janus (UNLV) def. Laura Nigro (AFA) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Heather Shelby (AFA) def. Gyorgyi Zsiros (UNLV) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6
No. 3 Tracie Chong (UNLV) def. Kelli O'Bryant (AFA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) def. Gina Black (AFA) 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Katie Tomkie (AFA) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Jen Nigro (AFA) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 Laura Nigro/Gina Black (AFA) def. Paulina Janus/Agnieszka Abram (UNLV) 8-4
No. 2 Tracie Chong/Cindy Treber (UNLV) def. Heather Shelby/Katie Tomkie (AFA) 8-2
No. 3 Gyorgyi Zsiros/Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV) def. Kelli O'Bryant/Jen Nigro (AFA) 8-0
