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Weekly Women's Tennis Release #8

Three league teams ranked in the top 50. (3/23)

March 23, 2000

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National Rankings:

Mtn. West Teams in Top-75
(Mar. 22)
Rk  Pvs  School         Rec
41  36   BYU            7-5
43 t66   San Diego St.  7-5
44  44   New Mexico     11-7

Mtn. West Player in Singles
(Mar. 1)
Rk  Pvs  Individual
20  26   Katarina Malec, UNLV
53 t51   Eline Chiew, BYU
100 NR   Whitney Wells, SDSU

Mtn. West Player in Doubles
(Mar. 1)
43  NR   Bakken/Malec, UNLV

Katarina Malec, Sr., UNLV
UNLV senior Katarina Malec (Warsaw, Poland) is this week¹s McLeodUSA Mountain West Conference Women¹s Tennis Players of the Week.

Malec, ranked No. 41 in the nation, did not lose a set in going a combined 8-0 in singles and doubles play during the week. Although UNLV posted a 2-2 record as a team, Malec claimed all four singles and doubles matches in the No. 1 position. She has won seven straight matches in both singles and doubles and improved to 14-2 in duals and 27-5 in overall singles. Her doubles record when teamed with Marianne Bakken is now 17-4 overall and 14-1 at No. 1 doubles. She started the week with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Oklahoma State¹s Maria Galoustova, then blanked Bowling Green¹s Abby Bratton 6-0, 6-0. She then defeated Tulsa¹s Monica Poveda 6-3, 6-3 and Cindy Tow from Boston College 6-0, 6-4. The highlight of her four doubles victories was a 7-6, 6-3 win over Oklahoma State¹s No. 30-ranked Galoustova and Ashleigh Dolman.

This is the third player of the week honor for Malec and UNLV this season.

Mountain West Conference Women¹s Tennis Players of the Week: Feb. 2 ­ Katarina Malec (Sr.) UNLV, Feb. 9 ­ Megan Payne-Dorny (Sr.) Utah, Feb. 15 ­ Katarina Malec (Sr.) UNLV, Feb. 23 ­ Whitney Wells (Jr.) SDSU, Mar. 1 ­ Kim Kelly (Sr.) BYU, Mar. 9 ­ Dominika Gerwin (Sr.) UNM, Mar. 22 ­ Katarina Malec (Sr.) UNLV.

UNLV Host of 2000 Mtn. West Women¹s Tennis Championship
The inaugural Mountain West Conference Women¹s Tennis Championship will be hosted by UNLV in Las Vegas, Nev. All eight Mtn. West women¹s tennis teams will compete in the single-elimination team event for the first league title April 27-29. Seedings will be decided by regular-season dual match results in conference matches. All requests for media credentials for the inaugural Mountain West Conference Women¹s Tennis Championship should be submitted in writing to Director of Communications Elaine Adams at the Mtn. West office or UNLV Media Relations contact Mark Wallington prior to the event.

Team-By-Team Notes
After a week off from competition, Air Force will return to action by hosting Wichita State on Mar. 23 then travel to UC Irvine for a tournament Mar. 25-28. Julie Weiss remains undefeated this spring with an 8-0 record.

BYU also took this past week off and next competes against Oregon at San Diego State on Mar. 24. The Cougars then face the Aztecs on the 25th.

Colorado State returned to action after a 10-day break to defeat Wichita State, 5-3, on the Air Force Academy courts Mar. 21. Bobbe Vasas and Catherine Sullivan continued their outstanding play for the Rams by posting their seventh consecutive singles matches.

New Mexico is coming off a split of weekend matches in California, defeating No. 74 Pacific (6-3) but falling to No. 5 California (7-1). Dominika Gerwin is a perfect 8-0 at No. 4 singles in duals. The Lobos will be idle until Apr. 2 at New Mexico State.

San Diego State registered a 3-1 record this past week as Lindsey Hedberg and Katie Becker led the way with 4-0 records for the week. The Aztecs host conference foe BYU on Mar. 25 and Oregon on the 26th.

UNLV posted a 2-2 record during the week, although Katarina Malec claimed her third Mtn. West Player of the Week honor by going undefeated in singles and doubles. The Rebels already defeated No. 43 Oregon, 6-3, yesterday and will host Kansas State today.

Coming off a week off, Utah will next play host to BYU in a conference match on Mar. 31.

Wyoming returned from a California roadtrip with a 2-1 slate including wins over Iowa State (5-4) and at CS Fullerton (6-3). The Cowgirls will play at Montana for their next two matches, meeting the Grizzlies on Mar. 24 and Gonzaga on the 25th.