LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The New Mexico State women's tennis team had a hard-fought battle against UNLV Friday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex, but dropped its dual opener 7-0.

NM State's No. 2 doubles pair of Ashvarya Shrivastav and Rimpledeep Kaur tied things up for the Aggies when they ousted their UNLV counterparts from UNLV 6-3.

The doubles point then came down to court No. 3 where Chloe Jolliff and Lindsay Harlas brought things to 4-4, but couldn't pull away as the Rebels claimed the doubles point with a 6-4 victory.

Erika Castillo Lopez and Chloe Jolliff were the first two Aggies to fall in singles play and gave the host, UNLV, an early 3-0 lead.

Kaur then fell soon after as the Rebels' Anna Bogoslavets downed the sophomore 6-2, 6-2 on court No. 4 to clinch the match for UNLV.

NM State's best match in singles play came at the No. 6 slot when Harlas, a Las Cruces native, forced a tiebreaker with her 6-4 win in the second set. However, Reka Szentes got the best of Harlas in the tiebreaker, winning 10-6.

NM State's dual season continues on Saturday at 11 a.m. (MT) against Pacific out of the West Coast Conference.

Match #1
UNLV 7, NM State 0
January 29, 2016
Fertitta Tennis Complex
Las Vegas, Nev.

Doubles

1. Yang/Zhu (UNLV) def. Joyce/Castillo Lopez (NMSU) - 6-3
2. Shrivastav/Kaur (NMSU) def. Moroi/Lopez (UNLV) - 6-3
3. Kotseva/Artiga (UNLV) def. Jolliff/Harlas (NMSU) 6-4

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3*

Singles

1. Carol Zi Yang (UNLV) def. Ashvarya Shrivastav (NMSU) - 6-1, 6-1
2. Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. Erika Castillo Lopez (NMSU) - 6-1, 6-1
3. Paola Artiga (UNLV) def. Chloe Jolliff (NMSU) - 6-0, 6-4
4. Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) def. Rimpledeep Kaur (NMSU) - 6-2, 6-2
5. Cristina Moroi (UNLV) def. Mia Brandt (NMSU) - 6-3, 6-0
6. Reka Szentes (UNLV) def. Lindsay Harlas (NMSU) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 4*, 5, 1, 6