LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The New Mexico State women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to UNLV in a weather-shortened match Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV.
 
With bad weather imminent, the Rebels and Aggies agreed to start with singles action and call the game if a team reached four points.
 
Vanessa Valdez, last week's Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week, was the first Aggie to fall on Saturday when she dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision to Aiwen Zhu at the No. 2 singles slot. Elizabeth Geronimo was then bested at the No. 4 position to the Rebels' Anna Bogoslavets 6-0, 6-1 before Rimpledeep Kaur fell to No. 48-ranked Carol Yang 6-0, 6-2 at the top singles flight. UNLV clinched the match soon after with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 5 singles over Eli Arnaudova.
 
NM State is scheduled to battle Pacific weather permitting to wrap up Saturday before taking on Weber State on Sunday at 11 a.m. (MT).
 
Match #2
UNLV 4 – NM State 0
January 21, 2017
Fertitta Tennis Complex
Las Vegas, Nev.
 
Doubles

1. Joyce/Geronimo (NMSU) vs. Zhu/Huang (UNLV) – DNP
2. Valdez/Keijzerwaard (NMSU) vs. Yang/Moroi (UNLV) – DNP
3. Novak/Arnaudova (NMSU) vs. Artiga/Bogoslavets (UNLV) - DNP

 
Singles

1. #48 Carol Yang (UNLV) def. Kaur, Rimpledeep (NMSU) – 6-0, 6-2
2. Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. Valdez, Vanessa (NMSU) – 6-1, 6-1
3. Keijzerwaard,Rebecca (NMSU) vs. Paola Artiga (UNLV) – DNF
4. Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) def. Geronimo, Elizabeth (NMSU) – 6-0, 6-1
5. En Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Arnaudova, Eli (NMSU) – 6-2, 6-3
6. Harlas, Lindsay (NMSU) vs. Jovana Kenic (UNLV) – DNF

Order of Finish: 2, 4, 1, 5