UNLV women shut out Utah

Friday, April 28, 2000 | 11:33 a.m.

Playing in oppressive heat, 65th-ranked UNLV won all five completed matches against Utah and advanced in the first round of the inaugural Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Thursday.

The fourth-seeded Rebels avoided doubles play by taking the first four singles matches in straight sets and then picking up a win at No. 6 when fifth-seeded Utah's Anna Stechert retired in the second set after suffering heat exhaustion.

"I'm very happy with the way our team competed," UNLV head coach Kevin Cory said. "I was nervous going in -- I thought Utah had the kind of team that could beat us, but this shows the character of our players, to be so decisive on all six courts."

UNLV, which improved to 13-9 overall, 10-4 at home and 3-3 in the MWC, was to play top-seeded San Diego State this afternoon.

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