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	Thirtysomething Former UNLV tennis great Elena Gantcheva closed her illustrious career ranked 35th in both singles and doubles as the final national and regional rankings were released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. [ + ]
	Record Run In Classroom The 2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament Champion UNLV women's tennis team set a program-record in the classroom as six of its players earned a spot on the 2008 Academic All-MWC Team, which was released Thursday. [ + ]
	Duo Makes Quick Exit From NCAAs Despite playing the final match of the night at the NCAA Championships, the best doubles team ever to suit up for the UNLV women's program was quickly ousted during the tournament's first round on Thursday at the Case Tennis Center. [ + ]

Gantcheva Honored Off The Courts
Already considered one of the best players in school history, UNLV women's senior tennis star Elena Gantcheva can now add an academic honor to her illustrious resume. While awaiting her first-round match at the NCAA Doubles Championship in Tulsa, Okla., Gantcheva on Thursday was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Women's At-large Second Team as selected by the nation's sports information directors. [ + ]

Elena Era Ends In Singles
UNLV tennis star Elena Gantcheva has played her final singles match in a Lady Rebel uniform. The 36th-ranked former All-American won the first set over third-seeded Hilary Barte on Wednesday but then saw Stanford's top player storm back for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory at the NCAA Division I Singles Championship at Tulsa's Case Tennis Center. [ + ]

Gantcheva To Live On Tulsa Time Wednesday
UNLV tennis star Elena Gantcheva will look to earn her first career victory at the NCAA Division I Singles Championship on Wednesday and will have to do it by facing the tournament's third seed as the main draws were announced on Tuesday. [ + ]

Lady Rebels Doubling Up
Already considered the best doubles team ever to suit up at UNLV, Elena Gantcheva and Kristina Nedeltcheva learned Monday that they will become the first duo in school history to play together in more than one NCAA doubles tournament. [ + ]

Doubles Does In UNLV At NCAAs
The 37th-ranked UNLV women's tennis team lost its sixth straight NCAA tournament match and dropped to 0-12 all-time vs. No. 18 Pepperdine with a closer-than-it-looks 4-0 defeat at the Marks Tennis Stadium Friday. The unseasonably cool and drab Southern California conditions on the campus of USC matched the Lady Rebels' scoring output as their eight-match winning streak was snapped to end the team's season. [ + ]

Tourney Time For Netters!
The UNLV women's tennis program has lost five consecutive matches in NCAA tournament play. And which team started that skid way back in 1998? The very same school that the Lady Rebels face Friday when the first round of the 2008 event gets underway in Los Angeles -- 18th-ranked Pepperdine. [ + ]