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Oct. 6, 2004

                  REBEL ROOKIE HEADS ON TO THE NEXT ROUND

      LAS VEGAS -- UNLV freshman standout Elena Gantcheva won her seventh
match in five days Wednesday to advance to the Main Draw of the Riviera/ITA
Women's All-American Classic at Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades,
Calif.
      This time Gantcheva had to rally to stay alive as she improved to 9-0
in her brief college career. Cramping early from the strain of playing so
many matches, the rookie dropped the first set but regrouped and came back
to defeat 56th-ranked Boglarka Berecz of perennial college tennis power
Florida, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
      "This has been an amazing run four our new freshman Elena," UNLV head
coach Kevin Cory said. "She has already established herself as one of the
nation's top players and this is only her second event as a collegian. She
just keeps stepping up and succeeding."
      Gantcheva, who has already beaten four ranked players this week,
moves on to the Main Draw of the elite event that is the first of three
college tennis majors each season.

2004 Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Classic Day Five
Round Seven
Elena Gantcheva (UNLV) def. #56 Boglarka Berecz (FLORIDA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1


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