Jan. 19, 2002

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Irish senior Lindsey Green was victorious in the consolation semifinals Saturday of the National Collegiate Tennis Classic. Green, the only Notre Dame player competing in the first event on the Irish spring schedule, defeated UNLV's Agnieszka Abram 7-5, 6-4. The consolation final, originally scheduled for Sunday, will not be played. Green has won four of her last five matches, dating back to the fall season.

Notre Dame,which is ranked 14th, returns six monogram winners and four of its top five players from last year's squad which was 25-5, attained the program's highest-ever ranking (5th) and finished the season ranked 10th. The Irish will open their dual-match season next Saturday, Jan. 26 with matches against Illinois State at 10 a.m. and Northern Iowa at 3 p.m. at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.