April 6, 1999

SALT LAKE CITY - The 53rd-ranked UNLV men's tennis won all but one match to down WAC-rival Utah 6-1 at the Eccles Tennis Center Friday.

Playing indoors because of cold weather, the Rebels improved to 7-8 and 1-2 in conference play.

UNLV began the day by taking two of three doubles matches to earn one team point. Asaf Tishler and Gregor Skorin teamed for one victory at the second position while Danny Erez and Tyler Roberts teamed for a win at the third spot.

In singles play, Tishler won his 13th consecutive match, 7-6, 7-6, over Ben Coates at the No. 1 position. Tishler, ranked 37th, raised his record to 17-5 overall. Also winning for UNLV were Nenad Zivkovic, Damu Bobb, Danny Erez and Gregor Skorin.

The Rebels next travel to New Mexico on April 10.

    MEN'S TENNIS RESULTSUNLV 6, UTAH 1At Eccles Tennis Center, Salt Lake City
SINGLES-1.  Asaf Tishler (UNLV) def. Ben Coates (UU)        7-6, 7-6        2.  Nenad Zivkovic (UNLV) def. Phil Rodrigue (UU)       6-2, 6-43.  Damu Bobb (UNLV) def. Ashley Dyer (UU)          7-5, 6-14.  Danny Erez (UNLV) def. Trevor Ferguson (UU)     7-6 6-25.  Gregor Skorin (UNLV) def. Adam Eke (UU)         6-1, 4-6, 6-46.  Kevin Zenger (UU) def. Tyler Roberts (UNLV)     6-4, 3-6, 6-2
DOUBLES-1.  Coates/Rodrigue (UU) def. Zivkovic/Bobb (UNLV)      8-42.  Tishler/Skorin (UNLV) def. Ferguson/Zenger (UU)     8-6 3.  Erez/Tyler Roberts (UNLV) def. Dyer/Nik Yip (UU)    8-4