March 8, 1999

Damu Bobb won a third-set tiebreaker to lift the 42nd-ranked UNLV men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over Southern Mississippi and a split on the second day of the annual HEB Team Invitational Saturday.

The Rebels began the match by sweeping doubles for one team point. Needing just a split in singles play, UNLV got wins from Asaf Tishler and Andy Madersbacher before Bobb came back with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 win over Felix Hutt at the third position.

UNLV improved to 4-4 on the year. The Rebels lost earlier in the day, 4-1, to Minnesota.

The three-day event wraps up with one match Sunday.

MEN'S TENNIS RESULTSUNLV 4, SOUTHERN MISS 3At HEB Tennis Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
SINGLES-1.  Asaf Tishler (UNLV) def. David Jansson  (USM)       6-0, 6-3        2.  Rio Kuharaski (USM) def. Nenad Zivkovic (UNLV)      6-2, 6-33.  Damu Bobb (UNLV) def. Felix Hutt (USM)          2-6, 6-4, 7-64.  Mikka Kangas (USM) def. Danny Erez (UNLV)       6-1, 6-25.  Andy Madersbacher (UNLV) def. Blake Waller (USM)    6-2, 6-26.  Mathias Warren (USM) def. Tyler Roberts (UNLV)      6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES-1.  Zivkovic/Bobb (UNLV) def. Hutt/Kuharaski (USM)      8-12.  Tishler/Skorin (UNLV) def. Warren/Wallin (USM)      8-13.  Erez/Roberts (UNLV) def. Kangas/Jansson (USM)       8-1