March 17, 2000

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The UNLV men's tennis team lost a close doubles competition and eventually fell to No. 26 Virginia, 4-1, at the Blue-Gray Tennis Classic Friday.

The Rebels lost their second match of the day and third straight overall to dip to 4-10 this season.

UNLV opened the match by winning the second doubles point with Danny Erez and Vladimir Pavicevic upsetting 46th-ranked Tommy Croker and John Winter, 8-6. The Cavaliers came back to win at the third spot and then took the one team point as the 14th-ranked pair of Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery nipped Nenad Zivkovic and Gregor Skorin, 9-8, at No. 1.

In singles play, the Rebels' only point came at No. 4 where Tyler Roberts downed Croker 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the super tiebreaker. The Cavaliers won at Nos. 1, 3 and 5 to clinch the match.

UNLV will face unranked Virginia Tech on Saturday to close out the tournament.

2000 UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTSVIRGINIA 4, UNLV 1BLUE-GRAY TENNIS CLASSIC
SINGLES-1.  Brian Vahaly (UVA) def. Vladimir Pavicevic (UNLV)6-2, 6-22.  Did Not Finish3.  John Winter (UVA) def. Danny Erez (UNLV)    6-1, 6-04.  Tyler Roberts (UNLV) def. Tommy Croker (UVA)    2-6, 6-4, 10-8 (Tiebreaker)5.  Brian Hunter (UVA) def. Gregor Skorin (UNLV)    7-6, 6-26.  Did Not Finish
DOUBLES-1.  Vahaly/Huntley Montgomery (UVA) def. Nenad Zivkovic/Skorin (UNLV) 9-82.  Pavicevic/Erez (UNLV) def. Croker/Winter (UVA)                8-63.  Robert Abendroth/Hunter (UVA) def. Robbie Parlade/Roberts (UNLV)  8-6