March 5, 2000

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The UNLV men's tennis team lost four of five completed singles matches and was defeated by No. 21 Minnesota 4-1 to close out the HEB Tennis Classic at the HEB Center Sunday.

The Rebels, ranked 61st, fell to 4-8 after losing for the fifth time in the last six matches.

UNLV's only point came at No. 1 singles where Vladimir Pavicevic continued his strong play with a 6-2, 1-6, 10-6 win over Harsh Mankad. Pavicevic won all three of his completed matches at the weekend tournament to improve to 6-5 at the top spot this spring.

The Gophers, however, won at singles positions 2, 4, 5 and 6 to clinch the match and avoid doubles play.

UNLV is off until traveling to the Blue-Gray Classic in Montgomery, Ala., on March 16.

2000 UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTSMINNESOTA 4, UNLV 1FOURTH ROUND -- HEB TENNIS CLASSIC
SINGLES-1.  Vladimir Pavicevic (UNLV) def. Harsh Mankad (UM) 6-2, 1-6, 10-6 (Tiebreaker)2.  Thomas Haug (UM) def. Nenad Zivkovic (UNLV)  By Injury Default3.  Did Not Finish4.  Martin Michalowski (UM) def. Tyler Roberts (UNLV)6-3, 6-25.  Tyson Parry (UM) def. Gregor Skorin (UNLV)   6-4, 6-46.  Jon Svensson (UM) def. Robbie Parlade (UNLV)     6-0, 6-2
DOUBLES-Cancelled