Three of UNLV's four singles entries are still alive after two rounds of the Omni Hotels Western Regional Men's Tennis Championships, which began with more than 140 players at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Wednesday.
Rebel senior Thomas Schneiter, the only seeded UNLV player (seventh), enjoyed a first-round bye before downing Jeff Harbach of BYU 6-2, 6-3. Junior Leslie Eisinga won twice, 6-2, 6-1 over Ryan O'Neil of Montana and then 6-2, 6-2 over Andrei Novacenu of Weber State, to advance. Also moving on in his UNLV debut was freshman Avivram Soloman, who downed Jacob Stocking of Eastern Washington 6-2, 6-0, and then Vedran Sirola of Boise State 6-1, 6-1.
In doubles play, the team of Soloman and Schneiter fell in a first-round match while UNLV's other entry, made up of Eisinga and Noah Tondre, enjoyed a bye.
No less than 18 of the 22 seeded players reached the third round, including the top 11. Thursday will feature two more rounds of main-draw singles and one round of doubles. The tournament, which features players from 16 teams in the western region, runs through Sunday.
OMNI HOTELS WESTERN REGIONAL MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oct. 24, 2001
At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
(CORRECTED RESULTS)
MAIN DRAW
SINGLES ROUND ONE
(1) Oliver Maiberger (SDSU) BYETomislav Sokolic (MT) def. Clayton Thomas (USU) 7-6, 7-5Adrian Ventura (NAU) BYELachlan Menzies (DU) BYE(13) Bart Scott (UNM) BYELudo Barthe (NMSU) BYE(18) Matias Silva (BSU) BYEJeff Olsen (BYU) def. Jordon Butler (USU) 7-5, 7-6 (5)(7) Thomas Schneiter (UNLV) BYEJeff Harbach (BYU) def. Braden Olsen (MSU) 6-0, 7-6 (3)Dallas Mudrow (WSU) BYEMahmoud Rozk (BSU) BYE(11) Eric Pittman (AFA) BYEDon Williams (WSU) def. Khamphone Voraphaychith (EWU) 6-4, 6-2(21) Corie Scheepers (UU) BYEStephen DeSilva (IDAHO) def. Thault Schram (NAU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
(3) Gert Vilms (BYU) BYEDaniel Carlsson (UU) def. Jason Swanson (MSU) 6-0, 6-1Brock Berry (IDAHO) BYEBrian Devlin (MT) def. Phillip Ivanov (WSU) 6-1, 6-1(16) Andy Madersbacher (USU) BYEBen Archer-Clowes (NMSU) BYE(20) Diego Garza (UNM) BYEBJ Hauck (MSU) def. Bradlee Lum-Tucker (IDAHO) 6-4, 6-2(6) Marous Berntson (BSU) BYEAaron Heier (EWU) def. Noah Tondre (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1Michael Hellweg (NMSU) BYEAuxe Waal (NAU) BYE(9) David Kowalski (UNM) BYEChris Zielinkski (AFA) def. Rasmus Larsen (SDSU) 1-6, 7-6, 6-2Tyler Paulson (UU) BYEGabe Coren (SDSU) def. Magnus Ramfelt (DU) 6-4, 6-3
Justin Mancinelli (AFA) def. Hector Mucharraz (IDAHO) 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3Owen Saugee (EWU) BYEEric Stuart (NAU) def. Cameron Mayo (MSU) 6-4, 6-1(15) Anton Rudjuk (BYU) BYEJay Patel (DU) def. Jonah Nelson (USU) 6-1, 6-2(17) John Kowalski (UNM) BYEJason Trask (USU) def. Kenny Lindley (WSU) 6-2, 6-2(8) Dave Mercier (UU) BYELeslie Eisinga (UNLV) def. Ryan O'Neil (MT) 6-2, 6-1Andrei Novacenu (WSU) BYEDan Even (NMSU) BYE(12) Michael Polasek (UNM) BYERyan Redondo (SDSU) def. Bob Matteson (DU) 6-2, 6-1Fredrik Von Sydow (IDAHO) BYELuis Avila (NMSU) BYE(4) Guillaume Bouvier (BSU) BYE
Aviram Saloman (UNLV) def. Jacob Stocking (EWU) 6-2, 6-0Vedran Sirola (BSU) BYEDaniel Lundstrom (NAU) BYE(10) Divian Coetzee (UNM) BYENik Yip (UU) def. Peter Hans Gaber (DU) 6-3, 6-4(22) Travis Hasson (SDSU) BYEKyle Rainey (AFA) def. Daniel Salvato (WSU) 6-1, 6-1(5) Carlos Lozano (BYU) BYEChris Dailey (MT) def. Eric Eggers (EWU) 6-3, 6-4(19) Edward Brisbois (UI) BYELukasz Mazur (MSU) def. Jonathan John (NAU) 6-2, 6-2(14) Ben Newcombe (NMSU) BYEDaniel Lohff (UU) def. Steve Peterson (USU) 6-1, 7-5Jeremy Price (BYU) BYEKhalid Naffa (SDSU) BYE(2) Mark Roberts (BSU) BYE
SINGLES ROUND TWO
(1) Maiberger (SDSU) def. Sokolic (MT) 6-4, 6-1Venturi (NAU) def. Menzies (DU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2(13) Scott (UNM) def. Barthe (NMSU) 6-4, 6-2Olsen (BYU) def. (18) Silva (BSU) 6-3, 6-2(7) Schneiter (UNLV) def. Harbach (BYU) 6-2, 6-3Rozk (BSU) def. Mudrow (WSU) 6-0, 6-2(11) Pittman (AFA) def. Williams (WSU) 7-5, 7-6 (4)(21) Scheepers (UU) def. DeSilva (IDAHO) 4-6, 6-3, 3-0 retired
(3) Vilms (BYU) def. Carlsson (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1Berry (IDAHO) def. Devlin (MT) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4(16) Madersbacher (USU) def. Archer-Clowes (NMSU) 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5(20) Garza (UNM) def. Hauck (MSU) 6-3, 6-3(6) Berntson (BSU) def. Heier (EWU) 6-1, 6-1Hellweg (NMSU) def. Waal (NAU) 6-4, 6-2(9) Kowalski (UNM) def. Zielinski (AFA) 6-3, 6-4Coren (SDSU) def. Paulson (UU) 6-3, 6-3
Mancinelli (AFA) def. Suagee (EWU) 6-2, 6-1(15) Rudjuk (BYU) def. Stuart (NAU) 6-3, 6-4Patel (DU) def. (17) Kowalksi (UNM) 7-6 (2), 6-2(8) Mercier (UU) def. Trask (USU) 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-2Eisinga (UNLV) def. Novacenu (WSU) 6-2, 6-2(12) Polasek (UNM) def. Even (NMSU) 6-2, 6-4Redondo (SDSU) def. Von Sydow (IDAHO) 7-6 (4), 6-2(4) Bouvier (BSU) def. Avila (NMSU) 6-1, 6-2
Saloman (UNLV) def. Sirola (BSU) 6-1, 6-1(10) Coetzee (UNM) def. Lundstrom (NAU) 6-3, 6-1Yip (UU) def. (22) Hasson (SDSU) 6-4, 7-5(5) Lozano (BYU) def. Rainey (AFA) 6-2, 6-1(19) Brisbois (IDAHO) def. Dailey (MT) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2Mazur (MSU) def. (14) Newcombe (NMSU) 6-3, 6-3Lohff (USU) def. Price (BYU) 6-2, 6-3(2) Roberts (BSU) def. Naffa (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
MAIN DRAW
DOUBLES ROUND ONE
(1) Lozano/Vilms (BYU) BYEJohn/Stuart (NAU) def. Von Sydow/Mucharraz (IDAHO) 8-5Hauck/Swanson (MSU) BYELindley/Salvato (WSU) def. Saloman/Schneiter (UNLV) 9-7Archer/Clowes (NMSU) BYEJohnson/Venturi (NAU) BYE(10) Pittman/Zelinski (AFA) BYEButler/Nelson (USU) def. Barthe/Hellwig (NMSU) 8-3(3) Berntson/Roberts (BSU) BYEIvanov/Novacenu (UNM) BYE(11) Garza/Polasek (UNM) BYEPrice/Rudjuk (BYU) def. Devlin/Sokolic (MT) 8-5(5) Mercier/Yip (UU) BYECoren/Hasson (SDSU) def. Mazur/Olsen (MSU) 8-6Gaber/Ramfelt (DU) BYEBrisbois/Lum-Tucker (IDAHO) BYE
Blocher/Williams (WSU) BYE(12) Salazar/Statland (UNM) BYELohff/Scheepers (UU) def. Berry/DeSilva (IDAHO) 8-4(8) Bouvier/Silva (BSU) BYEPatel/Menzies (DU) def. Dailey/O'Neil (MT) 8-1Eisinga/Tondre (UNLV) BYELundstrom/Waal (NAU) def. Eggers/Heier (EWU) 8-0(4) Harbach/Olsen (BYU) BYENaffa/Coehlo (SDSU) def. Stocking/Suagee (EWU) 8-4Carlsson/Paulson (UU) BYEMancinelli/Rainey (AFA) def. Peterson/Trask (USU) 8-2(6) Kowalski/Scott (UNM) BYEMadersbacher/Thomas (USU) BYERozk/Sirola (BSU) BYEAvila/Even (NMSU) BYE(2) Maiberger/Redondo (SDSU) BYE
