March 8, 2002

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The 59th-ranked UNLV men's team lost the doubles point and couldn't recover en route to being upset 4-2 by No. 70 Memphis in Friday's second round of the annual HEB Tennis Classic.

The Rebels, who advanced with a 4-2 win over UAB earlier in the day, fell to 4-3 overall while the Tigers improved to 6-4.

Memphis began the contest by winning doubles matches at the top spot and on court three to take a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, UNLV's No. 62-ranked Thomas Schneiter quickly tied things with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at the top position over Ben Stapp.

However, Rebel players dropped their matches at No. 2 and No. 5 to make it 3-1 Memphis. The final two matches were extended to three sets but Aviram Salomon fell 6-0, 5-7, 6-1, to clinch it for the Tigers and the match at No. 4 was halted with Rebel Romain Tug leading.

UNLV, which is seeded third in the three-day tournament, moved into the consolation bracket and will face DePaul on Saturday before closing out the event with a single match on Sunday.

MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS
HEB TENNIS CLASSIC - ROUND TWO
(#70) MEMPHIS 4, (#59) UNLV 2
At HEB Tennis Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
SINGLES-(UM EARNS THREE TEAM POINTS)1. (62) Thomas Schneiter (UNLV) def. Ben Stapp (UM)  6-3, 6-12. Joe Schmulian (UM) def. Thomas Michaud (UNLV)   6-4, 7-53. Richard Magney (UM) def. Aviram Salomon (UNLV)  6-0, 5-7, 6-14. Did Not Finish5. Alex Bucewicz (UM) def. Leslie Eisinga (UNLV)   6-2, 6-36. Andreas Maurer (UNLV) def. Michael Chamberlain (UM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
DOUBLES-(UM EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. (50) Stapp/Walker (UM) def. Salomon/Eisinga (UNLV)   8-02. Did Not Finish3. LaHaie/Bucewicz (UM) def. Tug/Michaud (UNLV)     8-6