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 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