April 13, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY - The 56th-ranked UNLV men's tennis team closed out the regular season by losing its third straight match, 5-2, to Utah at the Canyons Tennis Club Saturday.

The Rebels fell to 9-11 overall and 2-3 in the league while the unranked Utes improved to 13-10 and 2-3.

Utah began the day by winning two of three doubles matches for one team point. The Rebel duo of Thomas Schneiter and Andreas Maurer did win 8-3 at No. 2.

In singles play, the home team won four of six. UNLV got points from Aviram Salomon, who won 6-3, 6-4 over Nick Yip at No. 3 and Maurer, who earned a tiebreaker victory, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) over Daniel Lohff on court six.

Utah's David Mercier upset 85th-ranked Schneiter at the top spot, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, to break the senior star's five-match winning streak. It was only the second loss for Schneiter since January and first to a league opponent this spring.

UNLV will now prepare for the Mountain West Conference championship, which it hosts April 25-27 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS

UTAH 5, (#56) UNLV 2

At Canyons Tennis Club, Salt Lake City

SINGLES-(UTAH EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. David Mercier (UU) def. (85) Thomas Schneiter (UNLV) 4-6, 6-4, 6-42. Corrie Scheepers (UU) def. Romain Tug (UNLV)    6-3, 6-13. Aviram Salomon (UNLV) def. Nick Yip (UU)        6-3, 6-44. Daniel Carlsson (UU) def. Thomas Michaud (UNLV)     6-3, 4-6, 6-35. Tyler Poulson (UU) def. Leslie Eisinga (UNLV)   6-7, 6-2, 6-26. Andreas Maurer (UNLV) def. Daniel Lohff (UU)    3-6, 6-1, 7-6

DOUBLES-(UTAH EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Mercier/Yip (UU) def. Eisinga/Salomon (UNLV)     9-72. Schneiter/Maurer (UNLV) def. Carlsson/Poulson (UU)   8-33. Lohff/Scheepers (UU) def. Michaud/Tug (UNLV)     8-4