Feb. 13, 2004

LAS VEGAS - Owen Hambrook got his first career head coaching victory as UNLV shut out state rival Nevada, Reno 7-0 in the first round of the Rebels' annual men's tennis spring invitational, which began Friday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Playing its first home match of the season, UNLV (1-2) only lost one set to the Wolf Pack (1-3).

The Rebels began the day by sweeping three doubles matches for one team point.

In singles play, Henner Nehles quickly made it 2-0 with a 6-4, 6-1 win at the top spot over Adam Jooste. Also winning for the hosts were Aviram Salomon at No. 2, Romain Massaro at No. 3, Joel Kielbowicz at No. 4, David DiMartino at No. 5 and Marko Blagojevic, who had to a use a third-set super-tiebreaker to win on Court Six.

"I was really pleased with how everyone competed up and down the lineup against a solid Reno team," Hambrook said. "It feels good to get the first home match out of the way and we look forward to a tough one vs. Oklahoma in the next round."

With OU breezing by Weber State 7-0, the Rebels will face the 74th-ranked Sooners in the semifinals Saturday beginning at 1:30. In the other semifinal, Texas-Arlington, a 7-0 winner over Idaho State, will take on New Mexico State, which got by Utah State 5-2. Action in the losers' bracket begins at 10 a.m.

All matches are at Fertitta and are free to the public.

MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS

UNLV SPRING INVITATIONAL -- ROUND ONE

At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas


UNLV 7, NEVADA, RENO 0
DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)

1. Nehles/Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. Jooste/Ericsson (UNR) 8-4 2. Massaro/Salomon (UNLV) def. Leuschner/Sieh (UNR) 8-6 3. Blagojevic/DiMartino (UNLV) def. Popovic/Max Volger (UNR) 8-6

SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS) 1. Henner Nehles (UNLV) def. Adam Jooste (UNR) 6-4, 6-1 2. Aviram Salomon (UNLV) def. Rudi Leuschner (UNR) 6-2, 6-4 3. Romain Massaro (UNLV) def. Milos Popovic (UNR) 6-4, 6-3 4. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. Dani Ericsson (UNR) 7-5, 6-2 5. David DiMartino (UNLV) def. Brandon Sieh (UNR) 6-1, 7-5 6. Marko Blagojevic (UNLV) def. Rafal Stupka (UNR) 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (10-8)

2004 UNLV MEN'S TENNIS INVITATIONAL BRACKET

FRIDAY Oklahoma 7, Weber State 0 New Mexico State 5, Utah State 2 UT-Arlington 7, Idaho State 0 UNLV 7, Nevada, Reno 0

SATURDAY LOSERS' BRACKET 10 am PT Weber State vs. UNR Utah State vs. Idaho State

WINNERS' BRACKET 1:30 pm PT New Mexico State vs. UTA Oklahoma vs. UNLV

SUNDAY Noon Finals Noon 3rd Place 9 a.m. 5th Place 9 a.m. 7th Place

#74 OKLAHOMA 7, WEBER STATE 0 DOUBLES: (OU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT) 1. Ivanov/Long (OU) def. Engelbrecht/Marchant (WSU) 8-4 2. Velicka/Garrison (OU) def. Saberon/Zach Levetan (WSU) 8-2 3. Fukala/Tanasoiu (OU) def. Zach Rideout/Covington (WSU) 8-0

SINGLES: (OU EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS) 1. Alexei Ivanov (OU) def. Jonathan Engelbrecht (WSU) 6-2, 6-2 2. Ondrej Fukala (OU) def. Mathis Saberon (WSU) 6-3, 6-3 3. Marek Velicka (OU) def. Travis Covington (WSU) 6-1, 6-0 4. Tommy Garrison (OU) def. Andrew Corlett (WSU) 6-2, 6-0 5. Silviu Tanasoiu (OU) def. Spencer Marchant (WSU) 6-2, 6-3 6. Lee Gregg (OU) def. Daniel Abeaboro (WSU) 6-3, 6-1

NEW MEXICO STATE 5, UTAH STATE 2 DOUBLES: (NMSU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT) 1. Park/Nelson (USU) def. Archer-Clowes/Beg (NMSU) 8-5 2. Halligan/Avila (NMSU) def. Schenk/Rusekhi (USU) 8-6 3. Zivanovic/Lyon (NMSU) def. Trask/Ryan Bair (USU) 8-5

SINGLES: (NMSU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS) 1. Hungsoon Park (USU) def. Danilo Zivanovic (NMSU) 7-6, 6-1 2. Ben Archer-Clowes (NMSU) def. Roshan Rusekhi (USU) 6-2, 6-4 3. Stjepan Beg (NMSU) def. Jason Trask (USU) 6-4, 6-1 4. Christian Halligan (NMSU) def. Hannes Schenk (USU) 6-0, 6-4 5. Jonah Nelson (USU) def. Luis Avila (NMSU) 6-4, 6-1 6. Tyler Lyon (NMSU) def. Tyler Bastian (USU) 6-2, 6-0

TEXAS-ARLINGTON 7, IDAHO STATE 0 DOUBLES: (UTA EARNS ONE TEAM POINT) 1. McGregor/Buksik (UTA) def. Stoica/Moferdin (ISU) 8-4 2. Corrie/Farquharson (UTA) def. Pijoan/Stavridis (ISU) 8-5 3. Vazquez/Van Renensburg (UTA) def. Okoh/Ruwo (ISU) 8-4

SINGLES: (UTA EARNS SIX TEAM POINTS) 1. David Corrie (UTA) def. Hestian Stoica (ISU) 6-2, 6-3 2. Nathan McGregor (UTA) def. Butch Stavridis (ISU) 6-3, 7-5 3. Sandy Farquharson (UTA) def. Ivan Moferdin (ISU) 6-1, 7-6 4. Niels Buksik (UTA) def. Marc Pijoan (ISU) 6-1, 6-1 5. Ian Vazquez (UTA) def. Masimba Ruwo (ISU) 6-0, 6-1 6. Petri Van Renensburg (UTA) def. Jemre Okoh (ISU) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)