BOISE, Idaho -- The UNLV men's tennis team opened play at the Boise State Invitational by defeating Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 7-0 Thursday. It marked UNLV's third straight victory.

The Rebels improved to 8-4 overall by winning their first match away from home this year, while the Mustangs dropped to 10-7.

UNLV started the day by taking two out of the three doubles matches for one team point.

In singles play for the Rebels, 77th-ranked Henner Nehles won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 1 position. Romain Massaro playing in the No. 2 spot for UNLV defeated his opponent 6-4, 6-3. Avi Salomon at No. 3, Joel Kielbowicz at No. 4 and David DiMartino at the No. 5 position all won in straight sets. Marko Blajogevic played at the No. 6 spot and won in three sets 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

The Rebels move into the winner's bracket and will continue play on Friday. The tournament concludes Saturday.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTSUNLV 7, CAL POLY-SLO 0At Boise, ID
DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Nehles/Kielbowicz (UNLV) def.Jones/Baca (CP) 8-42. Carwoford/Van Linge (CP) def.Massaro/Salomon (UNLV)  8-63. DiMartino/Blagojevic (UNLV) def. Kent/Diefenbach (CP)8-2

SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS 6 TEAM POINTS)1. Henner Nehles (UNLV)def. Matt Baca (CP)      6-4, 6-42. Romain Massaro (UNLV)def.Davey Jones (CP)       6-4, 6-33. Aviram Salomon (UNLV)def.Brian Kent (CP)        6-2, 7-6 (7-4)4. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV)def.Stacy Meronoff (CP)  6-4, 6-15. David DiMartino (UNLV)def.Andrew Diefenbach (CP) 6-1, 6-36. Marko Blagojevic (UNLV) def. Adrien Mardyks (CP)  6-4, 2-6, 6-4