March 26, 2004

BOISE, Idaho - The UNLV men's tennis team's three-game winning streak came to an end at the Boise State Invitational as they fell to the host Boise State 6-1 on Friday.

The Rebels drop to 8-5 overall, losing their third game on the road this year.

The Broncos started the day by taking all three hard-fought doubles matches away from the Rebels.

In singles play for the Rebels, #77 ranked Henner Nehles fell in straight sets on court No.1 6-3, 6-4. Teammate Romain Massaro played in the No. 3 slot, dropping both of his sets 6-3, 6-1, while David DiMartino came up short losing at the No. 5 court 7-6, 6-4.

Avi Salomon came up with the only point for the Rebels, winning on No. 2 7-4, 7-6. Joel Kielbowicz played at the No. 4 slot, opening up the first set winning 6-1 but dropping the final two sets 6-1, 6-2. Marko Blajogevic played at the No. 6 spot, and lost in three set 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

The Rebels will face Cornell at 4:00 p.m. on the final day of the tournament on Saturday.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTSBSU 6, UNLV 1At Boise, ID
DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1.Schoeck/Vaughan (BSU) def. Nehles/Kielbowicz (UNLV)       9-72.Bouvier/Ludlow (BSU) def. Massaro/Salomon (UNLV)      8-33.Klemann/Roghaar (BSU) def. DiMartino/Blagojevic (UNLV)    9-8

SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS 6 TEAM POINTS)1. Guillaume Bouvier (BSU) def. Henner Nehles (UNLV)        6-3, 6-42. Aviram Salomon (UNLV) def. Thomas Schoeck (BSU)     7-4, 7-63. Mahmoud Rezk (BSU) def. Romain Massaro (UNLV)                6-3, 6-14. Matias Silva def. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV)           1-6, 6-1, 6-25. James Ludlow def. David DiMartino (UNLV)              7-6, 6-46. Ehren Vaughan def. Marko Blagojevic (UNLV)            6-2, 4-6, 7-5