Feb. 12, 2005
LAS VEGAS - With the skies clearing here Saturday morning, the first round of the annual UNLV Men's Tennis Spring Invitational was played one day late at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
To make up for Friday's postponement caused by bad weather, a second round will be played late Saturday, with the finals taking place at their scheduled time on Sunday.
All matches Saturday began with singles play and ended when one team reached four points.
Host UNLV won its third straight match with a 4-1 final over Utah State in first-round action. The Rebels improved to 4-2 while the Aggies fell to 2-6.
UNLV took four of five singles matches in straight sets to clinch the victory.
Winning for the Rebels were 38th-ranked Henner Nehles at the top spot, Joel Kielbowicz at No. 2, Jonathan Hooper at No. 4 and David Campbell at No. 6 in his collegiate debut. Romain Massaro's match at No. 3 was halted with him leading in the second set. Regular Rebel starter Aviram Salomon, ranked 100th nationally, sat out the match.
UNLV will play San Francisco in the semifinal round after the Dons rallied past New Mexico State 4-3. On the other side of the draw, Southern Miss eased by Idaho State 4-0 and 72nd-ranked Denver got by Cal Poly 4-3.
UNLV MEN'S TENNIS SPRING INVITATIONALAt Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las VegasFeb. 11-13, 2005
FRIDAY:Postponed because of rain
SATURDAY:Southern Mississippi 4, Idaho State 0#72 Denver 4, Cal Poly 3
San Francisco 4, New Mexico State 3UNLV 4, Utah State 1
SATURDAY:TBD LOSERS BRACKET Idaho State vs. Cal Poly New Mexico State vs. Utah State
TBD WINNERS BRACKET Southern Miss vs. #72 Denver UNLV vs. San Francisco
SUNDAY: TENTATIVE TIMESNoon FinalNoon 3rd Place
9 a.m. 5th Place9 a.m. 7th Place
UNLV 4, UTAH STATE 1DOUBLES:CanceledSINGLES: (UNLV EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #38 Henner Nehles (UNLV) def. Joao Pinho (USU) 6-1, 6-12. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. Hannes Schenk (USU) 6-0, 6-43. Romain Massaro (UNLV) vs. Roshan Rasekhi (USU) 7-5, 2-2 DNF4. Jonathan Hooper (UNLV) def. Jonas Tyden (USU) 6-3, 6-15. Brad Ferguson (USU) def. Martin Redelinghuys (UNLV) 6-2, 6-36. David Campbell (UNLV) def. Dantley Young (USU) 6-3, 6-4
SAN FRANCISCO 4, NEW MEXICO STATE 3DOUBLES: (USF EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Kienle/Pires de Almeida (USF) def. Zivanovic/Avila (NMSU) 8-62. Beg/Williams (NMSU) def. Hogan/Andrew Bertolina (USF) 8-63. Rodriguez/Corazza (USF) def. Halligan/Pfeifer (NMSU) 8-6SINGLES: (USF EARNS THREE TEAM POINTS)1. Timo Kienle (USF) def. Danilo Zivanovic (NMSU) 6-1, 6-42. Jorge Williams (NMSU) def. Andrew Hogan (USF) 6-4, 7-53. Luis Avila (NMSU) def. Pablo Pires de Almeida (USF) 6-3, 6-44. Stjepan Beg (NMSU) def. Fernando Rodriguez (USF) 6-3, 6-35. Falco Huttenberger (USF) def. Christian Halligan (NMSU) 7-5, 6-06. Rafael Corazza (USF) def. Jeff Pfeifer (NMSU) 6-2, 6-3
#72 DENVER 4, CAL POLY 3DOUBLES: (DU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Holmstrom/Persson (DU) def. Crawford/Jones (CP) 8-32. Zetterholm/Rosen (DU) vs. Van Linge/Dewitte (CP) DNF3. Flaks/Tan (DU) def. Baca/Elbert (CP) 9-7SINGLES: (DU EARNS THREE TEAM POINTS)1. Adam Holmstrom (DU) def. Matt Baca (CP) 6-2, 6-12. Viktor Zetterholm (DU) def. David Jones (CP) 6-4, 6-23. Fred Dewitte (CP) Niklas Persson (DU) 4-6, 7-6, 6-44. Jason Tan (CP) def. Brett Van Linge (DU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-15. Travis Crawford (CP) def. Kalle Rosen (DU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-26. Steve Flaks (DU) def. Adrian Mardyks (CP) 7-6, 6-3
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 4, IDAHO STATE 0DOUBLES:CanceledSINGLES: (USM EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #98 David Canudas (USM) def. Ivan Moferdin (ISU) 6-1, 6-42. Mark Lux (USM) vs. Marc Pijoan (ISU) DNF3. Chris Rea (USM) def. Pablo Garces (ISU) 7-5, 6-44. Juan Garzon (USM) vs. Masimba Ruwo (ISU) DNF5. Reid Bourgeois (USM) def. Jemre Okoh (ISU) 6-3, 6-36. Dylan Mezey (USM) def. Ryo Sakamoto (ISU) 6-1, 6-1
