Feb. 13, 2005

LAS VEGAS - UNLV rallied to claim the doubles point and then used that momentum to defeat 72nd-ranked Denver 4-0 and win the UNLV Men's Tennis Spring Invitational at the Fertitta Tennis Complex Sunday.

The Rebels, who took their own tournament's title for the first time since 2002, won their sixth consecutive match to improve to 6-2 while the Pioneers fell to 6-2.

DU led on all three doubles courts to begin the morning but UNLV's No. 3 duo of Jonathan Hooper and Martin Redelinghuys came back to win 8-5. Then the No. 1 team of Henner Nehles and Aviram Salomon won a tiebreaker to clinch the doubles point 9-8 and improve the senior duo's record to 10-0 this season. The second match was then halted.

In singles play, Nehles, ranked 38th, made quick work of Adam Holmstrom at the top position, 6-2, 6-3. Jonathan Hooper on No. 5 and David Campbell at No. 6, both freshmen, also won in straight sets to secure the team victory as the remaining three single matches were halted.

"I am extremely proud of this team for not losing focus and getting the job done over a tough Denver squad," UNLV head coach Owen Hambrook said. "We were down early in doubles and all three teams fought back. That really carried over into singles. Henner Nehles was especially impressive with his performance in singles over a quality opponent."

UNLV next hosts No. 50 Oklahoma on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m.

In other action Sunday, Southern Miss shut out San Francisco 4-0 in the third-place match while New Mexico State defeated Idaho State for fifth place and Cal Poly blanked Utah State to salvage seventh place.

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 3San Francisco 4, New Mexico State 3UNLV 4, Utah State 1
SATURDAY:LOSERS BRACKETIdaho State 4, Cal Poly 3New Mexico State 4, Utah State 2
WINNERS BRACKET#72 Denver 4, Southern Miss 2UNLV 4, San Francisco 0
SUNDAY:Final        UNLV 4, #72 Denver 03rd Place    Southern Miss 4, San Francisco 05th Place    New Mexico State 4, Idaho State 17th Place    Cal Poly 4, Utah State 0
FINAL STANDINGS1st UNLV (3-0)2nd Denver (2-1)3rd Southern Miss (2-1)4th San Francisco (1-2)5th New Mexico State (2-1)6th Idaho State (1-2)7th Cal Poly (1-2)8th Utah State (0-3)
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHFeb. 13, 2005UNLV 4, #72 DENVER 0
DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Nehles/Salomon (UNLV) def. Holmstrom/Persson (DU) 9-8 (3)2. Kielbowicz/Campbell (UNLV) vs. Zetterholm/Rosen (DU) DNF3. Hooper/Martin Redelinghuys (UNLV) def. Flaks/Tan (DU) 8-5SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS THREEE TEAM POINTS)1. #38 Henner Nehles (UNLV) def. Adam Holmstrom (DU) 6-2, 6-32. #100 Aviram Salomon (UNLV) vs. Viktor Zetterholm (DU) DNF3. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) vs. Niklas Persson (DU) DNF4. Romain Massaro (UNLV) vs. Jason Tan (DU) DNF5. Jonathan Hooper (UNLV) def. Kalle Rosen (DU) 6-2, 6-26. David Campbell (UNLV) def. Steve Flaks (DU) 6-4, 6-2
NOTE: OTHER INDIVIDUAL MATCH RESULTS NOT AVAILABLE FROM SUNDAY
LATE SATURDAY RESULTS
WINNERS BRACKET SEMIFINALSSATURDAY, FEB. 12, 2005
UNLV 4, SAN FRANCISCO 0DOUBLES:CanceledSINGLES: (UNLV EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #38 Henner Nehles (UNLV) def. Timo Kienle (USF) 7-5, 6-12. Aviram Salomon (UNLV) vs. Pablo Pires de Almeida (USF) DNF3. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. Falco Huttenberger (USF) 6-2, 6-44. Romain Massaro (UNLV) def. Fernando Rodriguez (USF) 6-2, 6-45. Jonathan Hooper (UNLV) def. Rafael Corazza (USF) DNF6. David Campbell (UNLV) def. Andrew Bertolina (USF) 6-1, 6-3
#72 DENVER 4, SOUTHERN MISS 2DOUBLES:CanceledSINGLES: (DU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. Adam Holmstrom (DU) def. #98 David Canudas (USM) 7-5, 6-7, 6-32. Viktor Zetterholm (DU) def. Chris Rea (USM) 6-4, 6-33. Niklas Persson (DU) def. Mark Lux (USM) 7-5, 4-6, 6-34. Jason Tan (DU) def. Juan Garzon (USM) 7-6, 6-05. Reid Bourgeois (USM) def. Kalle Rosen (DU) 6-1, 6-16. Dylan Mezey (USM) def. Steve Flaks (DU) 6-3, 6-3
LOSERS BRACKET SEMIFINALSSATURDAY, FEB. 12, 2005
NEW MEXICO STATE 4, UTAH STATE 2DOUBLES:CanceledSINGLES: (NMSU EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. Danilo Zivanovic (NMSU) def. Joao Pinho (USU) 6-3, 6-32. Hannes Schenk (USU) def. Jorge Williams (NMSU) 7-5, 6-33. Luis Avila (NMSU) def. Roshan Rasekhi (USU) 6-1, 6-24. Stjepan Beg (NMSU) def. def. Jonas Tyden (USU) 6-3, 6-15. Brad Ferguson (USU) def. Jeff Pfeifer (NMSU) 6-1, 6-16. Christian Halligan (NMSU) def. Dantley Young (USU) 7-6, 6-2
IDAHO STATE 4, CAL POLY 3DOUBLES: (ISU EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Jones/Crawford (CP) def. Moferdin/Pijoan (ISU) 8-42. Okoh/Ruwo (ISU) def. Brett Van Linge/Dewitte (CP) 9-83. Garces/Sakamoto (ISU) def. Baca/Aaron Elbert (CP) 9-7SINGLES: (ISU EARNS THREE TEAM POINTS)1. Ivan Moferdin (ISU) def. Matt Baca (CP) 6-3, 6-42. Fred Dewitte (CP) def. Marc Pijoan (ISU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-03. Pablo Garces (ISU) def. David Jones (CP) 7-6, 6-14. Travis Crawford (CP) def. Masimba Ruwo (ISU) 7-5, 6-35. Jemre Okoh (ISU) def. Adrian Mardyks (CP) 7-5, 6-46. Brody Saunders (CP) def. Ryo Sakamoto (ISU) 6-1, 6-3