March 24, 2006

LAS VEGAS - Southern California improved to 12-0 all-time vs. UNLV in men's tennis after posting a late-night 5-2 win at Marks Stadium Friday.

The 61st-ranked Rebels had their four-match winning streak snapped and fell to 11-4 while the 53rd-ranked Trojans broke their four-match losing skid to improve to 7-8.

Despite UNLV getting a doubles win on court two courtesy of Elliot Wronski and Brett Hunter, USC won the other two matches to earn the team point and take a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, the Rebels scored their points with impressive straight-set victories from freshman Wronski, who downed Adam Louks 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3, and sophomore Jonathan Hooper, who swept Garrett Snyder 6-3, 6-2 at the sixth position. One other match moved to a third set but Hunter lost 10-6 in a super-tiebreaker.

The Rebels now move into Mountain West Conference play by hosting Air Force on March 31 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#53 USC 5, #61 UNLV 2At Marks Tennis Stadium, Los Angeles

DOUBLES: (USC EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. #45 Al-Agba/Cvetkovic (USC) def.Kielbowicz/David Campbell (UNLV) 8-22. Wronski/Hunter (UNLV) def.Loucks/Snyder (USC) 8-53. Kazarian/Livingston (USC) def.Massaro/Burrows (UNLV) 8-3
SINGLES: (USC EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #88 Jamil Al-Agba (USC) def. Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) 6-4, 6-02. Dejan Cvetkovic (USC) def. Romain Massaro (UNLV) 6-3, 6-23. Elliot Wronski (UNLV) def. Adam Louks (USC) 6-4, 6-44. Chong Wang (USC) def. Brett Hunter (UNLV) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)5. Jeff Kazarian (USC) def. Wesley Burrows (UNLV) 6-2, 6-36. Jonathan Hooper (UNLV) def. Garrett Snyder (USC) 6-3, 6-2