Feb. 21, 2009

LAS VEGAS - The 73rd-ranked UNLV men's tennis team downed UC Riverside 6-1 in the first of two matches for the Rebels on Saturday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Against the Highlanders, UNLV won all three doubles matches to earn a 1-0 lead. No. 46 Elliot Wronski and Luca Barlocchi won 9-7 at the top spot, Wesley Burrows and Bryan Miller won 8-5 at the second position and Matthew Kunkel and Nikolaj Wulff used a tiebreaker to win 8-7 on court three.

In singles play, the Rebels won in straight sets on five of six courts. Earning those points were 98th-ranked Wronski, Mehdi Bouras, Barlocchi, Burrows and Attila Toth.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#73 UNLV 6, UC RIVERSIDE 1At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas
Singles1. #98 Eilliot Wronski (UNLV) def. Felix Macherez (UCR) 6-3, 6-42. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) def. John Park (UCR) 6-2, 6-23. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Quoc Doan (UCR) 6-1, 3-0, retired4. Wesley Burrows (UNLV) def. Raineir Matias (UCR) 6-1, 6-15. Austin Andres (UCR) def. Nikolaj Wulff (UNLV) 6-4, 3-6, 1-06. Attila Toth (UNLV) def. Michael Conroy (UCR) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles1. Barlocchi/Wronski (UNLV) def. Macherez/Doan (UCR) 9-72. Bryan Miller/Burrows (UNLV) def. Yi Chai/Park (UCR) 8-53. Matthew Kunkel/Wulff (UNLV) def. Matias/Sean Peterson (UCR) 8-7