March 16, 2009

SAN DIEGO - The 59th-ranked UNLV men's tennis team got points from the middle of its singles lineup but it was not enough as No. 27 Minnesota won 5-2 in a neutral-site match played Monday on the campus of San Diego State.

With the loss, the Rebels dropped to 10-7 overall.

A close doubles contest started things but UNLV could only come away with one of three matches as Elliot Wronski and Wesley Burrows downed 80th-ranked Ishay Hadash and Phillip Arndt 8-6.

In singles play, Burrows outlasted Sebastian Gallego at the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, and Luca Barlocchi won 6-4, 6-1 over Julian Dehn on court four.

UNLV is off until closing its non-conference and home schedules by hosting Idaho State on March 24 for Senior Day starting at 9 a.m. Admission is free of charge.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#27 MINNESOTA 5, #59 UNLV 2At Aztec Tennis Center, San Diego
DOUBLES -- (MINN EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)1. Wronski/Barlocchi (UNLV) def. #80 Hadash/Arndt (MINN) 8-62. Gallego/Dehn (MINN) def. Bouras /Toth (UNLV) 8-43. Wernet/Bilankov (MINN) def. Bryan Miller/Burrows (UNLV) 8-5
SINGLES -- (MINN EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)1. #48 Ishay Hadash (MINN) def. Elliot Wronski (UNLV) 7-6, 6-22. Tobias Wernet (MINN) def. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) 6-2, 6-33. Wesley Burrows (UNLV) def. Sebastian Gallego (MINN) 6-4, 3-6, 7-54. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Julian Dehn (MINN) 6-4, 6-15. Dino Bilankov (MINN) def. Attila Toth (UNLV) 6-2, 6-36. Michael Sicora (MINN) def. Nikolaj Wulff (UNLV) 6-1, 6-3