April 2, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY - The 65th-ranked UNLV men's tennis team was swept in doubles play and couldn't come all the way back in a 4-3 defeat playing indoors at No. 54 Utah on Thursday.

The Rebels fell to 12-9 overall and 1-2 in Mountain West Conference play while the Utes improved to 13-6 and 1-0.

Utah opened a 1-0 lead after taking all three doubles matches. UNLV fought back to go ahead 3-2 after getting three points in singles: senior Elliot Wronski won at the top of the lineup, 6-1, 6-3 over Wes Hancock; Luca Barlocchi won 7-6, 6-2 over Benito Suriano at No. 3; and Attila Toth got by Jason Smits 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 on court five.

The Rebels, however, could not pull out either of the remaining two matches. Mehdi Bouras was nipped 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 by Phillip Eilers at No. 2 and then senior Wesley Burrows fell in the clincher to John Taylor at the fourth position, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

Next up, UNLV looks to rebound when it faces No. 50 TCU on Friday in Salt Lake City.

UNLV MEN'S TENNIS RESULTS#54 UTAH 4, #65 UNLV 3At Eccles Indoor Tennis Center, Salt Lake City
Singles1. Eilliot Wronski (UNLV) def. Wes Hancock (UU) 6-1, 6-32. Phillip Eilers (UU) def. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) 6-3, 5-7, 7-53. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Benito Suriano (UU) 7-6, 6-24. John Taylor (UU) def. Wesley Burrows (UNLV) 6-7, 6-3, 6-45. Attila Toth (UNLV) def. Jason Smits (UU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-26. Timmy Allin (UU) def. Nikolaj Wulff (UNLV) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles1. Hancock/Eilers (UU) def. #79 Barlocchi/Wronski (UNLV) 8-32. Taylor/Allin (UU) def. Toth/Wulff (UNLV) 8-43. Stephen Jacobs/Suriano (UU) def. Bouras/Burrows (UNLV) 8-6