March 12, 2010

Box Score

LAS VEGAS - The 56th-ranked UNLV men's tennis team won its third straight match, 6-1, over Ball State in the opening of a doubleheader Friday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels, who will close the day by taking on Weber State, improved to 8-6 overall while the Cardinals fell to 9-4.

The morning started with the hosts sweeping three doubles matches for one team point. Mehdi Bouras and Luca Barlocchi won 8-6 at the top position while Johannes Markel and Bernard Schoeman emerged victorious from a tiebraker, 8-7, on court two and Kasper Konyves and Attila Toth won 8-5 on court three.

In singles, UNLV won three straight-setters to clinch it and then took two super-tiebreakers for their final points.

Barlocchi won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2; Toth won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4 and Konyves won 6-4, 6-4 on court six. Markel prevailed 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5) at No. 3 and Charlie Alvardo outlasted his opponent 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (15-13) at the fifth position.

Men's Tennis Match ResultsMarch 12, 2010, at Las Vegas(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
#56 UNLV 6, Ball State 1
Singles competition1. Eduardo Pavia (BSU) def. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) 6-3, 7-62. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Cliff Morrison (BSU) 6-4, 6-13. Johannes Markel (UNLV) def. Andres Monroy (BSU) 7-6, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)4. Attila Toth (UNLV) def. Alex Brym (BSU) 6-2, 6-45. Charlie Alvarado (UNLV) def. Dalton Albertin (BSU) 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (15-13)6. Kasper Konyves (UNLV) def. Shaun Bussert (BSU) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition1. Bouras/Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Pavia/Albertin (BSU) 8-62. Markel/Bernard Schoeman (UNLV) def. Zane Smith/Monroy (BSU) 8-7 (7-4)3. Konyves/Toth (UNLV) def. Morrison/Derek Carpenter (BSU) 8-5