March 13, 2010

Box Score

LAS VEGAS - The 56th-ranked UNLV men's tennis team improved its home record to 9-3 this season with a 6-1 victory over Weber State on Friday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels, who also defeated Ball State by the same score earlier in the day, improved to 9-6 overall while the Wildcats fell to 5-10.

The afternoon started with the hosts taking two of three doubles matches for one team point. Mehdi Bouras and Luca Barlocchi won 8-4 at the top position while Johannes Markel and Bernard Schoeman prevailed 8-5 on court two.

In singles, Bouras won a battle over Simon Unger at the top of the lineup, 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6); Barlocchi won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2; Markel won 7-6, 6-2 at No. 3; Schoeman won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 and Charlie Alvarado breezed on court six 6-3, 6-1.

Men's Tennis Match ResultsMarch 12, 2010, at Las Vegas(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
#56 UNLV 6, Weber State 1
Singles competition1. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) def. Simon Unger (WEBER) 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (10-6)2. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Henning Hipp (WEBER) 6-4, 6-23. Johannes Markel (UNLV) def. Sascha Kiehne (WEBER) 7-6, 6-24. Spencer Marchant (WEBER) def. Matthew Kunkel (UNLV) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)5. Bernard Schoeman (UNLV) def. Cole Paterson (WEBER) 6-3, 6-46. Charlie Alvarado (UNLV) def. Dave Hintze (WEBER) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition1. Bouras/Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Kiehne/Unger (WEBER) 8-42. Markel/Schoeman (UNLV) def. Hipp/Hintze (WEBER) 8-53. Paterson/Marchant (WEBER) def. Konyves/Toth (UNLV) 8-6