March 16, 2011

Box Score

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (UNLVRebels.com) - The 48th-ranked UNLV men's tennis team lost to No. 18 Texas Tech for the second time this season, this time 7-0 in a neutral-site setting at the Estes Tennis Center in New Mexico Saturday.

The Rebels fell to 12-7.

UNLV lost the opening the doubles point despite picking up an upset win at the top of the lineup. That's where Mehdi Bouras and Bernard Schoeman, ranked 58th, upended No. 21 Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia 8-6.

Moving to singles play, Bouras, ranked 66th in the nation, fell to No. 20 Gonzalo Escobar as part of four TTU sweeps. The Red Raiders also took a pair of three-set super-tiebreakers to complete the shutout.

Next up, the Rebels will return to Mountain West Conference play on Sunday when they face New Mexico starting at noon.

Men's Tennis Match Results#18 TEXAS TECH 7, #48 UNLV 0March 12, 2011 at Albuquerque, NM(Linda Estes Tennis Complex)
Singles competition1. #20 Gonzalo Escobar (TXTECH) def. #66 Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) 6-4, 6-32. #25 Raony Carvalho (TXTECH) def. Johannes Markel (UNLV) 6-4, 6-43. Rafael Garcia (TXTECH) def. Tamas Batyi (UNLV) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)4. Vitor Manzini (TXTECH) def. Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) 6-2, 6-15. G. Wanderely (TXTECH) def. Bernard Schoeman (UNLV) 6-1, 6-36. Raphael Pfister (TXTECH) def. Alex Bull (UNLV) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5)
Doubles competition 1. #58 Mehdi Bouras/Bernard Schoeman (UNLV) def. #21 Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia (TXTECH) 8-62. #44 Gonzalo Escobar/Vitor Manzini (TXTECH) def. Alex Bull/Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) 8-63. David Gonzalez/Raphael Pfister (TXTECH) def. Kasper Konyves/Johannes Markel (UNLV) 8-5