March 4, 2011

Box Score

DENVER (UNLVRebels.com) - A winter storm rolled into Colorado and pushed the UNLV men's tennis match vs. Denver into a late-night indoors affair. No problem for the red-hot Rebels as they dominated singles play en route to a 5-2 victory over the Pioneers at the Colorado Athletic Club.

UNLV, ranked 44th in the nation, improved to 11-5 while DU, which was ranked 48 just a week ago, fell to 2-8 overall.

Denver opened the match by winning two of three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead. The one victorious Rebel duo came on court three where Rene Ruegamer and Alex Bull won 8-3 over Alex Clinkenbeard and Varun Gunaseelan.

It was a different story in singles, however, as the visitors took over. Winning in straight sets was Tamas Batyi, 6-4, 6-2 over Jens Vorkefield at No. 3; Ruegamer, 7-6, 6-2 over Andrew Landwerlen at No. 4; Bull, 7-6, 6-4 over Clinkenbeard at No. 5; and Charlie Alvarado, 6-2, 6-4 over Angel Alvarez on court six. Senior star Mehdi Bouras, ranked 66th, then closed it out in three sets over Yannick Weihs at the top of the lineup, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3.

The Rebels will stay in Denver to take on Nebraska on Saturday.

Men's Tennis Match Results#44 UNLV 5, DENVER 2March 4, 2011 at Denver(Colorado Athletic Club-Inverness)
Singles competition 1. #66 Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) def. Yannick Weihs (DU) 6-2, 6-7, 6-32. #54 Enej Bonin (DU) def. Johannes Markel (UNLV) 6-4, 6-33. Tamas Batyi (UNLV) def. Jens Vorkefield (DU) 6-4, 6-24. Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) def. Andrew Landwerlen (DU) 7-6, 6-25. Alex Bull (UNLV) def. Alex Clinkenbeard (DU) 7-6, 6-46. Charlie Alvarado (UNLV) def. Angel Alvarez (DU) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition 1. Jens Vorkefield/Andrew Landwerlen (DU) def. #58 Mehdi Bouras/Bernard Schoeman (UNLV) 8-42. Yannick Weihs/Enej Bonin (DU) def. Kasper Konyves/Tamas Batyi (UNLV) 8-33. Rene Ruegamer/Alex Bull (UNLV) def. Alex Clinkenbeard/Varun Gunaseelan (DU) 8-3