March 26, 2014

Box Score

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's tennis team saw its six-match win streak snapped by Stanford in extremely windy conditions Wednesday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels fell to10-8 while the Cardinal improved to 6-2.

UNLV began the day by taking the doubles point in their sixth straight outing. Denys Pume and Ace Matias won 8-5 over Maciek Romanowicz and John Morrissey at the top spot and Dimitar Petrov and Jakob Amilon outlasted Trey Strobel and Jamin Ball 8-6 on court three in the clincher.

In singles play, Stanford won the first two completed matches to take the lead. Amilon then downed Robert Stineman 7-6, 6-1 at No. 6 and Pume got by Daniel Ho 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2 to put the hosts back on top. After the Cardinal got a another win to square things, the match came down to court three where Romanowicz needed two tiebreakers to eventually defeat Tamas Batyi, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).

"Tough loss today in difficult conditions but it was a great college tennis match," UNLV head coach Owen Hambrook said. "I was proud of Tamas (who trailed 5-2 in the second set before rallying) for battling until the very end."

The Rebels will next host Montana on April 2 beginning with doubles at 2 p.m. Admission is free of charge.

Men's Tennis Match ResultsSTANFORD 4, UNLV 3March 26, 2014, at Las Vegas, NV(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
Singles competition 1. John Morrissey (STAN) def. Ace Matias (UNLV) 6-4, 6-12. Denys Pume (UNLV) def. Daniel Ho (STAN) 6-2, 7-53. Maciek Romanowicz (STAN) def. Tamas Batyi (UNLV) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5)4. Trey Strobel (STAN) def. Willie Sublette (UNLV) 7-6 (5), 6-35. Anthony Tsodikov (STAN) def. Dimitar Petrov (UNLV) 6-1, retired6. Jakob Amilon (UNLV) def. Robert Stineman (STAN) 7-6 (3), 6-1
Doubles competition 1. Denys Pume/Ace Matias (UNLV) def. Maciek Romanowicz/John Morrissey (STAN) 8-52. Daniel Ho/Robert Stineman (STAN) def. Willie Sublette/Tamas Batyi (UNLV) 8-13. Dimitar Petrov/Jakob Amilon (UNLV) def. Trey Strobel/Jamin Ball (STAN) 8-6Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,1,6,2,4,3)