Men's Tennis

Lone Rebel Still Alive At Easley Classic

Nov. 4, 2016

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - Host UNLV saw just one of its one of its singles players survive Friday's opening day of the Larry Easley Memorial Classic, which is being played this weekend at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

Playing in Flight Two, Richard Solberg won by default in the first round and then downed David Nguyen of NAU, 6-4, 6-3, to advance. Two other Rebels, Charlie Croxford and Adam Gage-Brown are scheduled to play in the consolation bracket tomorrow.

Action resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday with the first of two rounds of doubles. Admission is free of charge.

Players from six other programs are competing in the individual event: USC, UCLA, Oregon, Portland, NAU and Grand Canyon.

The annual tournament was renamed in 2010 in honor of UNLV Hall of Famer Larry Easley, who passed away from illness in 2005 at the age of 57. Easley coached the UNLV men's tennis team longer than anyone in history and produced sometimes-spectacular results over his dozen seasons from 1993-2002, including producing five All-Americans and two NCAA individual champions.

2016 LARRY EASLEY MEMORIAL CLASSIC At Fertitta Tennis Complex, Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 4
USC=Southern CaliforniaNAU=Northern ArizonaGCU=Grand CanyonOREG=OregonPORT=PortlandUCLA=UCLAUNLV=UNLV
FLIGHT ONEFirst Round Singles
Jake Devine (USC) def. Felix Shumann (NAU) 6-3, 6-2Courtney Lock (UNLV) def. Akihiro Tanaka (OREG) 6-3, 6-4Ruben Alberts (UNLV) def. Lorenzo Fucile (GCU) 6-1, 6-1Joe DiGuillo (UCLA) def. Mike Pervolarakis (PORT) 6-1, 7-6Simon Stevens (OREG) def. Lucas Taylor (NAU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2Austin Rapp (UCLA) def. Evaldo Neto (UNLV) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2Mathieu Garcia (PORT) def. Riley Smith (USC) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2Alex Cozbinov (UNLV) def. Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
FLIGHT ONEQuarterfinal Singles Jake Devine (USC) def. Courtney Lock (UNLV) 7-6, 6-4Joe DiGuillo (UCLA) def. Ruben Alberts (UNLV) 6-3, 6-3Simon Stevens (OREG) def. Austin Rapp (UCLA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4Mathieu Garcia (PORT) def. Alex Cozbinov (UNLV) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
FLIGHT ONEConsolation Singles Akihiro Tanaka (OREG) def. Felix Shumann (NAU) 6-3, 7-5Mike Pervolarakis (PORT) def. Lorenzo Fucile (GCU) 6-7, 6-0, 1-0 (10-6)Lucas Taylor (NAU) def. Evaldo Neto (UNLV) 6-4, 6-3Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU) def. Riley Smith (USC) by default
FLIGHT TWOFirst Round Singles Pierre Garcia (PORT) BYETy Gentry (OREG) def. Valentin Lang (GCU) 7-6 (10), 6-2Michael Guzman (UCLA) def. Kevin Chau (UNLV) 6-3, 6-3Adi Zilberstein (NAU) def. Charlie Croxford (UNLV) 6-3, 7-5Carlos Donat (PORT) def. Justin Cvitanovic (GCU) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3Ethan Young-Smith (OREG) def. Peter Horvath (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0David Nguyen (NAU) def. Adam Gage-Brown (UNLV) 6-3, 6-3Richard Solberg (UNLV) def. Nishanth Yamani (UCLA) by default
FLIGHT TWOQuarterfinal Singles Pierre Garcia (PORT) def. Ty Gentry (OREG) 7-5, 7-6 (7)Michael Guzman (UCLA) def. Adi Zilberstein (NAU) 6-3, 7-6 (6)Carlos Donat (PORT) def. Ethan Young-Smith (OREG) 6-4, 7-5Richard Solberg (UNLV) def. David Nguyen (NAU) by default
FLIGHT TWOConsolation Singles Valentin Lang (GCU) byeCharlie Croxford (UNLV) def. Kevin Chau (UNLV) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6) Justin Cvitanovic (GCU) def. Peter Horvath (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0Adam Gage-Brown (UNLV) def. Nishanth Yamani (UCLA) by default
FLIGHT ONEFirst Round Doubles Smith/Devine (USC) BYELang/Cvitanovic (GCU) def. Gage-Brown/Solberg (UNLV) 8-3Pervolarakis/Garcia (PORT) def. Guzman/Yamani (UCLA) by defaultStevens/Tanaka (OREG) def. Zilberstein/Schumann (NAU) 8-2Taylor/Nguyen (NAU) def. Lock/Neto (UNLV) 8-7 (12)Garcia/Donat (PORT) def. Fucile/Rajoanah (GCU) 8-5Young-Smith (OREG) def. Cozbinov/Alberts (NAU) 8-5DiGuilio/Rapp (UCLA) def. Horvath/Chau (UNLV) 8-1
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Players Mentioned

Kevin Chau

Kevin Chau

5' 8"
Freshman
1L
Courtney Lock

Courtney Lock

6' 4"
Junior
1L
Peter Horvath

Peter Horvath

5' 9"
Freshman
1L
Evaldo Neto

Evaldo Neto

6' 1"
Freshman
2L
Richard Solberg

Richard Solberg

6' 2"
Freshman
2L
Ruben Alberts

Ruben Alberts

5' 10"
Freshman
3L
Adam Gage-Brown

Adam Gage-Brown

6' 2"
Freshman
HS

Players Mentioned

Kevin Chau

Kevin Chau

5' 8"
Freshman
1L
Courtney Lock

Courtney Lock

6' 4"
Junior
1L
Peter Horvath

Peter Horvath

5' 9"
Freshman
1L
Evaldo Neto

Evaldo Neto

6' 1"
Freshman
2L
Richard Solberg

Richard Solberg

6' 2"
Freshman
2L
Ruben Alberts

Ruben Alberts

5' 10"
Freshman
3L
Adam Gage-Brown

Adam Gage-Brown

6' 2"
Freshman
HS