LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team improved to 8-0 at home this season with a 5-2 win over Illinois State Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Rebels snapped a two-match losing skid to improve to 9-3 overall while the Redbirds saw their six-match winning streak end in falling to 11-4.
 
The hosts opened play by taking the first two completed doubles matches for a 1-0 lead. In singles, UNLV earned four straight-set wins to clinch it while ISU won a pair of super-tiebreakers for its points.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Eric Samuelsson teamed with Clayton Alenik for a win at the top doubles position and then knocked off Diego Le Gal Perez, 6-3, 6-2, at the third spot of singles.
 
NET NOTES: The Rebels continue to show off their impressive depth as the bottom of the lineup is undefeated in dual matches. Sophomore Alenik's win made him 9-0 (13-5 overall) while freshman Tom Ciszewski's victory bumped him to 8-0 (11-2 overall).
 
QUOTABLE: "Illinois State fought hard today and this was a good match for us to get ready for a big Mountain West meeting with Utah State later this week."
-UNLV Head Coach Owen Hambrook
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will play their first Mountain West opponent of the season when they host Utah State on Friday starting at 4 p.m. Admission is free of charge.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 5, ILLINOIS STATE 2
March 12, 2019, at Las Vegas, NV
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
 
 Singles competition 
1. Igor Kolaric (ILS) def. Richard Solberg (UNLV) 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
2. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) def. Diego Le Gal Perez (ILS) 6-3, 6-2
3. Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) def. Pol Rius Botifoll (ILS) 7-6, 6-4
4. Jorge Quispe (ILS) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 7-5, 6-7, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Clayton Alenik (UNLV) def. Aleksa Lazarevic (ILS) 6-2, 6-4
6. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) def. Egehan Sertkaya (ILS) 6-2, 6-0
 
 Doubles competition 
1. Eric Samuelsson/Clayton Alenik (UNLV) def. Egehan Sertkaya/Aleksa Lazarevic (ILS) 6-4
2. Jordan Sauer/Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) def. Igor Kolaric/Jorge Quispe (ILS) 6-3
3. Milos Dabic/Richard Solberg (UNLV) vs. Cameron Petersen/Brandon Lew (ILS) 4-3, unfinished
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (6,2,5,3,1,4)