TEMPE, Arizona (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team played its fourth Pac-12 Conference power opponent of the season Sunday afternoon and fell 7-0 to No. 17 Arizona State at the Whiteman Tennis Center.
 
The Rebels, continuing to play without their top player Alex Kobelt, fell to 3-8 while the Sun Devils improved to 12-3.
 
The hosts opened up a 1-0 lead by taking the first two completed doubles matches and then took five of the six singles matches in straight sets. Only Anton Ornberg got to a third stanza for UNLV but ultimately fell to George Stoupe on court four in a super-tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9).
 
QUOTABLE: "Even though the doubles point didn't go our way, we competed well there. We had some positives in singles play but overall, ASU was just too good today."
-UNLV Head Coach Owen Hambrook
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: After three straight road matches, UNLV hosts BYU on Saturday starting with doubles play at 11 a.m.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
#17 ARIZONA STATE 7, UNLV 0
March 14, 2021, Temps, AZ
(Whiteman Tennis Center)
 
Singles competition
1. Nathan Ponwith (ASU) def. Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1
2. Makey Rakotomalala (ASU) def. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) 6-1, 6-3
3. Andrea Bolla (ASU) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 6-3, 6-2
4. George Stoupe (ASU) def. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)
5. Jonah Wilson (ASU) def. Clayton Alenik (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1
6. Spencer Brachman (ASU) def. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 6-4, 7-5
 
Doubles competition
1. Nathan Ponwith/George Stoupe (ASU) vs. Eric Samuelsson/Clayton Alenik (UNLV) 5-5, unfinished
2. Tim Ruehl/Makey Rakotomalala (ASU) def. Anton Ornberg/Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-4
3. Andrea Bolla/Moritz Hoffmann (ASU) def. Milos Dabic/Jordan Sauer (UNLV) 6-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,3,2,5,4,6)