LOS ANGELES (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team played its third Pac-12 Conference power opponent of the season Tuesday afternoon and fell 6-1 to No. 17 UCLA at the LA Tennis Center.
 
The Rebels, continuing to play without their top player Alex Kobelt, fell to 3-6 while the Bruins improved to 4-2.
 
The hosts opened up a 1-0 lead by taking all three doubles matches, including using a 10-8 tiebreaker on court three. In singles play, UCLA took five straight-setters to clinch the victory.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Jordan Sauer dropped the first set to Drew Baird at the second position but then rallied to win two tiebreakers and post his team's only point, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).
 
QUOTABLE: "This was a tough match today against a very good Pac-12 team. Even without fans it was a great atmosphere. We have a couple of areas we can keep improving on as we have a quick turnaround for Friday."
-UNLV Head Coach Owen Hambrook
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV remains in Southern California and takes on San Diego Friday at 10 a.m. PT.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
#17 UCLA 6, UNLV 1
March 2, 2021, Los Angeles
(LA Tennis Center)
 
Singles competition
1. #10 Keegan Smith (UCLA) def. Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) 7-5, 6-4
2. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) def. Drew Baird (UCLA) 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2)
3. Ben Goldberg (UCLA) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
4. #109 Sam Feit (UCLA) def. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 6-2 6-1
5. Roscoe Bellamy (UCLA) def. Clayton Alenik (UNLV) 6-2, 6-2
6. Stefan Leustian (UCLA) def. Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Keegan Smith/Max Wild (UCLA) def. Clayton Alenik/Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) 6-3
2. Drew Baird/Sam Feit (UCLA) def. Jackson Atherton/Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 6-1
3. Bryce Pereira/Connor Rapp (UCLA) def. Milos Dabic/Jordan Sauer (UNLV) 7-6 (10-8)
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,4,5,1,3,2)