SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team played a non-conference opponent on the road in the state of California for the fifth and final time this season Saturday afternoon, falling 6-1 to UC Santa Barbara.
 
The Rebels, continuing to play without their top player Alex Kobelt, fell to 4-9 while the Gauchos improved to 2-3.
 
The hosts won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead. In singles play, UCSB picked up four straight-set wins to clinch it.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Jordan Sauer supplied his team with its only point by downing Stefano Tsorotiotis on court two, 6-0, 6-2.
 
QUOTABLE: "Another tough match on the road that had some positives. We need to get back home and get healthy and get ready for league play after our last nonconference match early in the week."
-UNLV Head Coach Owen Hambrook
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will complete its non-conference schedule by hosting a doubleheader vs. UC Riverside on Tuesday.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
UCSB 6, UNLV 1
March 27, 2021, Santa Barbara, CA
(Recreation Center Courts)
 
Singles competition
1. Guillin, Joseph (UCSB) def. Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) 6-2, 6-4
2. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) def. Tsorotiotis, Stefano (UCSB) 6-0, 6-2
3. Krustev, Victor (UCSB) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 6-2, 6-0
4. Vedri, Alejandro (UCSB) def. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
5. Masjuan, Pablo (UCSB) def. Clayton Alenik (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0
6. Brady, Kai (UCSB) def. Zach Garner (UNLV) 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Tsorotiotis, Stefano/Vedri, Alejandro (UCSB) def. Eric Samuelsson/Clayton Alenik (UNLV) 6-2
2. Rotheram, Joseph/Krustev, Victor (UCSB) def. Jordan Sauer/Milos Dabic (UNLV) 7-6
3. Guillin, Joseph/Brady, Kai (UCSB) def. Anton Ornberg/Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,2,3,6,1,4)