PROVO, Utah (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV has two doubles teams alive after Tuesday's first day of action at the 2021 ITA Mountain Region Men's Championships being held at the BYU outdoor tennis courts.
 
Zach Garner and Tom Ciszewski teamed up for an 8-5 win over Boise State's Caden Moortgat and Jesse Haas in the first round while Jordan Sauer and Jackson Atherton enjoyed a bye to tomorrow's Round of 32.
 
In singles play, only Garner won his first-round match in the Round of 128 but he was then ousted later in the day, as was the 18^th-seeded Sauer, who had a first-round bye.
 
More than 8,000 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, Junior and Community Colleges compete across 85 ITA Regional Championships around the country. In Division I, regional doubles champions and regional singles champions and finalists qualify for the season-ending ITA National Fall Championships.
 
TEAMS SENDING COMPETITORS
Air Force (AFA)
Boise State (BSU)
Brigham Young (BYU)
Colorado (CU)
Colorado State (CSU)
Denver (DU)
Idaho (ID)
Idaho State (ISU)
Montana (UM)
Montana State (MSU)
Nevada, Reno (UNR)
New Mexico (UNM)
New Mexico State (NMSU)
Northern Arizona (NAU)
Northern Colorado (UNC)
Southern Utah (SUU)
UNLV (UNLV)
Utah (UU)
Utah State (USU)
Weber State (WSU)
Wyoming (WYO)
 
UNLV RESULTS
 
SINGLES ROUND OF 128
(18) Jordan Sauer (UNLV) BYE
Zach Garner (UNLV) def. Moritz Stoeger (AFA) 6-3, 6-0
Kyle Garner (AFA) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-3, 6-3
(28) Sebastian Buxman (WSU) def. Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
Oisin Shaffrey (UM) def. Jack Hambrook (UNLV) 6-2, 6-0
Jordan Azuma (AFA) def. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1
 
SINGLES ROUND OF 64
(11) Eban Straker-Meads (NAU) def. Zach Garner (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
Tristan Sarap (WSU) def. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) 6-1, 7-5
 
DOUBLES ROUND OF 64
(7) Jackson Atherton/Jordan Sauer (UNLV) BYE
Tom Ciszewski/Zach Garner (UNLV) def. Caden Moortgat/Jesse Haas (BSU) 8-5
Ryo Minakata/Jan Luca Marquardt (BSU) def. Jack Hambrook/Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 8-5