STILLWATER, Okla. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team, missing its No. 2 player, tasted defeat for the first time this season with a 4-1 loss at Oklahoma State on Saturday.
 
Playing indoors because of wind at the Greenwood Tennis Center, the Rebels fell to 4-1 while the Cowboys improved to 3-5.
 
The hosts took a 1-0 lead by emerging with the doubles point despite the Rebels leading on court three.
 
In singles play, UNLV earned its lone point when 48th-ranked Christopher Bulus downed Alex Garcia at the top of the lineup, 6-2, 6-4. The match ended when OSU took a trio of straight-setters to reach four points.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Bulus and partner Zach Garner were one game away from victory in doubles when the match was halted and then the senior swept his opponent in singles.
 
NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV and OSU will stage an immediate rematch on Sunday starting at 1 p.m. PT.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
OKLAHOMA STATE 4, UNLV 1
Feb. 12, 2022, at Stillwater, OK
(Greenwood Tennis Center)
 
 Singles competition
1. #48 Christopher Bulus (UNLV) def. Alex Garcia (OSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #88 Seb Nothhaft (OSU) def. Zac Brodney (UNLV) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
3. Max Verboven (OSU) vs. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 7-5, 3-4, unfinished
4. Leighton Allen (OSU) def. Zach Garner (UNLV) 6-4, 6-2
5. Fran Pini (OSU) def. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 7-5, 6-3
6. Joseph Chen (OSU) vs. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 7-5, 4-3, unfinished
 
 Doubles competition
1. Joseph Chen/Seb Nothhaft (OSU) def. Jackson Atherton/Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 6-3
2. Alex Garcia/Max Verboven (OSU) def. Milos Dabic/Zac Brodney (UNLV) 6-4
3. Leighton Allen/Fran Pini (OSU) vs. Zach Garner/Christopher Bulus (UNLV) 5-6, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,1,2,5)