Rebels Take Two With Win Over Illinois State - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

Wednesday, March 9

Las Vegas

3 pm PT

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Illinois State

Photo by: Lucas Peltier

3/9/2022 6:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team downed Illinois State 4-1 to close out a doubleheader sweep Wednesday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. The Rebels opened the day by downing NAU 4-2.

UNLV improved to 6-7 while the Redbirds fell to 5-12.

UNLV grabbed a 1-0 lead by winning two of three doubles matches. Christopher Bulus and Zach Garner eked out a tiebreaker victory on court two to give the Rebels the point.

In singles, Bulus and Milos Dabic won in straight sets and then Jordan Sauer rallied to down Melker Isaksson, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, on court two to end things.

UP NEXT: UNLV hosts another doubleheader on Saturday, facing DePaul at 10 a.m. and then Seattle at 3 p.m. Admission to all matches is free of charge.

Men's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 4, ILLINOIS STATE 1
March 9, 2022, at Las Vegas
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. #76 Christopher Bulus (UNLV) def. Pol Botifoll Rius (ISU-M) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) def. Melker Isaksson (ISU-M) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. Milos Dabic (UNLV) def. Diego Le Gal Perez (ISU-M) 6-2, 6-0
4. Zach Garner (UNLV) vs. Arvid Hjalte (ISU-M) 6-4, 6-7, unfinished
5. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) vs. Zane Kohrs (ISU-M) 6-2, 4-6, 2-1, unfinished
6. Dominick Cuchran (ISU-M) def. Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Jackson Atherton/Jordan Sauer (UNLV) def. Arvid Hjalte/Zane Kohrs (ISU-M) 6-2
2. Christopher Bulus/Zach Garner (UNLV) def. Melker Isaksson/Diego Le Gal Perez (ISU-M) 7-6 (7-0)
3. Nam Pham/Ming-Chieh Chiu (ISU-M) def. Jack Hambrook/Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,1,6,2)