LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team earned its first victory of the season with a 4-0 blanking of New Mexico State in the first half of a doubleheader Saturday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
UNLV (1-1) won the doubles point by taking the first two completed matches and then took a trio of straight-setters in singles play to clinch it.
Maxim Verboven and
Milos Dabic won 6-4 at the top of doubles while
Jackson Atherton and
Anton Ornberg won 6-3.
Ornberg downed Itay Feigin, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 3 singles;
Aaron Bailey beat Roko Stipetic at No. 4, 6-1, 6-3; and
Dusan Rsovac breezed past Yehor Opanasenko, 6-1, 6-1, on court five.
UP NEXT: UNLV closes the double dip Saturday by facing UC Riverside at 2 p.m. Admission to all home matches is free of charge.
Men's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 4, NEW MEXICO STATE 0
Jan. 28, 2023, at Las Vegas
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1.
Maxim Verboven (UNLV-M) vs. Clarke, Corey (NMSU) 5-7, 6-4, unfinished
2.
Milos Dabic (UNLV-M) vs. Visser, Jordy (NMSU) 3-6, 6-5, unfinished
3.
Anton Ornberg (UNLV-M) def. Feigin, Itay (NMSU) 6-3, 6-1
4.
Aaron Bailey (UNLV-M) def. Stipetic, Roko (NMSU) 6-1, 6-3
5.
Dusan Rsovac (UNLV-M) def. Opanasenko, Yehor (NMSU) 6-1, 6-1
6.
Thomas Navarro (UNLV-M) vs. Fe D'Ostiani, Luca (NMSU) 6-7, 4-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1.
Maxim Verboven/
Milos Dabic (UNLV-M) def. Visser, Jordy/Opanasenko, Yehor (NMSU) 6-4
2.
Jackson Atherton/
Anton Ornberg (UNLV-M) def. Stipetic, Roko/Clarke, Corey (NMSU) 6-3
3.
Aaron Bailey/
Dusan Rsovac (UNLV-M) vs. Feigin, Itay/Fe D'Ostiani, Luca (NMSU) 5-2, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (5,4,3)
