Men's Tennis Wins Third Straight Outing - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

Sunday, January 29

Las Vegas

10 am PT

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Weber State

Photo by: Lucas Peltier

1/29/2023 2:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team downed Weber State 5-2 on Sunday to close out a flurry of opening-weekend matches at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels improved to 3-1 while the Wildcats fell to 2-3.

The hosts took two of three doubles matches to earn a 1-0 lead.

Maxim Verboven and Milos Dabic won their match, 6-4, at the top of the lineup while Aaron Bailey and Dusan Rsovac clinched with a 6-4 triumph on court three.

Moving to singles play, Weber State won at the top two positions but UNLV took the next four in the lineup. Bailey downed Connor Kruger, 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7) at No. 3; Rsovac outlasted William Zulch, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, at No. 4; Thomas Navarro swept Jordan Coutinho, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 5; and Eduardo Cohen got by Malteo Savio, 6-3, 7-5, on court six.

REBEL OF THE MATCH: Bailey continued his strong play in the opening weekend by winning both his doubles and singles match.

QUOTABLE:
"It was good to bounce back with three straight wins after a close loss to Hawaii on Friday. We have a very deep team and our depth was put to the test this weekend, especially today vs. a solid Weber state team."
-UNLV Head Coach Owen Hambrook

UP NEXT: After playing four matches in three days, UNLV is off until hosting Montana on Friday, Feb. 10 starting at 1 p.m. Admission to all home matches is free of charge.

Men's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 5, WEBER STATE 2
Jan. 29, 2023, at Las Vegas
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Sebastian Buxman (WSU-M) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV-M) 6-3, 6-4
2. Tristan Sarap (WSU-M) def. Anton Ornberg (UNLV-M) 6-3, 7-5
3. Aaron Bailey (UNLV-M) def. Connor Kruger (WSU-M) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-7)
4. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV-M) def. William Zulch (WSU-M) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
5. Thomas Navarro (UNLV-M) def. Jordan Coutinho (WSU-M) 6-2, 6-1
6. Eduardo Cohen (UNLV-M) def. Matteo Savio (WSU-M) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Maxim Verboven/Milos Dabic (UNLV-M) def. Sebastian Buxman/Tristan Sarap (WSU-M) 6-4
2. Connor Kruger/William Zulch (WSU-M) def. Anton Ornberg/Jackson Atherton (UNLV-M) 6-2
3. Aaron Bailey/Dusan Rsovac (UNLV-M) def. Jack Lin/Matteo Savio (WSU-M) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,1,6,2,4,3)