SEATTLE (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team lost its first true road match of the season on Sunday, 7-0, vs. Pac-12 Conference member Washington at the Nordstrom Tennis Center.  
 
Playing indoors, the Rebels fell to 6-3 while the Huskies improved to 6-3.
 
The hosts took two of three doubles matches to earn a quick 1-0 lead.  
 
Washington then took five straight-set victories in singles play but the real story was at the top of the lineup where UNLV's Maxim Verboven battled UW's Han-Chih Lin. The epic battle of No. 1 players was settled with a super tiebreaker and Lin finally won it, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 1-0 (10-7).
 
UP NEXT: UNLV will head back on the road with a trip to the Arizona State spring tournament starting Friday.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
WASHINGTON 7, UNLV 0
Feb. 19, 2023, at Seattle
(Nordstrom Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Han-Chih Lin (WASH) def. Maxim Verboven (UNLV) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-7)
2. Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) def. Milos Dabic (UNLV) 6-1, 6-1
3. Cesar Bouchelaghem (WASH) def. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 6-3, 6-0
4. Nedim Suko (WASH) def. Aaron Bailey (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
5. Jim Hendrikx (WASH) def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-4, 6-1
6. Brett Pearson (WASH) def. Eduardo Cohen (UNLV) 6-3, 7-5

 Doubles competition
1. Cesar Bouchelaghem/Dzianis Zharyn (WASH) def. Milos Dabic/Maxim Verboven (UNLV) 6-1
2. Nedim Suko/Brett Pearson (WASH) def. Zach Garner/Aaron Bailey (UNLV) 6-1
3. Han-Chih Lin/Jim Hendrikx (WASH) vs. Anton Ornberg/Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 5-3, unfinished

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