LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team fell 5-2 to Grand Canyon in a non-conference matchup Sunday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex. 
 
The Rebels dropped to 6-7 overall while the Antelopes from the WAC improved to 4-11.
 
The visitors earned a key advantage by taking two of three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead. The Rebels' win came on court two where Taiyo Hirano and Illia Maksymchuk downed Paolo Rosati and Alfred Almasi, 6-1.
 
UNLV was strong at the top of singles play, getting straight-set wins on courts 1-2. Anton Ornberg downed Gerhard Sullwald, 6-0, 6-4, and Maksymchuk got by Pablo Salvador, 6-1, 7-6.
 
GCU, however, clinched it with straight-setters on courts 4-6 and also took the only three-set match on court three to reach five points.
 
REBEL OF THE MATCH: Illia Maksymchuk excelled at the No. 2 position in both singles and doubles.
 
QUOTABLE: "GCU was better than us in every aspect of the competition. That is the first time I've felt like that this season but I'm confident that we'll bounce back."
-UNLV Head Coach Andy Jackson
 
UP NEXT: UNLV will host Utah on Saturday starting with doubles play at 1 p.m. Admission to all matches at the Fertitta Tennis Complex are free of charge.
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
GRAND CANYON 5, UNLV 2
March 17, 2024, at Las Vegas, NV
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) def. Gerhard Sullwald (GCU) 6-0, 6-4
2. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. Pablo Salvador (GCU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
3. David Wekesa (GCU) def. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
4. Alfred Almasi (GCU) def. Aaron Bailey (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
5. Jonathan Da Silva (GCU) def. Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) 6-1, 6-1
6. Paolo Rosati (GCU) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-2, 7-5
 
 Doubles competition
1. Gerhard Sullwald/David Wekesa (GCU) def. Jackson Atherton/Anton Ornberg (UNLV) 6-3
2. Taiyo Hirano/Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. Paolo Rosati/Alfred Almasi (GCU) 6-1
3. Wyatt Anderson/Jonathan Da Silva (GCU) def. Aaron Bailey/Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-3