SANTA CLARA, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – Playing its third consecutive ranked opponent on the road, a depleted UNLV men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at Santa Clara on Saturday afternoon at the Degheri Tennis Center.
The Rebels, who were missing two starters in singles play, fell to 5-6 while the Broncos of the West Coast Conference improved to 9-2.
Santa Clara took the lead by sweeping doubles and then swept all six singles matches in straight sets against a makeshift UNLV lineup.
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"We faced a lot of challenges today and were not good enough to hand them. Congratulations to Santa Clara. We now look forward to facing Purdue on Tuesday."
-UNLV Head Coach Andy Jackson
UP NEXT: UNLV will return home to host Purdue on Tuesday starting at 1 p.m. Admission to all matches at the Fertitta Tennis Complex are free of charge.
Men's Tennis Match Results
#54 SANTA CLARA 7, UNLV 0
March 9, 2024, at Santa Clara, CA
(Degheri Tennis Center)
Doubles competition
1. Guillaume Dalmasso/Christian Lerby (SC) def.
Illia Maksymchuk/
Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) 6-1
2. Sebastian Buxman/Lukas Maskow (SC) def.
Dusan Rsovac/
Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-3
3. Luca Lemaitre/Tiago Boschmans (SC) def.
Aaron Bailey/
Joseph Chen (UNLV) 6-4
Singles competition
1. #78 Christian Lerby (SC) def.
Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-4, 6-3
2. Guillaume Dalmasso (SC) def.
Aaron Bailey (UNLV) 7-5, 6-2
3. Sebastian Buxmon (SC) def.
Martin Jovenin (UNLV) 6-3, 6-4
4. Luca Lemaitre (SC) def.
Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) 6-3, 6-1
5. Alexander Eriksson (SC) def.
Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-2, 7-5
6. Lukas Maskow (SC) def.
Creed Skinner (UNLV) 6-2, 7-5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,2,3,1,5,6)
