LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team saw its season end Wednesday evening with a 4-0 loss to No. 71 New Mexico in the opening day of the Mountain West Championship being staged at the Darling Tennis Center.
 
The sixth-seeded Rebels closed the season with an overall record of 8-12 while the third-seeded Lobos improved to 14-9 and moved on to Thursday's semifinal round.
 
UNM quickly built an advantage by taking the doubles point with wins on the top two courts.
 
In singles, the Rebels came out strong, leading early on four courts. Anton Ornberg took the opening set from MW Player of the Year Arda Azkara, 6-1, at the top of the lineup but ended up splitting and did not finish. Taiyo Hirano also won his opening stanza, 7-5, over Alexander Maggs on court five but did not finish because the Lobos won two tiebreakers and another pair of 7-5 sets to get them to the required three singles wins to clinch and end the overall match.
  
Men's Tennis Match Results
Mountain West Tournament Quarterfinals
#71 (3) NEW MEXICO 4, (6) UNLV 0
April 24, 2024, at Las Vegas
(Darling Tennis Center)

 Singles competition
1. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) vs. Arda Azkara (UNM) 6-1, 1-6, 1-3, DNF
2. Arthur Bellegy (UNM) def. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 7-6 (2), 6-1
3. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) vs. Georgio Samaha (UNM) 5-7, 4-5, DNF
4. Aram Noroozian (UNM) def. Martin Jovenin (UNLV) 6-3, 7-5
5. Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) vs. Alexander Maggs (UNM) 7-5, 4-5, DNF
6. Avery Tallakson (UNM) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 7-6 (8), 6-4

 Doubles competition
1. Alexander Maggs/Arda Azkara (UNM) def. Anton Ornberg/Jackson Atherton (UNLV) 6-0
2. Georgio Samaha/Nicolas Recoura (UNM) def. Taiyo Hirano/Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 6-3
3. Dusan Rsovac/Thomas Navarro (UNLV) vs. Avery Tallakson/Ryoma Matsushita (UNM) 4-5, DNF
 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,2,6)