Rebel Men Down Highlanders - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's tennis team needed just over two hours to defeat UC Riverside 6-1 on Thursday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.

The Rebels improved to 2-0 while the Highlanders fell to 0-2.

The hosts rolled through doubles play by winning on courts one and three to clinch the 1-0 lead. Illia Maksymchuk and Kemal Karakas downed Justin Lamy and Hugo DeGrande, 6-0, while Joel Gibson and Vitaliy Horovoy got by Alexey Efremov and Lucas Mszyca, 6-2.

In singles play, the Rebels swept sets on five of six courts.

Maksymchuk downed Lamy, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 1; Dusan Rsovac won 6-2, 6-1 over DeGrande at No. 2; Karakas defeated Efremoy, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 4; Horovoy downed Mszyca, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 5; and Gibson finished off Ryan Huynh, 6-1, 6-4, on court six.

REBEL OF THE MATCH: Illia Maksymchuk breezed through his doubles and then singles matches at the top of the lineup.

QUOTABLE: "Good win for us today. With half of our team being new this semester, we need it. We have a big challenge coming up next vs. Weber State, which beat us here in a really good match."
-UNLV Head Coach Andy Jackson

UP NEXT: UNLV will host Weber State on Friday starting with doubles play at 10 a.m. All matches at Fertitta Tennis Complex are free of charge.

Men's Tennis Match Results
UNLV 6, UC RIVERSIDE 1
Jan. 23, 2025, at Las Vegas
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. Justin Lamy (UCR) 6-4, 6-2
2. Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) def. Hugo DeGrande (UCR) 6-2, 6-1
3. Aarav Sane (UCR) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
4. Kemal Karakas (UNLV) def. Alexey Efremov (UCR) 6-2, 6-2
5. Vitaliy Horovoy (UNLV) def. Lucas Mszyca (UCR) 6-4, 6-2
6. Joel Gibson (UNLV) def. Ryan Huynh (UCR) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Illia Maksymchuk/Kemal Karakas (UNLV) def. Justin Lamy/Hugo DeGrande (UCR) 6-0
2. Thomas Navarro/Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) vs. Ryan Huynh/Aarav Sane (UCR) 5-3, unfinished
3. Joel Gibson/Vitaliy Horovoy (UNLV) def. Alexey Efremov/Lucas Mszyca (UCR) 6-2

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

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Players Mentioned

Joel Gibson

Vitaliy Horovoy

Arda Karakas

Illia Maksymchuk

Thomas Navarro

Dusan Rsovac

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