LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – Two UNLV players won their singles matches on Friday during the third day of the 2025 ITA Mountain Region Men's Tennis Championships on campus at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
 
Representatives from 16 schools are on hand for the event, which runs through Monday.
 
UNLV's top-seeded and 83rd-rated Ilia Snitari rolled again, downing NAU's Noa Tcherniack, 6-2, 6-2. Also advancing in the main draw was Illia Maksymchuk, who knocked off Boise State's Avery Tallakson, 6-2, 6-2.
 
As the second qualifying tournament for the 2025 NCAA Individual Championships, the ITA Division I Regional Championships will continue over the next two weeks on college campuses across the country. With 13 regional tournaments being hosted on the men's and women's sides of play, the two singles finalists from each region (26 total) as well as the doubles champion from each region (13 total) will qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships through these Regional Championships.
 
ITA MEN'S TENNIS MOUNTAIN REGIONAL
Oct. 15-20, 2025
At Fertitta Tennis Complex
 
MAIN DRAW SINGLES
Round of 32
(1) #83 Ilia Snitari (UNLV) def. Noa Tcherniack (NAU) 6-2, 6-2
(13) Carson Baker (BSU) def. Joel Gibson (UNLV) 7-6 (2), 6-3
Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) def. (4) Avery Tallakson (BSU) 6-2, 6-2