LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV's Ilia Snitari became the program's first singles player to earn a preseason national ranking in more than a decade with this week's publishing of the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
 
The native of Kishinev, Moldova, is listed at No. 83 to start his second season. He is the first Rebel since 2022 to earn any ranking during the season and the first to do so in the preseason since Ace Matias opened at No. 123 in 2014.
 
Snitari became just the second player in history to be named both Mountain West Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year in the same season. He finished with an 8-0 overall record, including going undefeated in league play at the top of the lineup.
 
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