Men's Netters Fall At Utah State - University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics

Friday, March 20

Logan, UT

2:00 PM PT

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Utah State

Photo by: Lucas Peltier

3/20/2026 4:43:00 PM | Men's Tennis

LOGAN, Utah (UNLVRebels.com) – The 61st-ranked UNLV men's tennis team saw its four-match win streak snapped, 4-0, at Utah State on Friday afternoon at the Sports Academy & Racquet Club.

The Rebels fell to 10-5 overall and 1-1 in the league while the Aggies improved to 8-5 and 1-0.

UNLV was faced with having to rally after a rare loss in doubles. Arda Karakas and Ilia Snitari, ranked 58th in the nation, won their match, 7-5, over Xavier Calvelo and Jakub Medved at the top of the lineup but USU took both of the other matches to secure the point.

The Aggies took that momentum into singles play and won the requisite three matches to clinch the overall match. Vitaliy Horovoy was the only Rebel to even take a set, winning his first stanza before the match was eventually abandoned.

UP NEXT: UNLV looks to respond when it returns for a three-match homestand starting with San Diego State on Friday starting with doubles play at 1 p.m. Admission to all matches at the Fertitta Tennis Complex is free of charge.

Men's Tennis Match Results
UTAH STATE 4, #61 UNLV 0
March 20, 2026, at Logan, Utah
(Sports Academy & Racquet Club Outdoor Courts)

Singles competition
1. #61 Ilia Snitari (UNLVMT) vs. Jean-Baptiste Badon (USU) 4-6, 5-4, DNF
2. Xavier Calvelo (USU) def. Marko Maksimovic (UNLVMT) 6-2, 6-2
3. Roman Venger (USU) def. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 6-4, 6-4
4. Michael Kouame (UNLVMT) vs. Eliot Nobel (USU) 4-6, 5-4, DNF
5. Vitaliy Horovoy (UNLVMT) vs. Jakub Medved (USU) 6-4, 3-5, DNF
6. Dmitri Goubin (USU) def. Taiyo Hirano (UNLVMT) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. #58 Ilia Snitari/Arda Karakas (UNLVMT) def. Xavier Calvelo/Jakub Medved (USU) 7-5
2. Jean-Baptiste Badon/Dmitri Goubin (USU) def. Illia Maksymchuk/Marko Maksimovic (UNLVMT) 7-5
3. Eliot Nobel/Roman Venger (USU) def. Taiyo Hirano/Michael Kouame (UNLVMT) 6-2

Match Notes: Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,3)