LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The University of Nevada men's tennis team dropped its opening match of the weekend, losing 4-0 to No. 50 Boise State in a neutral site match Friday.
The loss moved Nevada to 5-11 (0-4 WAC), while Boise State upped their record to 14-12 (3-2 WAC).
The Broncos came out strong, taking all three doubles matches to open the contest. Playing well with the 1-0 lead, they continued to push the tempo, winning three of the six singles matches to get the victory.
Boise State won at singles positions No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5. The closest of the matches came at the first position, where Wessim Derbel fell 6-4, 6-3 to Andy Bettles.
Two matches that went unfinished involved tie-breakers, as Victor Ouvrard and Nathan Reix pushed their opponents to the brink in their opening sets.
Nevada will stay in Las Cruces to take on two more WAC foes, meeting No. 46 Idaho Saturday at 9 a.m. and New Mexico State Sunday at 9 a.m.
Tennis Match Results
No. 50 Boise State vs. Nevada
April 22, 2011, at Las Cruces, N.M.
Boise State 4, Nevada 0
Singles competition
1. Andy Bettles (BSU) def. Wessiem Derbel (NEV) 6-4, 6-3
2. Scotty Sears (BSU) def. Krsitian Kuharszky (NEV) 6-4, 6-1
3. Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) vs. Victor Ouvrard (NEV) 7-6 (4), 2-0, unfinished
4. Nathan Sereke (BSU) vs. Quentin Mege (NEV) 6-4, 5-3, unfinished
5. Eric Sheldon (BSU) def. Kyle Walker (NEV) 6-1, 7-5
6. Michael Gilland (BSU) vs. Nathan Reix (NEV) 7-6 (5), 3-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Jeff Mullen/Nathan Sereke (BSU) def. Kristian Kuharszky/Victor Ouvrard (NEV) 8-4
2. Andy Bettles/Filipp Pogostkin (BSU) def. Wessiem Derbel/Quentin Mege (NEV) 8-7
3. Michael Gilliand/Scotty Sears (BSU) def. Nathan Reix/Kyle Walker (NEV) 8-6
