RENO, Nev.  – The University of Nevada (8-6, 1-1 MW) men's tennis team ended a three-match homestand with a 4-2 Mountain West loss to New Mexico (7-6, 2-0 MW) at the McArthur Tennis Center this afternoon.  The Wolf Pack is now 8-6 on the season and 1-1 in MW action while the Lobos improved to 7-6 and 2-0 in conference play.
 
Nevada takes to the road next weekend for a pair of MW matches at intrastate rival UNLV on Friday a 5 p.m. and at San Diego State on Sunday at noon.
 
The doubles point came down to Court 3 where UNM's Tim Buttner and Nicolas Prieto defeated the Pack's Daniel Dudockin and Gvidas Motuzas 6-1 to clinch the point.  The Pack's No. 1 doubles team of Kostya Nesterenko and Julien Evrard won their match 6-2 but the Lobos' No. 2 team of Facundo Bermejo and Dominic West won 6-1 as the first two completed matches were split.
 
Nevada evened the score at 1-1 as Matvey Radinov won 6-4, 6-2 on Court 6.  UNM won the next two completed matches at No. 3 and 2 singles to take a 3-1 advantage that the Wolf Pack were unable to overcome.
 
The Pack closed within a point at 3-2 following a straight sets 6-4, 6-1 win by Dudockin at No. 6 singles.  The Lobos clinched the match with a three-set 6-3, 1-6 and 6-3 win by Ricky Hernandez Tong over Nevada's Julien Evrard on Court 1.  In the match that went unfinished on Court 4 the Pack's Jonathan Aremon was ahead 5-2 in the third set.   Aremon won the first set 6-3 and dropped the second set 7-5.
 
 
Tennis Match Results
New Mexico vs Nevada
Mar. 31, 2019 at Reno, Nevada
(McArthur Tennis Center)
 
New Mexico 4, Nevada 2
 
Singles competition
1. HERNANDEZ TONG Ricky (NM) def. Julien Evrard (NEV) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
2. WEST, Dominic (NM) def. Kostya Nesterenko (NEV) 6-1, 6-2
3. HOLIS, Stepan (NM) def. Jeremy Merville (NEV) 6-3, 6-4
4. Jonathan Aremon (NEV) vs. BUTTNER, Tim (NM) 6-3, 5-7, 5-2, unfinished
5. Matvey Radionov (NEV) def. BERMEJO, Facundo (NM) 6-4, 6-2
6. Daniel Dudockin (NEV) def. PRIETO, Nicolas (NM) 6-4, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Kostya Nesterenko/Julien Evrard (NEV) def. HOLIS, Stepan/HERNANDEZ TONG Ricky (NM) 6-2
2. BERMEJO, Facundo/WEST, Dominic (NM) def. Jeremy Merville/Jonathan Aremon (NEV) 6-1
3. BUTTNER, Tim/PRIETO, Nicolas (NM) def. Daniel Dudockin/Gvidas Motuzas (NEV) 6-1
 
Match Notes:
New Mexico 7-6 (2-0 MW)
Nevada 8-6 (1-1 MW)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,3,2,6,1)
 
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