UNLV 4, Nevada 2
Friday, April 14, 2023
Las Vegas, Nev. - Fertitta Tennis Complex

LAS VEGAS - Nevada Men's Tennis dropped a hard-fought contest at UNLV Friday, falling 4-2 in a Silver State Series presented by America First Credit Union meeting.

The Pack (8-7, 2-2 MW) stayed within range of the Rebels after dropping the doubles point, but UNLV continuosly kept the Wolf Pack at bay. Loris Zisswiller got the Pack on the board with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Thomas Navarro at No. 6, and Youssef Kadiri Hassani's 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 4 got the Pack back within one at 3-2.

But a pair of close losses tilted things in UNLV's favor. At No. 5, Satchel Benn and Dusan Rsovac went to the tiebreaker in each set, but Rsovac pulled it out each time, taking a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (1) victory. And at No. 2, Matheo Coupu fought back from a set down to knot things up with a tiebreaker win in set two, but UNLV's Anton Ornberg captured the third set, 6-4, to clinch the match for the Rebels (11-8, 3-1 MW).

Nevada wraps the road weekend Sunday at San Diego State, taking on the Aztecs at 2 p.m.

UNLV 4, Nevada 2

Doubles
No. 1 - Maxim Verboven/Milos Dabic (UNLV) def. Delmas N'Tcha/Juan Batalla (NEV) 6-4
No. 2 - Jackson Atherton/Anton Ornberg (UNLV) def. Matheo Coupu/Youssef Kadiri Hassani (NEV) 7-6 (5)
No. 3 - Satchel Benn/Loris Zisswiller (NEV) def. Aaron Bailey/Dusan Rsovac (UNLV) 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
No. 1 - Verboven (UNLV) def. N'Tcha (NEV) 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Ornerg (UNLV) def. Coupu (NEV) 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4
No. 3 - Pedro Liborio (NEV) vs. Bailey (UNLV) 6-7 (5), 5-3 unf.
No. 4 - Kadiri Hassani (NEV) def. Dabic (UNLV) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Rsovac (UNLV) def. Benn (NEV) 7-6 (6), 7-6 (1)
No. 6 - Zisswiller (NEV) def. Thomas Navarro (UNLV) 6-1, 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 6, 5, 4, 2