Utah Men's Tennis Opens Conference Play

Thursday, April 2

Salt Lake City, Utah

1:00 PM

University of Utah

UNLV

4/2/2009 12:00 AM | Men's Tennis

April 2, 2009

Final Stats

SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah men's tennis team (13-6, 1-0) earned a conference win in their first MWC match of the season. The Utes defeated UNLV (12-9, 1-2), 4-3.

In the No. 1 spot Phillip Eilers and Wes Hancock downed Luca Barlocchi and Elliot Wronski, 8-3, setting up Timmy Allin and John Taylor to clinch the doubles point for the Utes from the No. 2 slot, 8-5, defeating Nikolaj Wulff and Attila Toth.

Benito Suriano and Stephen Jacobs earned the doubles sweep for Utah in the No. 3 position topping Mehdi Bouras and Wesley Burrows, 8-6.

In singles Allin put the Utes up, 2-0, with a win against Nikolaj Wulff, 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 6 spot. The Rebels answered with a win in the No. 1 slot, Hancock fell to Wronski, 6-1, 6-3.

With the Utes up, 2-1, Jason Smits in the No. 5 position was defeated by Toth, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, tying the match at, 2-2.

UNLV took the lead from the No. 3 spot Barlocchi defeated Suriano, 7-6, 6-2. Phillip Eilers topped Bouras in the No. 2 position, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, setting Taylor up to clinch the match from the No. 4 slot for the Utes at, 4-3, downing Burrows, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4.

Utah will face BYU tomorrow at the Eccles Tennis Center beginning at 1 p.m.

Tennis Match ResultsUNLV vs UtahApr 02, 2009 at Salt Lake City(Eccles Tennis Center)#54 Utah 4, #65 UNLV 3Singles competition1. Elliot Wronski (UNLV) def. Wes Hancock (UT) 6-1, 6-32. Phillip Eilers (UT) def. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) 6-3, 5-7, 7-53. Luca Barlocchi (UNLV) def. Benito Suriano (UT) 7-6(4), 6-24. John Taylor (UT) def. Wesley Burrows (UNLV) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-45. Attila Toth (UNLV) def. Jason Smits (UT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-26. Timmy Allin (UT) def. Nikolaj Wulff (UNLV) 6-2, 6-2Doubles competition1. Wes Hancock/Phillip Eilers (UT) def. Luca Barlocchi/Elliot Wronski (UNLV) 8-32. Timmy Allin/John Taylor (UT) def. Nikolaj Wulff/Attila Toth (UNLV) 8-53. Benito Suriano/Stephen Jacobs (UT) def. Mehdi Bouras/Wesley Burrows (UNLV) 8-6Match Notes:UNLV 12-9; National ranking #65Utah 13-6; National ranking #54Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,1,5,3,2,4)