LAS VEGAS - A win in doubles action gave the NM State men's tennis team a 1-0 lead, but host UNLV won four singles matches to earn a 4-1 win over the Aggies Friday afternoon at the Frank & Vicki Fertitta Tennis Complex.

DOUBLES
• The doubles point appeared in jeopardy for the Aggies as Martin Simecek and Petr Stavrovskij dropped a 6-2 decision on line one, but NM State's lower pairs picked up the slack.
• Louis Menard and Jordy Visser joines forces for a 6-4 victory in the third flight, leaving it up to Nicolas Buitrago and Corey Clarke.
• NM State's second-flight doubles pairing was up to the task, earning a hard-fought 7-5 victory to give the Aggies an early 1-0 lead.

SINGLES
• In one-on-one play, however, the Aggies couldn't keep the momentum going. UNLV knotted things when Clayton Alenik upended Visser 6-4, 6-1 in flight number five.
• The Rebels took the lead for good with Eric Samuelsson's 6-4, 6-4 triumph against Buitrago in top-flight action.
• Wins by Tom Ciszewski (6-1, 7-5) over Gijs Akkermans in flight number six and by Anton Ornberg over Clarke (6-2, 6-4) on line four sealed the deal for UNLV.

COMING UP NEXT
• Saturday, NM State takes on a pair of Big Sky Conference foes - Weber State at 10:00 a.m. and Montana at 3:00 p.m. - to close out its three-match swing in Sin City.

UNLV 4, NEW MEXICO STATE 1
Jan. 29, 2021, at Las Vegas, NV
(Fertitta Tennis Complex)

 Singles competition 
1. Eric Samuelsson (UNLV) def. Nicolas Buitrago (NMSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Jordan Sauer (UNLV) vs. Louis Menard (NMSU) 4-6, 6-6, DNF
3. Milos Dabic (UNLV) vs. Martin Simecek (NMSU) 6-3, 2-6, 2-1 DNF
4. Anton Ornberg (UNLV) Corey Clarke (NMSU) def. 6-2, 6-4
5. Clayton Alenik (UNLV) def. Jordy Visser (NMSU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) def. Gijs Akkermans (NMSU) 6-1, 7-5

 Doubles competition 
1. Eric Samuelsson/Clayton Alenik (UNLV) def. Martin Simecek/Petr Stavrovsky (NMSU) 6-2
2. Nicolas Buitrago/Corey Clarke (NMSU) def. Anton Ornberg/Milos Dabic (UNLV) 7-5
3. Jody Visser/Louis Menard (NMSU) def. Zach Garner/Tom Ciszewski (UNLV) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,1,6,4)

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