March 19, 2004
Las Vegas, NV-Idaho State men's tennis dropped a 5-2 decision to UNLV Friday afternoon at the Fertitta Tennis Complex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Bengals picked up two singles wins and a doubles victory in the effort.
ISU's Ioannis Stavridis and Marc Pijoan teamed up to defeat UNLV's Milos Blagojevic and Aviram Salomon 8-2 at second doubles. Pijoan also picked up a 6-4, 7-5 win at fifth singles over UNLV's Blagojevic. Also recording a win for the Bengals was Pablo Garces at sixth singles. Garces defeated Derek Douglas 6-3, 6-0.
The Bengals will be back in action when they return to Pocatello to host Big Sky foe Northern Arizona on March 26.
SINGLES: (UNLV EARNS FOUR TEAM POINTS)
#1 Henner Nehles (UNLV) def. Ioannis Stavridis (ISU) 6-2, 6-3
#2 Aviram Salomon (UNLV) def. Hestian Stoica (ISU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
#3 Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. Kapil Desai (ISU) 6-2, 6-1
#4 David DiMartino (UNLV) def. Ivan Moferdin (ISU) 6-3, 6-4
#5 Marc Pijoan (ISU) def. Marko Blagojevic (UNLV) 6-4, 7-5
#6 Pablo Garces (ISU) def. Derek Douglas (UNLV) 6-3, 6-0
DOUBLES: (UNLV EARNS ONE TEAM POINT)
#1 Nehles/Kielbowicz (UNLV) def. Stoica/Moferdin (ISU) 8-6
#2 Stavridis/Pijoan (ISU) def. Salomon/Milos Blagojevic (UNLV)8-2
#3 DiMartino/Marko Blagojevic (UNLV) def. Desai/Garces (ISU) 8-3
