April 27, 2011

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -

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Javier Pulgar earned the fourth point at No. 2 singles as fifth-seeded San Diego State rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat fourth-seeded UNLV, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Mountain West Men's Tennis Championship in Fort Collins, Colo. The Aztecs will face No. 1 BYU in the semifinals at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 29 at the University Tennis Complex.

The Rebels earned the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles positions. The UNLV duo of Mehdi Bouras and Johannes Markel won at the top of the lineup, 9-7, over Tim Schulz van Endert and Pulgar, while the duo of Rene Ruegamer and Bernard Schoeman helped the Rebels secure the doubles point with an 8-4 victory over Giovanni Vaglietti and Jose Sierra Short at the No. 3 spot.

UNLV jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the dual after consecutive straight-sets wins in singles action, as Alex Bull defeated Juan Florez, 6-3, 6-4, at the fifth singles spot and Bouras, the Mountain West Player of the Year award recipient, downed Vaglietti, 6-4, 6-4, at the No. 1 position. Andre Feliz earned the first point of the match for San Diego State at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Ruegamer, while Sierra Short picked up the Aztecs' second point at No. 6 singles with a come-from-behind win (3-6, 6-3, 6-0) over Charlie Alvarado. San Diego State evened the dual at 3-3 after Schulz van Endert knocked off Markel, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-0 at the No. 4 position.

Pulgar put the win away for the Aztecs with a 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 7-5 win over Tamas Batyi.

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# 5 San Diego State Aztecs vs # 4 UNLV Rebels
Apr 27, 2011 at Colorado State University
(University Tennis Complex)
# 5 San Diego State Aztecs 4, # 4 UNLV Rebels 3

Singles competition
1. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV) def. Giovanni Vaglietti (SDSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Javier Pulgar (SDSU) def. Tamas Batyi (UNLV) 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 7-5
3. Andre Feliz (SDSU) def. Rene Ruegamer (UNLV) 6-2, 6-1
4. Tim Schulz v. Endert (SDSU) def. Johannes Markel (UNLV) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-0
5. Alex Bull (UNLV) def. Juan Florez (SDSU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Jose Sierra Short (SDSU) def. Charlie Alvarado (UNLV) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Mehdi Bouras/Johannes Markel (UNLV) def. Tim Schulz v. Endert/Javier Pulgar (SDSU) 9-7
2. Andre Feliz/Shiva Sangwan (SDSU) def. Alex Bull/Kasper Konyves (UNLV) 8-3
3. Rene Ruegamer/Bernard Schoeman (UNLV) def. Giovanni Vaglietti/Jose Sierra Short (SDSU) 8-4

Match Notes: # 5 San Diego State Aztecs 5-15 (2-4 MW)
# 4 UNLV Rebels 14-11 (3-3 MW)
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,1,3,6,4,2)

Notes: First match of the 2011 Men's Mountain West Tennis Championship in Fort Collins.