Utah Men's Tennis Drops in First Round of MWC Tournament

No. 75 Utes lose 4-1 to No. 55 Rebels

Sophomore Nick Coutts earned the Utes only point in their 4-1 loss to UNLV.
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April 28, 2005

San Diego, Calif. - The 75th -ranked Utah men's tennis team dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 55 UNLV in the rain-delayed first round of the Mountain West Conference Championships today at the Barnes Tennis Center.

The Rebels were the first to get on the scoreboard by earning the doubles point. At No. 2, Henner Nehles and Sean Hubbard teamed up to defeat Utah's Nick Coutts and Jason Yap (8-6). Tomasz Grzyb and Dan Mascall also fell (9-7) to UNLV's Aviram Saloman and Martin Redolinghuys at No. 3.

In singles, Utah fell at three of four singles positions. The matches at No. 2 and 6 were not finished. Nick Coutts picked up Utah's only point of the day, with a (6-2, 6-0) win over Rebel David Campbell at the No. 4 position.

RESULTS:

Doubles :
1.Kielbowicz/Campbell vs. Ganger/Mann                    8-7, DNF
2.Nehles/Hubbard def. Coutts/Yap                         8-6
3.Salomon/Redolinghuys def. Grzyb/Mascall                9-7

Singles:
1.Henner Nehles def. Tomasz Grzyb                        6-1, 7-5
2.Joel Kielbowicz vs. Zach Ganger                        4-6, 6-1,3-4 DNF
3.Aviram Saloman  def. Miron Mann                        6-1, 6-1
4.Nick Coutts def. David Campbell                        6-2, 6-2
5.Romain Massaro def. Ryan Scott                         3-6, 6-0, 6-1
6.Jason Yap vs. Jonathan Hooper                          4-6, 6-2,1-0 DNF