Air Force And UNLV Advance To The Semifinals Of The Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship

Air Force upsets New Mexico, 5-2, while UNLV defeats Utah, 4-1.

Romain Massaro (Photo by Jaren Wilkey/MWC)
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April 28, 2005

SAN DIEGO - No. 6 seed Air Force upset No. 3 seed New Mexico, 5-2, while No. 4 seed UNLV defeated No. 5 seed Utah, 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship, Thursday at the Barnes Tennis Center.

The No. 61-ranked Lobos earned the match's first point by winning the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches, including No. 14-ranked Ryan Stotland and David Kowalski getting a win over No. 31-ranked Shannon Buck and Tyler McClung at No. 1 doubles, 6-3. In singles play, though, Air Force rallied as No. 60 Shannon Buck defeated Max Jones at No. 1, 6-1, 6-3 and Trevor Johnson (No. 3) and Justin Lau (No. 5) pulled out three-set victories to clinch the win for the Falcons.

In the second men's match, UNLV won at No. 2 and 3 doubles to earn the first point. No. 95 Henner Nehles won at No. 1 singles for the Rebels, 6-1, 7-5, while Aviram Salomon and Romain Massaro also won singles matches. Utah's Ryan Scott won at No. 4 singles for the Utes' lone point.

No. 2 seed BYU takes on Air Force in tomorrow's first men's semifinal at 11 a.m., while No. 1 seed San Diego State faces UNLV in the second semifinal Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Barnes Tennis Center.

2005 Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship
Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego, Calif.

Match 1 - #6 seed Air Force def. #3 seed New Mexico, 5-2

Singles
1. Shannon Buck (AF) def. Max Jones (NM), 6-1, 6-3
2. Ryan Stotland (NM) def. Tyler McClung (AF), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Trevor Johnson (AF) def. David Kowalski (NM), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Chris Dong (AF) def. Kamil Pajkowski (NM), 7-5, 6-3
5. Justin Lau (AF) def. Eric Conklin (NM), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
6. Robby Alexander (AF) def. Derek Boland (NM), 7-5, 6-1

Doubles
1. Stotland/Kowalski (NM) def. Buck/McClung (AF), 8-3
2. Johnson/Dong (AF) vs. Jones/Pajkowski (NM), DNF
3. Boland/Conklin (NM) def. Lau/Alexander (AF), 8-5

Match 2 - #4 seed UNLV def. #5 seed Utah, 4-1

Singles
1. No. 95 Henner Nehles (UNLV) def. Tomasz Grzyb (Utah), 6-1, 7-5 2. No. 98 Joel Kielbowicz (UNLV) vs. Miron Mann (Utah), , 4-6, 6-1, DNF 3. Aviram Salomon (UNLV) def. Nick Coutts (Utah), 6-1, 6-1 4. Ryan Scott (Utah) def. David Campbell (UNLV), 6-2, 6-0 5. Romain Massaro (UNLV) def. Jason Yap (Utah), 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 6. Jonathan Hooper (UNLV) vs. Dan Mascall (Utah), DNF

Doubles
1. Kielbowicz/Campbell (UNLV) vs. Coutts/Yap (Utah), DNF
2. Nehles/Hubbard (UNLV) def. Mann/Scott (Utah), 8-6
3. Salomon/Martin Redolinghuys (UNLV) def. Tomasz Grzyb/Dan Mascall (Utah), 9-7