UNLV REBELS

Sept. 11, 2009

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's tennis program will look to improve on its final ranking of 73 last season by playing a good mix of quality non-conference opponents along with its Mountain West Conference slate, as the program's 2009-2010 schedule was released Friday.

No less than 10 of the Rebels' upcoming 24 dual-match opponents were included in the final Campbell ITA College Tennis Rankings in May.

"I'm excited about this season," UNLV sixth-year head coach Owen Hambrook said. "We'll be young but we have a lot of talent in the lineup. We're looking forward to facing this schedule and making another run at the conference title."

The fall season includes taking part in the annual ITA Regional championship tournament on Oct. 21-25 at Las Vegas' Stacy Darling Tennis Center. UNLV also will host an individual tournament in early November that is scheduled to feature players from programs such as Arizona, NAU, Cal Poly, Pacific, Arkansas and Idaho.

After hosting a January invitational, the team's dual-match season kicks off with Texas Tech (ranked 39th last year) coming to the Fertitta Tennis Complex on Jan. 22. That begins a nine-match homestand that runs through Feb. 13.

UNLV's first road trip takes it to UC Irvine on Feb. 19, San Diego on Feb. 21 and Fresno State (44th) on Feb. 28. Hawaii (41st) on March 5, Pacific (67th) on March 6 and Iowa (60th) on March 17 highlight the remainder of the non-conference schedule - all coming at home.

The Rebels host TCU (38th) on April 2, New Mexico (45th) on April 9 and will hold Senior Day on April 11 vs. Air Force. After a trip to the Beehive State to take on Utah on April 16 (51st) and then BYU on April 17 (64th), the regular-season ends with a single match at San Diego State (42nd) on April 24.

UNLV will host the MWC Championship from April 28-May 1 while the NCAA regionals are scheduled for May 14-16 at campus sites to be determined. The round of 16 and individual national tournaments will take place at the University of Georgia from May 20-31.

2009-10 UNLV MEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE
DATE         OPPONENT            LOCATION	TIME (PT)
Sept. 24-27  H-E-B Baylor Tournament Waco, TX   All Day
Oct. 5-11    ITA All-American    Tulsa, OK      All day
Oct. 21-25   ITA Regional+       Las Vegas      All Day
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Rebel Classic     Las Vegas      All Day
             Arizona, NAU, Cal Poly, Pacific, Arkansas, Idaho
Jan. 8-10    UNLV Spring Invitational Las Vegas All day
	     Alabama, Indiana, Louisville
Jan. 22      Texas Tech          Las Vegas	2 pm
Jan. 29      Utah State          Las Vegas	9 am
             Northern Arizona    Las Vegas	2 pm
Jan. 30      Saint Mary's        Las Vegas	10 am
Feb. 5       New Mexico State    Las Vegas	10 am
Feb. 6       UC Riverside        Las Vegas	10 am
Feb. 7       Southern Miss       Las Vegas	10 am
Feb. 13      Idaho               Las Vegas	9 am
             Santa Clara         Las Vegas	2pm
Feb. 19      at UC Irvine        Irvine, CA	TBA
Feb. 21      at San Diego        San Diego	TBA
Feb. 28      at Fresno State     Fresno, CA	TBA
March 5      Hawaii              Las Vegas	10am
March 6      Pacific             Las Vegas	10am
March 7      Marquette           Las Vegas	10am
March 12     Ball State          Las Vegas	10am
             Weber State         Las Vegas	2pm
March 17     Iowa                Las Vegas	2pm
April 2      TCU*                Las Vegas	10am
April 9      New Mexico*         Las Vegas	2pm
April 11     Air Force*          Las Vegas      10am
April 16     at Utah*            Salt Lake City TBA
April 17     at BYU*             Provo, UT      TBA
April 24     at San Diego State* San Diego      TBA
April 28-May 1 MWC Championships Las Vegas      TBA
May 14-16    NCAA Regionals      TBA            TBA
May 20-31    NCAA Championships  Athens, GA     TBA

+At Stacy Darling Tennis Center, Las Vegas
*Mountain West Conference Match
Home matches played at Fertitta Tennis Complex