LOGAN, Utah - Facing off against the No. 61-ranked team in the nation, Utah State men's tennis earned a 4-0 sweep over UNLV to begin its Mountain West schedule on Friday afternoon at the Sports Academy & Racquet Club.

Doubles 
The Aggies took immediate hold of the match with wins at the second and third positions of doubles play to take the doubles point. At the third spot, sophomores Eliot Nobel and Roman Venger dominated en route to a 6-2 victory while senior Jean-Baptiste Badon and sophomore Dmitri Goubin combined for a 7-5 win at the second spot to clinch the 1-0 lead to begin the match. At the top spot against the 58th-ranked doubles team in the nation, sophomore Xavier Calvelo and freshman Jakub Medved battled hard but ultimately fell, 7-5.

Singles 
USU pressed their advantage into singles play, wrapping up the match with straight-set victories at courts two, three and six to complete the sweep. At No. 2 singles, Calvelo doubles Utah State's lead with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Goubin then put the Aggies up 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles. In the race to snatch the clinching point, Venger won out at court three with a 6-4, 6-4 win.

At No. 4 singles, Nobel managed a 6-4 first-set victory and trailed by only a single point in the second set in his own bid for a singles win. Medved also rebounded from a dropped first set at the fifth position to win 6-3 in the second set before the match was left abandoned. At No. 1 singles playing the nation's 61st-ranked singles play, Badon captured a 6-3 win in the first set and was locked in tight second set at the time the match was clinched.

The win was USU's fourth-straight over the Rebels and the fifth-straight home victory over UNLV dating back to 2016. 

Next Up
Utah State remains at the Sports Academy & Racquet Club to take on Nevada on Sunday, March 22, at 10 a.m. (MT).
 
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Utah State vs No. 61 UNLV
March 20, 2026
Sports Academy & Racquet Club
Logan, Utah
 
Results
Utah State 4, No. 61 UNLV 0
 
Doubles
1. No. 58 Arda Karakas/Ilia Snitari (UNLV) def. Xavier Calvelo/Jakub Medved (Utah State) 7-5
2. Jean-Baptiste Badon/Dmitri Goubin (Utah State) def. Ellia Maksymchuk/Marka Maksimovic (UNLV) 7-5
3. Eliot Nobel/Roman Venger (Utah State) def. Michael Kouame/Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) 6-2

Singles
1. Jean-Baptiste Badon (Utah State) vs No. 61 Ilia Snittar (UNLV) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
2. Xavier Calvelo (Utah State) def. Marka Maksimovic (UNLV) 6-3, 6-2
3. Roman Venger (Utah State) def. Illia Maksymchuk (UNLV) 6-4, 6-4
4. Eliot Nobel (Utah State) vs Michael Kouame (UNLV) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
5. Jakub Medved (Utah State) vs Vitaliy Horovoy (UNLV) 4-6, 6-3, unfinished
6. Dmitri Goubin (Utah State) def. Taiyo Hirano (UNLV) 6-3, 6-1

Match Notes
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,6,3)
Utah State (8-5, 1-0 MW)
UNLV (10-5, 1-1 MW)
 
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