DENVER - No. 44 UNLV beat Denver, 5-2, in men's tennis action tonight at CAC-Inverness. UNLV improves to 11-5, while the Pioneers fall to 2-8 with their fifth straight loss.

"We are doing a good job competing hard, but that is the minimum for our program," DU head coach Danny Westerman said. "We need to do a better job playing smarter throughout the duration of our matches."

DU wn the doubles point with wins from Andrew Landwerlen (Las Cruces, N.M.) and Jens Vorkefeld (Ostercappeln, Germany) at No. 1 and Enej Bonin (Koper, Slovenia) and Yannick Weihs (Guntramsdorf, Austria) at No. 2 doubles, respectively. Landwerlen and Vorkefeld beat No. 58 Mehdi Bouras and Bernard Schoeman 8-4.

No. 54 Bonin recorded DU's other point with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Johannes Markel.

DU returns to action on Sunday, March 6 against Nebraska.