LAS VEGAS - Boise State's Thomas Schoeck and Luke Shields won the ITA Mountain Region Doubles Championship Sunday. Matias Silva lost in the
singles championship of the ITA Regional Championships. The Broncos, as a team, earned the right to host the ITA Mountain Region Championship the weekend of January 22 in Boise.
UNLV's Henner Nehles, seeded first and ranked 46th nationally, downed seventh-seeded Matias Silva of Boise State 7-6, 6-0 for the Main Draw
crown.
Thomas Schoeck and Luke Shields teamed up to down Marcos Digliodo and Chad Tsuda of Colorado 8-4 in the title match.
Nehles, Silva and the winning doubles team all earned spots in the 2004 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships at the University of Michigan on Nov. 4-7.
Boise State's men earned enough points to host four-team Regional Championship the weekend of January 22 at the Boas Indoor Tennis Center.
Boise State will be joined by UNLV, New Mexico and Colorado in a one-day event that will determine which team from the Mountain Region earns a spot in the Indoor Team Championships.
ITA MOUNTAIN REGION MEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAIN DRAW
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY, OCT. 24
Henner Nehles (1) (UNLV) def.
Matias Silva (BSU) (7) 7-6, 6-0
DOUBLES SEMIFINALS
Thomas Schoeck/Luke Shields (5) (BSU) def.
David Kowalski/Ryan Stotland (UNM) (1) 9-8 (4)
Marcos Digliodo/Chad Tsuda (7) (CU) def.
Adam Holmstrom/Nejc Smole (6) (DU) 8-6
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Thomas Schoeck/Luke Shields (5) (BSU) def.
Marcos Digliodo/Chad Tsuda (7) (CU) 8-4