Maksimovic Punches Ticket To NCAA Singles Championship

Courtesy of UNLV Athletics

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (UNLVRebels.com) – Top UNLV men's player Marko Maksimovic punched his ticket Sunday to the NCAA Singles Championship later this month with a straight-set win on the final day of play at the ITA West Sectional staged at the Scottsdale Park Ranch & Tennis Center.

Maksimovic won a consolation playoff match against the event's third-seeded player, Vincent Marysko of the University of San Diego, 7-5, 6-4, to qualify for the elite 64-man field gathering to produce a national champion in Athens, Georgia, starting Nov. 17.

Earlier this fall, the sophomore from Belgrade, Serbia, earned a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championship with partner Arda Karakas, which…