Amilon in select company with ITA regional men’s tennis title

UNLV senior Jakob Amilon did not lose a set while soaring to the singles crown in the ITA Mountain Region Championships at Darling Tennis Center.

Seeded third and ranked 124th nationally, the Stockholm native won the final Sunday over ninthseeded Kai Wehnelt of Utah State 6-4, 6-3.

With the victory, Amilon earned a berth in the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, slated for Nov. 3-6 in Flushing, New York.

Amilon is the second UNLV men’s tennis player to win an ITA regional singles title, joining Henner Nehles, who achieved the feat in 2004.

■ WOMEN’S GOLF: At Boulder Creek Golf Club, Harley Dubsky, Alexandra Kaui, Elizabeth Prior and Mackenzie Raim each shot 2-underpar 70 to tie for 15th and help the Rebels tie for third after the first round of the 19-team Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. Baylor leads the team standings at 15-under 273, five strokes better than secondplace Idaho and seven better than UNLV and San Diego State.

■ WOMEN’S SOCCER: At Johann Memorial Field, Lilly Sender scored her 11th goal of the season in the 98th minute as the Rebels (14-3-2, 7-1-2) posted a 1-0 overtime victory over Utah State (10-8, 6-4). UNLV set a single-season team record for victories and is in sole possession of first place in the Mountain West.

■ MEN’S SOCCER: At Houston, Memo Diaz scored his first goal of the season in the 58th minute to lift the Rebels (6-9-1, 4-2-1) to a 1-0 win over Houston Baptist (4-10-1, 2-6) in a Western Athletic Conference match. Freshman Enrique Adame had six saves in the shutout. Malaysia.

A year after setting the tournament record of 26-under 262, the 23-year-old American finished at 23 under for his second PGA Tour title.

Thomas birdied the final five holes Saturday in a third-round 71 and then birdied four of the first five in his bogey-free final round.

Matsuyama, from Japan, closed with a 66.

India’s Anirban Lahiri, the thirdround leader, had a quadruple bogey on the third hole and finished with a 72 to tie for third with American Derek Fathauer (67) at 19 under.

■ LPGA: At Hainan, China, Minjee Lee closed with a 2-under 70 for a 13-under 275 total to win the Blue Bay LPGA by one stroke over Jessica Korda (71) for her second victory of the year and third in 17 months. Ariya Jutanugarn (70), bidding for her tour-high sixth win, was two strokes back.

■ EUROPEAN PGA: At Vilamoura, Portugal, Padraig Harrington finished with a 6-under 65 for a 23-under 261 total to win the Portugal Masters by one stroke over defending champion Andy Sullivan (65) for his 15th European title.