No. 65 DU Girls’s Tennis Named Summit League Common Season Champion

OMAHA, Nebraska – The No. 65-ranked University of Denver girls’s tennis crew (14-7, 6-0 Summit) secured its 12^th consecutive Summit League common season title after defeating Omaha, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon.
 
DU rallied after dropping the doubles level to take a 2-1 lead earlier than UNO tied the scoreboard up once more at 1-1. Within a span of about quarter-hour, Denver grabbed two of the remaining singles matches to clinch the twin at 4-2 and added one remaining win at No. 2 singles to shut out the day.
 
With the win in what was Denver’s remaining regular-season match as a member of the Summit League, DU finishes with a 6-0 league document on the 12 months and an ideal 71-1 document all-time in league play since becoming a member of in 2013-14.
 
Doubles:
The contest for the doubles level got here right down to a good battle at No. 3 doubles, although it began with a 6-4 win for Denver’s No. 2 crew of seniors Claudia Martinez de Velasco and Louise Wikander. The Pioneers broke within the opening recreation, which proved to be the important recreation of the match. The duo would twice alternate breaks in consecutive video games with UNO’s Pearsall/Smith in a while however held on for a 5-4 lead earlier than efficiently serving it out.
 
A second later, UNO took the No. 1 match, 6-3, sending all eyes to the final match standing on court docket three. Omaha’s Buckels/Shannon held a 4-1 lead earlier than DU senior Zoe Adkins – in her first match towards her former crew – and sophomore Natálie Cinková broke again with the Mavericks serving for the match, getting again on serve at 4-5. Unfortunately, a good service recreation from the Pioneers ended with one other UNO break to win it, 6-4, and to take a 1-0 lead as a crew.
 
Singles:
For the third twin in a row, Wikander collected DU’s first singles level, utilizing two 6-2 units to take action this time round. After the match’s first three video games all noticed breaks, Wikander took a multi-break lead for 4-1 and held twice extra to take the primary body. The second set stayed on serve till Wikander broke in back-to-back return video games to guide, 5-2, after which served it out within the eighth and remaining recreation.
 
Denver’s second level of the day got here from Adkins in straight units, additionally dropping solely 4 video games whereas face off towards her former crew. She made an announcement early, breaking twice in three video games and going forward 5-1 the place she broke but once more to take the primary set, 6-1. UNO’s Shelby Smith began the second set with a break, however Adkins received again stage at 2-2. After buying and selling breaks within the sixth and seventh video games once more, the Denver senior broke but once more, claiming a 5-3 benefit and occurring to serve it out, 6-3.
 
UNO pulled issues even total after profitable on the No. 3 court docket, however Martinez de Velasco retook a lead for Denver, dropping solely three video games at No. 6 singles and placing DU inside one level of the clinch. She broke a complete of 3 times within the first set, taking a 4-0 lead earlier than breaking in what could be the ultimate recreation for 6-2. The second set adopted the same method, seeing 4 whole breaks, three of which went to Martinez de Velasco. The DU senior led 5-1 after which served it out within the subsequent recreation.
 
Freshman Yunfei Cai clinched the twin for Denver for the sixth time this season, once more in straight units however having to take action after a battle within the first set that twice noticed the gamers alternate breaks earlier than the Pioneer went forward 6-5 and served it out for a 7-5 lead. She stored momentum going with a break to start the second set and stretched it to a two-break lead at 3-0 in what was the primary of 4 consecutive breaks between the 2 gamers. With a 4-2 lead at that time, Cai held serve for a 5-3 benefit and broke as soon as extra to shut it out.
 
Senior Marley Lambert grabbed DU’s fifth and remaining level, additionally in a aggressive match at No. 2 singles. Play started with three consecutive breaks, leaving Lambert with a 3-1 lead, although Omaha’s Nina Wiese received again stage at 3-3. Things remained on serve till they traded breaks as soon as extra, this time within the remaining two video games and sending issues to a tiebreak. At the changeover, Lambert held a minibreak lead and maintained the benefit till ending it off a 7-4. With breaks within the second and fourth video games of the second set, Lambert took a 4-0 lead. Wiese received one again for 4-1, however Lambert held in her subsequent service recreation earlier than breaking for a 3rd time within the set to complete issues off at 6-2.
 
Up Next:
The No. 65-ranked University of Denver girls’s tennis crew has secured the highest seed for the upcoming 2026 Summit League Women’s Tennis Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and can play No. 4-seeded Oral Roberts within the semifinals on Friday, April 24, at 9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT.