Feb. 14, 2004

The University of Denver men's tennis team suffered a tough 4-3 loss to Oregon in tennis action tonight in Boise, Idaho. Denver falls to 4-2 overall with the loss.

The Ducks won three singles matches and the crucial doubles point to claim the narrow victory. Sophomore Nejc Smole (Ljubljana, Slovenia), junior Jason Tan (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and sophomore Niko Popovic (Ljubljana, Slovenia) all won singles matches for Denver. Smole improved to 5-1 at No. 1 singles for the Pioneers.

Denver plays Boise State tomorrow afternoon in Boise.

Oregon 4, Denver 3

Singles

1) Nejc Smole (DU) def.

Sven Swinnen (UO), 6-7 7-6 7-6

2) Manuel Kost (UO) def.

Hans Peter Gaber (DU), 4-6 6-4 6-2

3) Thomas Bieri (UO) def.

Viktor Zetterholm (DU), 6-3 6-3

4) Jason Tan (DU) def.

Markus Schiller (UO), 3-6 6-4 6-4

5) Arron Spencer (UO) def.

Urban Lubjic (DU), 4-6 7-6 7-6

6) Niko Popovic (DU) def.

Vladimir Pino (UO), 7-6 2-6 7-5

Doubles

1) Bieri/Kost (UO) def.

Smole/Zetterholm (DU), 8-6

2) Swinnen/Spencer (UO) def.

Popovic/Gaber (DU), 8-6

3) Steve Flaks/Ljubic (DU) def.

Schiller/Eric Pickard (UO), 8-3