CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - No. 39 Denver recorded the doubles point, but lost 6-1 to No. 16 Illinois today at the ITA Kick-Off at Atkins Tennis Center. DU will play No. 2 seed Oklahoma tomorrow. Illinois plays No. 3 seed Notre Dame.

The Pioneers No. 3 doubles team of Yannick Weihs (Guntramsdorf, Austria) and Jonathan Kidane (Stockholm, Sweden) beat Stephen Hoh and Brian Alden 8-4. DU's No. 1 doubles team of Andrew Landwerlen (Las Cruces, N.M.) and Jens Vorkefeld (Ostercappeln, Germany) clinched the point with an 8-4 win over Dennis Nevolo and Johnny Hamui.

First serve for the Denver (1-1) and Oklahoma match is set for 1 p.m.

Singles competition
1. #11 Dennis Nevolo (ILL) def. #25 Enej Bonin (DU) 6-0, 6-1
2. KU Singh (ILL) def. Jens Vorkefeld (DU) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
3. #111 Johnny Hamui (ILL) def. Yannick Weihs (DU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
4. #121 Abe Souza (ILL) def. Andrew Landwerlen (DU) 6-1, 7-5
5. Roy Kalmanovich (ILL) def. Fabio Biasion (DU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Stephen Hoh (ILL) def. Jonathan Kidane (DU) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Andrew Landwerlen / Jens Vorkefeld (DU) def. Dennis Nevolo / Johnny Hamui (ILL) 8-4
2. Abe Souza / Bruno Abdelnour (ILL) def. Enej Bonin / Fabio Biasion (DU) 8-5
3. Yannick Weihs / Jonathan Kidane (DU) def. Stephen Hoh / Brian Alden (ILL) 8-4

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,6,5,4,2,3)