SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The No. 66 University of Denver women's tennis team (6-6) came to play against No. 23 Dartmouth (12-1), but fell just short of a major upset. The Big Green would win, 4-3.

Denver would fall behind early losing on doubles two and three. Sophomore Maureen Slattery and freshman Julia O'Loughlin would win the lone doubles match for the Pioneers, 8-5 over Ng and Mathis on court one.

"We have had a few opportunities this year where we have come up just short in matches not being able to capitalize on the doubles point," said Head Coach Christian Thompson. "This will be a major focus against UC Irvine on Sunday."

The Pioneers took it to the Big Green in singles play. Denver would tie the match at 2-2 with straight-set wins from sophomores Sonja Radosevic and Morgan Barnhill. Down, 3-2 O'Loughlin would win her ninth singles match in a row, 7-6, 0-6, 6-3 on court three. That would be the last for the Pioneers on the day against a stacked Dartmouth team.

"I have to give credit to Dartmouth as they played a solid match," said Thompson. "They made us earn points consistently on many courts. It was great to see we are improving in many areas and showing a top 25 team what we can do."

The Pioneers will finish out their spring break road trip, Sunday March 22, at UC Irvine beginning at 11:00 a.m. MT.

No. 66 Denver 3, No. 23 Dartmouth 4
Friday, March 20, 2015
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club

Doubles Competition
#1 - Slattery and O'Loughlin (Denver) def. Ng and Mathis (Dartmouth), 8-5
#2 - Yau and Kiven (Dartmouth) def. Garpenlov and Barnhill (Denver), 8-6
#3 - Okuda and Schroeder (Dartmouth) def. Radosevic and Van Genechten (Denver), 8-2

Singles Competition
#1 - Ng (Dartmouth) def. Slattery (Denver) 6-3, 7-6(4)
#2 - Radosevic (Denver) def. Yau (Dartmouth), 6-2, 6-2
#3 - O'Loughlin (Denver) def. Mathis (Dartmouth), 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
#4 - Crawford (Dartmouth) def. Van Genechten (Denver), 6-1, 6-2
#5 - Okuda (Dartmouth) def. Derbyshire (Denver), 6-4, 6-0
#6 - Barnhill (Denver) def. Schroeder (Dartmouth), 6-4, 6-0

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

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