FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The No. 51 Denver men's tennis team (17-8, 6-0) defeated Oral Roberts, 4-0 Saturday morning at the Wildwood Racquet Club. The Pioneers will now advance to the championship match Sunday and face Fort Wayne at 8:00 a.m. MT.

The Pioneers took control of the match with doubles wins on courts two and three. Sophomores Diogo Rocha and Yannik James defeated Amar Saletovic and Ciaran Lavers, 8-3. Junior David Fox and freshman Jesse Ruder-Hook followed that up with an, 8-5 win over Michael Sosnowski and Braxton Bates to clinch the doubles point.

With a, 1-0 lead Fox quickly dispatched Alvaro Santamaria, 6-1, 6-0. Rocha also worked quickly to defeat Alejandro Capdqui to push the score to, 3-0.

Junior Henry Craig claimed the match victory for the Pioneers when he defeated Saletovic, 6-2, 6-3 on court one.

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Doubles competition

1. CRAIG, Henry/GASSON, Alex (MDEN) vs. Alejandro Capdequi/Jan Pehnec (ORU) 5-5, unfinished

2. ROCHA, Diogo/JAMES, Yannik (MDEN) def. Amar Saletovic/Ciaran Lavers (ORU) 8-3
3. FOX, David/RUDER-HOOK, JESSE (MDEN) def. Michael Sosnowski/Braxton Bates (ORU) 8-5

 

Singles competition

1. Craig, Henry (MDEN) def. Amar Saletovic (ORU) 6-2, 6-3

2. Rocha, Diogo (MDEN) def. Alejandro Capdequi (ORU) 6-2, 6-1

3. Gasson, Alex (MDEN) vs. Jan Pehnec (ORU) 6-1, 4-5, unfinished

4. Fox, David (MDEN) def. Alvaro Santamaria (ORU) 6-1, 6-0

5. James, Yannik (MDEN) vs. Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 6-3, 4-5, unfinished

6. Lovera, Wyatt (MDEN) vs. Ciaran Lavers (ORU) 7-5, 5-1, unfinished

 

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

   

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