Feb. 21, 2016
Results
Tucson, Ariz. - The 51st-ranked University of Denver men's tennis team beat the University of Arizona today 5-2 in Tucson, Ariz.
The Pioneers went 4-2 in singles play and 2-1 in doubles.
DU picked up singles victories from Henry Craig (Murrieta, Calif.), Diogo Rocha (Lisbon, Portugal), David Fox (Surrey, United Kingdom) and Alex Gasson (Alton, United Kingdom).
In doubles play, the Pioneers found success from the pairs of Gasson/Craig and Fox/Jesse Ruder-Hook (Denver, Colo.).
Denver will travel to Iowa next weekend to take on the University of Iowa on Friday and Drake University on Saturday.
Below are the results from today's match:
Sunday, Feb. 21:
Singles
1. Henry Craig (DEN) def. Naoki Takeda (ARIZM) 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. Diogo Rocha (DEN) def. Jason Jaruvang (ARIZM) 6-4, 6-2
3. David Fox (DEN) def. Harry Busby (ARIZM) 6-3, 6-4
4. Alex Gasson (DEN) def. Will Kneale (ARIZM) 6-3, 6-2
5. Trent Botha (ARIZM) def. Yannik James (DEN) 7-6, 2-6, 10-2
6. Shoki Kasahara (ARIZM) def. Zach Fryer (DEN) 7-6, 7-6
Doubles
1. Henry Craig/Alex Gasson (DEN) def. Will Kneale/Oliver Plaskett (ARIZM) 6-2
2. Will Adkisson/Naoki Takeda (ARIZM) def. Diogo Rocha/Yannik James (DEN) 5-2
3. David Fox/Jesse Ruder-Hook (DEN) def. Shoki Kasahara/Matt Dunn (ARIZM) 6-3