Sunday, March 31
Denver Tennis Park
12:00 PM
University of Denver
1
vs
4
UC Santa Barbara
Photo by: Carol MacKay
Denver Suffers 4-1 Defeat to UC Santa Barbara
3/31/2019 3:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis
DENVER – The University of Denver men's tennis team fell 4-1 to UC Santa Barbara on Sunday afternoon. The loss drops the Pios to 7-8 overall.
The day opened with the teams trading blows in the doubles matches. The Pioneers got the early lead thanks to a 6-2 win from Daniel Krulig/Eric Morris but the Gauchos got a victory at the No. 1 position to tie it up. With the doubles point up for grabs the No. 2 match went to a tiebreaker where UCSB would win 10-8 to grab the point.
UC Santa Barbara won the first two singles matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the match but Mattia Ros got Denver on the board with a 6-2, 7-5 win at the No. 2 position. The remaining three matches went into a third set but the Gauchos clinched the match with a win at the No. 3 position.
Next up: Denver returns to the court on Saturday April 6 for a Summit League matchup at Oral Roberts at 12 pm MT.
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The day opened with the teams trading blows in the doubles matches. The Pioneers got the early lead thanks to a 6-2 win from Daniel Krulig/Eric Morris but the Gauchos got a victory at the No. 1 position to tie it up. With the doubles point up for grabs the No. 2 match went to a tiebreaker where UCSB would win 10-8 to grab the point.
UC Santa Barbara won the first two singles matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the match but Mattia Ros got Denver on the board with a 6-2, 7-5 win at the No. 2 position. The remaining three matches went into a third set but the Gauchos clinched the match with a win at the No. 3 position.
Next up: Denver returns to the court on Saturday April 6 for a Summit League matchup at Oral Roberts at 12 pm MT.
PIONEER MOVEMENT:
Interested in making a donation to the men's tennis program? Click Here. Your contribution will make a direct impact on the success of YOUR Pioneers. Thank you for your unwavering support of our student-athletes and their quest for excellence.
- PIONEER TOGETHER -
Like Denver Pioneers and Denver Men's Tennis on Facebook
Follow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_MTennis on Twitter
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,2
#1 Singles Match
123
N. Moreno de Alboran / 0 [UCSB]
666
722
#2 Singles Match
12
Joseph Guillin / 0 [UCSB]
25
67
#3 Singles Match
1234
Victor Krustev / 0 [UCSB]
365UF
642UF
#4 Singles Match
12
Hironori Koyanagi / 0 [UCSB]
66
43
#5 Singles Match
1234
Joseph Rotheram / 0 [UCSB]
643UF
262UF
#6 Singles Match
12
Anders Holm / 0 [UCSB]
66
34
Order of Finish:
6,4,2,1
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