Malibu, Calif. - The Denver Pioneers women's tennis team fell 4-1 to No. 17 USC in its season opener on Sunday at the ITA Kick Off in Malibu, Calif. 

USC opened the day with the doubles point and continued to extend that lead to 2-0 with the first singles win of the day at #5. Camille Verden-Anderson won at #6 to make it 2-1, but the senior's win 6-3-6-1 win at #6 vs. McKee was as close as the Pioneers came to the Trojans. 

Denver will take on Wisconsin on Monday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. MT. 

Doubles
1. Kulikov/Cayetano (USC) def. Chang/Melville (DU) - 6-0
2. Cheong/Ewing (USC) def. Pursell/Verden-Anderson - 6-2
3. Dvorak/McKee (USC) vs Burger/Riedmiller (DU) - 3-4
Order: 1, 2
 
Singles
1. Cayetano (USC) vs Melville (DU) - 7-5, 5-1
2. Cheong (USC) def. Riedmiller (DU) - 6-3, 6-3
3. Pursell (DU) vs Ewing (USC) - 6-2, 5-5
4. Willson (USC) def. Burger (DU) - 6-2, 6-3
5. Dvorak (USC) def. Chang (DU) - 6-2, 6-2
6. Verden-Anderson (DU) def. McKee (USC) - 6-3, 6-1
Order: 5, 6, 4, 2

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