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Claudia Martinez de Velasco - October 2, 2022
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Women's Tennis

DU Women’s Tennis Collects Three Titles at Jon Messick Invite

Melville wins Flight A singles; Martinez de Velasco captures Flight C singles win plus doubles victory with Burguete Beltran

FORT COLLINS , Colorado – The University of Denver women's tennis team brought home two singles titles and the doubles title during the final day of the Jon Messick Invite, hosted by Colorado State University.
 
Fifth-year student-athlete Taylor Melville won her second top-bracket singles title to begin Denver's fall season, topping teammate sophomore Andrea Burguete Beltran 6-2 6-3 in Sunday's final.
 
Burguete Beltran still captured a victory on Sunday, teaming up with freshman Claudia Martinez de Velasco in doubles and winning the all-DU Flight A final 7-5 over the team of Melville and senior Britt Pursell.
 
Martinez de Velasco's second win of the day came in the Flight C singles final, outlasting fellow freshman Louise Wikander 7-5 2-6 10-7.
 
Freshmen Caroline Driscoll and Anastasia Simonov played in the doubles Flight B final as well, but fell to Colorado State's Ky Ecton and Sarah Weekley.
 
Driscoll finished third overall in singles in Flight B with a 7-5 6-3 win over Weber State's Megan Lombardi.
 
DU continues its fall schedule at the ITA Regional Championships in Las Vegas on October 12-16.
 
SINGLES RESULTS
FLIGHT A
Final: Melville def. Burguete Beltran: 6-2 6-3
Consolation Match: Simonov def. Luana Avelar (Colorado State): 6-2 7-6(6) 10-7
Consolation Match: Beata Havlickova (South Dakota) def. Pursell: 2-6 6-1 10-8
 
FLIGHT B
Third-Place Match: Driscoll def. Megan Lombardi (Weber State): 7-5 6-3
 
FLIGHT C
Final: Martinez de Velasco def. Wikander: 7-5 2-6 10-7
 
DOUBLES RESULTS
FLIGHT A
Semifinal: Melville/Pursell def. Huang/Jhang (New Mexico): 6-1
Semifinal: Burguete Beltran/Martinez de Velasco def. Avelar/Zhadzinskaya (Colorado State): 7-6(1)
Final: Burguete Beltran/Martinez de Velasco def. Melville/Pursell: 7-5
 
FLIGHT B
Semifinal: Driscoll/Simonov def. Vandeputte/Sodre (New Mexico): 6-2
Final: Ecton/Weekley (Colorado State) def. Driscoll/Weekley: 6-2
 
The Jon Messick Invite concludes on Sunday with singles and doubles play, beginning at 9 a.m. MT.
 
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Players Mentioned

Andrea Burguete  Beltran

Andrea Burguete Beltran

6' 1"
Sophomore
Taylor Melville

Taylor Melville

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Britt Pursell

Britt Pursell

5' 4"
Senior
Louise  Wikander

Louise Wikander

5' 6"
Freshman
Caroline  Driscoll

Caroline Driscoll

5' 5"
Freshman
Claudia  Martinez de Velasco

Claudia Martinez de Velasco

5' 7"
Freshman
Anastasia Simonov

Anastasia Simonov

5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Andrea Burguete  Beltran

Andrea Burguete Beltran

6' 1"
Sophomore
Taylor Melville

Taylor Melville

5' 6"
Fifth Year
Britt Pursell

Britt Pursell

5' 4"
Senior
Louise  Wikander

Louise Wikander

5' 6"
Freshman
Caroline  Driscoll

Caroline Driscoll

5' 5"
Freshman
Claudia  Martinez de Velasco

Claudia Martinez de Velasco

5' 7"
Freshman
Anastasia Simonov

Anastasia Simonov

5' 9"
Freshman